Home LATEST Saina Nehwal returns to Gopichand’s Academy; thanks coach Vimal Kumar

Saina Nehwal returns to Gopichand’s Academy; thanks coach Vimal Kumar

475
0

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will once again be training under Pullela Gopichand in his academy in Hyderabad, three years after they had parted ways. In a series of tweets Saina announced that she will once again start working at the Pullela Gopichand Academy and with SAI appointed Indonesian coach Mr Mulyo.

“Hi friends I wanted to share some news with everyone. For a while I’ve been thinking about moving my training base back to the Gopichand academy and I had a discussion about this with Gopi sir and I am really thankful to him for agreeing to help me again. At this stage in my career, I think he can help me achieve my goals,” Saina wrote on Twitter.

Saina Nehwal’s move to Gopichand’s Academy ends her 3-year association with coach Vimal Kumar. Saina had a fruitful stint under Vimal Kumar. He helped her reach number 1 ranking in the world. He also helped her win two world championships medal, a silver in 2015 and a bronze in 2017 along with many Super Series and Grand Prix titles.

“I’m also very thankful to Vimal sir for helping me for the last three years…….I’m very happy to be back home and train in Hyderabad…keep supporting friends,” Saina further twitted.

Saina had shifted base to Bangalore in 2014 to join Vimal Kumar after expressing need for more attention and desire to get back to the top. At that time she had said, “I wanted to train under Vimal sir ahead of the Asian Games as his advice helped me during the Uber Cup. Asian Games is a big tournament and I feel he can help me.”

On Saina’s decision Vimal Kumar said, “Saina on her return from the World Badminton Championships, asked my opinion on her working with the Indonesian coach, Mr Mulyo, brought in by Sports Authority of India. He is attached with Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad. I had indicated to her that there is no harm at all in her giving it a try.”

It is under Gopichand that Saina became the first Indian shuttler to win a medal at the Olympics. But during the last three years, she had maintained a distance from Gopichand. According to sources, it was during the recently concluded World Championships in Glasgow that Saina started interacting regularly with Gopichand and seemed to have buried the hatchet.

Previous articleA sportsman as sports minister- Rajyavardhan Rathore beomes the first one
Next articleISSF World Shotgun Championship: India win senior and junior double trap silver
PoulomiKundu started her career in 2000 as a freelance journalist in Hindustan Times. Soon after she was selected an intern in Zee News, Kolkata. After her post- graduation in English, Poulomi joined the leading television production house of eastern India, Rainbow Productions. She was a journalist in Khas Khobor, a Bengali news magazine programme in Doordarshan and also headed the post production department of another programme, Khas Kolkata. In 2004, Poulomi moved to Delhi as a creative writer in an advertising agency, Brand Stewards Pvt. Ltd. In 2005, she again shifted her base for a better opportunity and that in Mumbai. There she got the job in Raa Media Pvt Ltd. as an associate director of two programmes for Doordarshan-Yuva and Paisa Vasool. In the meantime, she also wrote features in DNA as a freelancer. Poulomi directs promotional videos, develops scripts for films for Corporate and NGOs. But an ardent sports lover, Poulomi always had an urge to contribute somewhere in the field of sports. Her love for sports started from an early age when she played gully cricket and football for local teams. Academics and professional hazards sometimes took her away from her passion, but it never died in her. She always nurtured the never-ending dream. So she materialized her dream in the form of ‘SPORTSAVOUR’. It is an online sports portal that serves sports with the tagline ‘For the indigenous, unconventional, unknown’.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here