PV Sindhu pulls out of badminton World Championships, here's why

Commonwealth Games gold medallist PV Sindhu has decided to withdraw from the badminton World Championships 2022, starting August 21, due to a stress fracture on her left foot.

Sindhu, who won gold at the 2019 edition of the World Championships, had picked up the injury during her CWG campaign and has hence decided not to travel to Tokyo now.

The 2-time Olympic medallist had tweeted that while she was on the high of winning a Gold medal at the CWG for India, unfortunately, she has to pull out of the World Championships. 'The pain was unbearable during and post the finals. Hence I rushed for an MRI scan as soon as I got back to Hyderabad. The doctors confirmed a stress fracture on my left foot and recommended bed rest for a few weeks,' she further wrote.

Sindhu also confirmed that she should be back to training in a few weeks.

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