SAROSI Laura

General
SPORTSMANSHIP
During the 2016 European Championships in La-Roche-Sur-Yon, France, she decided to help out her second round opponent, Karin Schnaase, when one of her shoes was damaged during their game. Schnaase did not have a spare pair of shoes in her bag and was not allowed to break play to go to her changing room due to the rules of the game. Sarosi could of chosen to carry on with the match, which would of forced Schnaase to forfeit, but instead Sarosi gave her opponent her spare pair of shoes. Sarosi went on to lose the match in three sets, ending her chance of gaining qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, in May 2016 the Badminton World Federation [BWF] offered her a place at the Games due to her ranking and the fair play that she showed at the championships. "I thought she must have another pair with her so I went to talk to my coach but then I saw she didn't have any. Then it came to my mind that I had an other pair of shoes with me. So I asked her what size she was wearing. When she had the size, which were the same as mine, I immediately gave her spare my shoes." (badmintonbluffers.wordpress.com, 29 Apr 2016; badzine.net, 25 May 2016)