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‘I Was A Kid When I Played Here’: Kirsty Gilmour Returns To Delhi For 10th World Championships
“I was a kid when I played here in the first place. But that's like the... I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now,” Gilmour told reporters at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, reflecting on the distance between her Delhi debut in 2010 and her return for the 2026 World Championships.
Gilmour's first experience of senior Commonwealth Games competition came here shortly after she turned 17. She represented Scotland in singles, women's doubles and the team event, an experience she believes was crucial in preparing her for the pressures that followed. “My job in Delhi 2010 was to play as much badminton as possible. I was 17; I played doubles, singles and mixed. And it was just minutes on court. And that helped me so much going into the next Commonwealth Games in my home city of Glasgow, 2014.”
