Ginting Shrugs Off Paris Revenge Talk

Injury ruined Olympic chances, but former No. 2 has positive mindset for world championships

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PARIS — Indonesia's former world No. 2 Anthony Ginting told AFP he had come to terms with the shoulder injury which cost him a medal chance at the Paris Olympics as he returns to the French capital for the badminton world championships.

Ill fortune struck for the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist ahead of the 2024 Games when he began to suffer discomfort in his playing shoulder in the build-up to the event.

Although he fought through the pain to compete at the Olympics, the injury required surgery which then forced Ginting to miss the majority of the 2025 season.

“The problem started just before the Olympics last year, but I still played on,” Ginting, 28, said on Aug 23 after a training session in Paris ahead of the Aug 25-31 world championships.

“But at the start of the year, I needed to have surgery to fix it, so I ended up missing out for six months.”

Ginting revealed he continued to train and socialise every day with his teammates while he recovered.