Badminton and Kento Momota of the men's singles will miss this month's world championship due to back pain, which was scheduled to participate for the third straight victory.
The Badminton World Championships will be held in Spain from the 12th to the 19th of this month.
Men's singles Momota was scheduled to participate in the tournament with the aim of winning the tournament for the third consecutive time, but the Nippon Badminton Association announced on the 8th that he will not dispatch Momota to the tournament.
NTT East, to which Momota belongs, clarified the reason, "I decided to miss because of the pain in my lower back that I had injured during the overseas tour."
On top of that, regarding the All Japan General Championship, which will be held in Chofu City, Tokyo from the 25th of this month, which also serves as the selection for the Japanese national team next year, "I want to make a decision by the entry deadline while observing my physical condition."
Momota participated in the Tokyo Olympics at No. 1 in the world ranking and was expected to win a gold medal, but was eliminated in the qualifying.
During the subsequent international tournament expedition, he abstained from the tour tournament due to a pain in his back, and at the end of last month, he fell from the number one position in the world ranking for the first time in about 3 years and 2 months.