{"id":94918,"date":"2023-10-22T09:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94918"},"modified":"2023-10-22T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:09:29","slug":"emma-raducanu-shares-her-2024-olympic-plan-with-comeback-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/tennis\/emma-raducanu-shares-her-2024-olympic-plan-with-comeback-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu shares her 2024 Olympic plan with comeback on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emma Raducanu has admitted that she isn\u2019t putting any pressure on herself to play at the Olympic Games as she plots her comeback for 2024. The Brit has been sidelined since undergoing surgery earlier this year but is making her return at the perfect time, during an Olympic year.<\/p>\n

Raducanu\u2019s injury woes have stopped her from meeting the regular requirements to represent Team GB in Paris but she could still make a good case given that her absence hasn\u2019t been through any fault of her own.<\/p>\n

While the former world No 10 would love to experience the Olympics, Raducanu isn\u2019t putting any pressure on making the cut as she believes she will have plenty of opportunities. The Brit\u2019s injury woes have stopped her from meeting the regular requirements to represent Team GB in Paris.<\/p>\n

She could still make a good case to be given her recent injuries and surgeries but isn\u2019t putting the Olympics in her guaranteed plans for 2024. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know I could still play. I was like, there\u2019s no way I can play the Olympics. I had no idea,\u201d Raducanu told BBC Radio 4 Today.<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously the Olympics is such a big thing in sport. I think I could play another four if I wanted to. So this one isn\u2019t any immediate rush or pressure. I think for me it\u2019s just getting back on court. I love the Slams but of course I would want to have the Olympic experience. I\u2019ll just see how it goes, if I even qualify or how it happens from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to be eligible to play tennis at the Olympics, a player must represent their country on at least two occasions in the sport\u2019s national team tournaments – the Billie Jean King Cup for women and the Davis Cup for men. Both occasions must be during the four-year Olympic cycle, with at least one of the appearances coming in either 2023 or 2024.<\/p>\n

For the Paris 2024 games, the International Tennis Federation classes 10 August 2020 to 10 June 2024 as the Olympic cycle in which a player has to represent their nation twice. In Raducanu\u2019s case, she has only been part of the BJK Cup squad once – for Britain\u2019s qualifier tie last April.<\/p>\n