TOKYO: Two-time world champion Kento Momota said on Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago.
"At the time of the accident, I'd be lying if I said I didn't think to myself, 'Why me?'," Momota told reporters in Tokyo on Thursday. "That continued and I knew I wouldn't be able to get back to a level where I was competing with the world's best."Smiling broadly throughout his 45-minute press conference but pausing often to choose the right words, Momota said he had"no regrets" about retiring from top-level badminton.
"I wanted to bounce back from it and that attitude along with the support of people around me at least allowed me to get a foothold."
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