Marin wants to win one more Olympic gold, two more world

She is the reigning Olympic and World Champion in women's singles, but Spain's badminton star Carolina Marin says she has to achieve much more to be termed as the best-ever.

Elaborating, Marin said Wednesday said she has to win one more Olympic title and at least two more World Championships to be considered the best ever shuttler in history.

"I want to be the best player in history, and for that I have to win one more Olympic (title), and minimum two more World Championships. It's easy to say, I know it's going to be really difficult. But this is what (I will say) to keep myself motivated," she said.

"This is why I had a period of one and a half years which were not very good. I didn't have any motivation to tell myself to keep practising hard.

"It was really difficult, not just for myself but also my team, to keep motivating ourselves," Marin said when asked what keeps her going despite achieving everything.

The 25-year-old shuttler, who will be part of Pune7Aces in the upcoming Premier Badminton League which begins here on December 22, spoke to reporters in the build-up to the tournament.

Marin has clinched the World Championship title in women's singles three times -- 2014, 2015 and 2018.

She is already a four-time European Champion and a former World number 1.

Quizzed whether she lacked motivation after her success at the 2016 Olympics, Marin replied, "Yes, exactly. Because I already reached that high."