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Badminton Asia Championships: Ashwini-Tanisha’s place at Paris 2024 at stake, PV Sindhu and men’s singles contingent face tricky tests

[ad_1] It’s the unofficial finish line. After nearly a year of plotting, fretting, overcoming hurdles, and turning around slumps, shuttlers from around the world will know by the end of this week who makes the cut for the Paris Olympics. The badminton Race to Paris lists – the official ranking chart to determine qualifiers across the five categories – will be published on 30 April but the continental championships taking place this week around the world are the last opportunities for the top shuttlers to make it to the Summer Games. From India’s perspective, the finishing kick thankfully came in time for the majority of contenders. PV Sindhu’s spot in Paris was never in doubt despite her missing a large chunk of the qualification period due to injury, because there is no other Indian thr...
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Satwik-Chirag need not do anything different, Prannoy peaking at right time: Gopichand | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] HYDERABAD: The race to Paris is gaining momentum as Indian shuttlers will be keen to make the cut for the Olympics as quickly as possible. Barring Sindhu and the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who are recovering from injuries, all the other Indian probables will be seen in action at the season opener, the Malaysia Open Super-1000 tournament which kicks off in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty are more or less assured of making it to the Olympics. But the key is to finish off the qualification and focus on training for the Games."Our focus is to finish the qualification as soon as possible and focus on other aspects," said chief coach Pullela Gopichand, who will be leading India ...