Lack of investment in badminton coaches worries Pullela Gopichand
Other Sports | August 28, 2019 13:38 ISTPullela Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising.
Pullela Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising.
PV Sindhu won the elusive gold medal and became the first World Champion from India at the BWF World Championships, and a video reveals her intense workout sessions ahead of the tournament.
PV Sindhu has insisted that while an Olympic gold is a priority, her immediate focus is on performing well in the upcoming tournaments.
PV Sindhu created history as she became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships gold by beating Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara on Sunday. Buzz around her biopic is making huge headlines now.
PV Sindhu arrived in India on Monday night following her World Championship triumph in Switzerland and was greeted by the fans at the airport.
It was her fifth medal at the World Championships, which is the joint highest in women's singles in the history of the tournament along with Xhang Ning of China.
PV Sindhu dominated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara and won the match 21-7, 21-7 in just 36 minutes in a one-sided final in Basel.
Two-time silver medallist PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold by thrashing familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara.
It was a performance worthy of gold and more, as PV Sindhu finally shed the demons of her previous losses in the finals to become the World Champion.
World Champion PV Sindhu has said that she was 'angry' and 'sad' after failing to win the World Championships final last year and wanted to answer with her game.
PV Sindhu creates history, becomes first Indian to win world championship gold. PV Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in straight games 21-7, 21-7 to lift the women's singles title
PV Sindhu's mother said her daughter always gave her birthday gifts. "This time she has given a great gift to me and to the nation," said Vijaya, a former national level volleyball player.
Apart from Sindhu, BAI also announced Rs 5 Lakh cash reward for World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth.
As the Indian national anthem reverberated across the St Jakobshalle stadium here, Sindhu stood at the podium with moist eyes.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in a one-sided summit clash in Basel, Switzerland, to clinch her and India's maiden gold in the World Championships.
Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in straight games 21-7, 21-7 to lift the women's singles title in Basel, Switzerland.
Andhra Pradesh CM wished that the Hyderabad girl's winning streak continues.
"This means a lot, it is a big win. I had lost in the finals in the last two editions," said Sindhu in an on-court interview after the match.
PM Modi said in a tweet that the "stupendously talented" Sindhu's success will "inspire generations of players."
It was Sindhu's fifth World Championships medal -- joint-most for a woman singles player with former Olympics and world champion Zhang Ning of China -- to go with the two successive silvers and a couple of bronze medals.
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