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Japan's former world No. 1 Momota Kento announces retirement from international badminton. The two-time world champion says his last duty for the national team will be the 27 April-5 May Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
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Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento, born 1 September 1994) is a former Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title.
Sep 1, 2022 · When the 18th-ranked Prannoy H.S. eliminated him from last week's BWF World Championships to huge sighs from the crowd at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Momota Kento's world fell apart.
Apr 18, 2024 · Twice world champion in 2018 and 2019, Momota was on a redemptive arc heading into the 2020 Olympics. He won a staggering 11 titles in 2019, the invincibility spoken of as an inevitability for a gold at his home Games. Ahead of 2016 Rio Olympics, Momota was already a big deal.
Apr 19, 2024 · TOKYO – Two-time world champion Kento Momota, 29, is retiring from international badminton, ending a top-level career that never recovered from a car crash four years ago.
‘A Little Sad’ Momota Prepares for Farewell Campaign. 19 April, 2024 A Champion’s Last Tango. 16 April, 2024 Rising Stars Farhan, Miyazaki in Thomas, Uber Squads
For a while, Momota Kento was the best badminton player in the world, both in terms of accomplishments and rankings. At the end 2019, he won the Badminton World Federation award for Best Male Player of the year, and was number one in the world rankings, having held top spot since September 2018.
Jul 25, 2021 · In his long overdue Olympic debut, men's badminton singles No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan easily beat the United States' Timothy Lam 21-12 21-9 on Sunday, even making the occasional trick shot...
Apr 18, 2024 · Former World No. 1 Kento Momota announced on Thursday that he will retire from badminton after featuring in the Thomas Cup for Japan. The 29-year-old failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
