{"id":29484,"date":"2024-04-18T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/former-world-number-one-kento-momota-announces-shock-retirement-from-international-badminton\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:48:14","slug":"former-world-number-one-kento-momota-announces-shock-retirement-from-international-badminton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/former-world-number-one-kento-momota-announces-shock-retirement-from-international-badminton\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world number one Kento Momota announces shock retirement from international badminton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/04\/untitled-design-2024-04-18t123417-1713423861.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former world number one Kento Momota announces shock retirement from international badminton\" title=\"Former world number one Kento Momota announces shock retirement from international badminton\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : AP<\/span> Kento Momota.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Two-time gold medallist at the World Badminton Championships, Kento Momota has stunned the fans of the sport around the world with his sudden retirement from the international circuit.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old announced that the Thomas &amp; Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People&#8217;s Republic of China, will be his last international appearance for Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Momota, the men&#8217;s singles champion at the BWF World Championships in 2018 and winner at the 2019 BWF World Championships in Basel met with a horrific accident after winning the Malaysia Masters when the car taking him to the airport in Kuala Lumpur crashed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The driver died after suffering fatal injuries and the Japanese shuttler required surgery to repair the damage to his fractured eye socket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not going to lie, after the accident I\u2019ve asked myself, \u2018Why me?&#8221; Momota told the reporters in a press conference on Thursday in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, it was one difficult time after another. But I didn\u2019t want to blame it on the accident. I wanted to try and beat it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had so much support. It\u2019s how I managed to come this far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, ranked 52nd in the men&#8217;s singles category, Momota is no longer in contention to qualify for the Paris Olympics and shared that he doesn&#8217;t feel that he can\u00a0reach the level he was at before the career-altering mishap occurred.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the accident in January 2020, there was a lot of hardship. I tried so many things but I just couldn\u2019t close the emotional, physical gap between who I used to be and who I am. I felt I couldn\u2019t become world No. 1 again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had eye surgery and I was seeing double. I couldn\u2019t move on the court the way I wanted to, I\u2019d get tired like I never used to. I tried. 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Two-time gold medallist at the World Badminton Championships, Kento Momota has stunned the fans of the sport around the world with his sudden retirement from the international circuit. 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