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PV Sindhu chooses to skip national camp for Asian Games to train under coach Muhammad Hafiz

PV Sindhu decided to skip the national camp for Indian shuttlers going to the Asian Games to train under her coach, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.

Payal DebnathSeptember 14, 2023 at 08:45 AM • 2 min read
PV Sindhu chooses to skip national camp for Asian Games to train under coach Muhammad Hafiz
PV Sindhu decided to skip the national camp for Indian shuttlers going to the Asian Games to train under her coach, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.

PV Sindhu decided to skip the national camp for Indian shuttlers going to the Asian Games. The Olympic medalist will instead train with her coach, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, at the Gachibowli Stadium and Suchitra Academy.

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PV Sindhu has been given an exemption from the mandatory national camp. Image- India Today

On September 5th, the Badminton Association of India had announced a mandatory national camp for players headed to Hangzhou, with exceptions to be made for those playing BWF World Tour events. The national camp was to take place between September 11 and 24, which happened to coincide with the dates of the BWF Super 500 Hong Kong Open. PV Sindhu has been given an exemption from the mandatory national camp. 

Sindhu worked with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary for sometime before roping in Hafiz ahead of the Olympics. Desperate to arrest the slide, the 28-year-old also sought the help of the legendary Prakash Padukone and trained under him at the PPBA academy in Bengaluru last week.

Olympic medallist PV Sindhu needs to make a few technical changes in her game and is likely to take some time to regain her form. She has found the going tough ever since returning from a long lay-off following an ankle injury en route to the Commonwealth Games gold last August.

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Sindhu has had a disappointing 2023 after a comeback from an injury in January. The shuttler has had multiple first-round exits, and it remains to be seen if she can go back to her old self at the upcoming Asian Games. Ahead of the Asian Games Sindhu has pulled out of the China Open and Hong Kong Open to focus on the multi-sport event beginning September 23.

Meanwhile, given that the Asian Games was a chance to collect qualification points for the Paris Olympics, players like Lakshya Sen, Tanisha Crasto, Ashwini Ponnappa, and Sikki Reddy were given permission to go to Kowloon.

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