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PV Sindhu: ‘I’m going all out for gold medal at 2024 Paris Olympics’

Two-time Olympics medalist PV Sindhu is going for the only color she hasn’t won yet at the Games. Speaking on JioCinema’s ‘The Dreamers’ series, the Badminton ace shared her big ambitions for Paris 2024, and how she was preparing for the same. “That third medal at Paris definitely motivates me, and I am going all-out to get that gold medal. For me, the Olympics is where I give my 200%,” said Sindhu, who won a silver in the women’s singles event at the Rio Olympics and a bronze in the previous edition in Tokyo. “I hope I can fulfil the hope of the nation and get the third medal because getting three consecutive medals is not a joke. My mindset is focused on winning the gold and this gives me a lot of motivation and confidence,” Sindhu added. On her preparations for the summer games, Sind...

Why Lakshya Sen brought back two-time Olympic men’s doubles medallist Yoo Yong Sung to his coaching team

Sometime after the Indian Open in January, where he suffered his latest in a series of first-round exits, Lakshya Sen sat down for a chat with former All England champion and his mentor Prakash Padukone. Trying to get out of the slump in form dating back to the backend of 2023, Lakshya’s chances of going to Paris for the Olympics were hanging by the proverbial thread. Padukone asked then, “Are you just looking for a place in the Olympics, or are you trying to have a realistic chance of winning a medal?” Lakshya responded: “I want to win a medal. So Prakash sir said, ‘then first you have to show us that you can win a tournament. You don’t have to go everywhere and try to reach the quarterfinals’. Even though I didn’t win a tournament in Europe, I managed to pull off two really good weeks...

Indonesia Open: How Lakshya Sen’s well-honed defence came to the fore in quarterfinal win against world No 12 Nishimoto

Tasked with keeping his ward Lakshya Sen’s feet on the ground even as the Indonesian fans went hysterical over some of his stunning reflex shots, coach Vimal Kumar scythes the hype. “It’s not his trademark shot or anything,” he says, dismissing the spectacular body defense stroke that Sen hit against Kenta Nishimoto on 11-8 in the second set. It was the shot that deflated the Japanese completely as he went down 21-9, 21-15 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 in Jakarta.Vimal, the hard taskmaster, was quick to point out that the “real test” was in Friday’s quarters against Anders Antonsen. Father and co-coach DK Sen would gush and call it one of those things that Sen gets right when he’s in the flow. Both knew however that the gritty Nishimoto’s back was broken afte...