PV Sindhu's South Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun resigns due to personal reasons
less than a year to go for the Tokyo Olympics, South Korea's Kim Ji Hyun has stepped down from her position as India's women's singles badminton coach to attend to her ailing husband in New Zealand.
Kim Ji Hyun, who was roped in by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) early this year, had played a crucial role in guiding PV Sindhu to her World Championship gold last month at Basel, Switzerland.
However, the 45-year-old from Busan had to rush to New Zealand to be beside her husband Ritchie Marr, who suffered a neuro stroke about a fortnight ago.
"It is true, Kim has resigned as her husband is pretty unwell. He suffered a kind of neuro stroke sometime during the World Championship. So she rushed back. She needs to take care of him as it will take around 4 to 6 months for him to recover," India's chief national coach Pullela Gopichand told PTI.
Kim had developed a good rapport with Sindhu, who time and again acknowledged the Korean's role in her success.
Interestingly, Kim is India's third foreign coach to have resigned without completing the tenure.
Renowned Indonesian coach Mulyo Handoyo, who had guided the men's singles shuttlers progress on the world stage, had resigned abruptly in late 2017 from the Indian national badminton team citing personal reasons. He later joined the Singapore squad.
Malaysia's Tan Kim Her had also stepped down as India's doubles coach early this year, 18 months before his tenure was to end at the Tokyo Olympics.
Badminton Association of India (BAI) will now have to quickly find a replacement for Kim, given that the Olympics qualification is currently on and the Tokyo Games is just 10 months away.
"We are trying to get someone to fill in her boots. But it will be again a stop-gap arrangement. We need to find a permanent solution," Gopichand said.
This is a friendly tour so this is a 20 member team.Likes of Amit, Lakra etc can be in the 20 but while selecting 16 their form,fitness etc should be kept in mind. The 4 players who I would exclude from this squad would be Gurinder,Rohitdas,Lakra and Vivek Sagar.
Also,post this Tournament i will replace Nilakanta Sharma with Chinglensana(as I think he is injured currently). So,Nilakanta should be also excluded.
The forward line is complete and experienced. If anyone of them isn't performing then I will replace him with Sumit Kumar instead of Dilpreet.I have to see first that how everybody is performing.
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Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh (vice-captain), Surender Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh, Khadangbam Kothajit Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh.
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, SV Sunil, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Ramandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Akashdeep Singh.
Womens Team
Goalkeepers: Savita (Vice-Captain), Rajani Etimarpu
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete
Midfielders: Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Namita Toppo.
Forwards: Rani Rampal (Captain), Vandana Katariya, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Navjot Kaur, Sharmila Devi.
PV Sindhu's South Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun resigns due to personal reasons
less than a year to go for the Tokyo Olympics, South Korea's Kim Ji Hyun has stepped down from her position as India's women's singles badminton coach to attend to her ailing husband in New Zealand.
Kim Ji Hyun, who was roped in by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) early this year, had played a crucial role in guiding PV Sindhu to her World Championship gold last month at Basel, Switzerland.
However, the 45-year-old from Busan had to rush to New Zealand to be beside her husband Ritchie Marr, who suffered a neuro stroke about a fortnight ago.
"It is true, Kim has resigned as her husband is pretty unwell. He suffered a kind of neuro stroke sometime during the World Championship. So she rushed back. She needs to take care of him as it will take around 4 to 6 months for him to recover," India's chief national coach Pullela Gopichand told PTI.
Kim had developed a good rapport with Sindhu, who time and again acknowledged the Korean's role in her success.
Interestingly, Kim is India's third foreign coach to have resigned without completing the tenure.
Renowned Indonesian coach Mulyo Handoyo, who had guided the men's singles shuttlers progress on the world stage, had resigned abruptly in late 2017 from the Indian national badminton team citing personal reasons. He later joined the Singapore squad.
Malaysia's Tan Kim Her had also stepped down as India's doubles coach early this year, 18 months before his tenure was to end at the Tokyo Olympics.
Badminton Association of India (BAI) will now have to quickly find a replacement for Kim, given that the Olympics qualification is currently on and the Tokyo Games is just 10 months away.
"We are trying to get someone to fill in her boots. But it will be again a stop-gap arrangement. We need to find a permanent solution," Gopichand said.
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/badminton/story/kim-ji-hyun-pv-sindhu-south-korean-coach-resigns-to-attend-to-ailing-husband-1602499-2019-09-24
This is very close to India's Best team.This team can compete with any team.
This is a 20 member squad and for the final Tournament they'll have to pick 16,one should keep that in mind.
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The 4 players who I would exclude from this squad would be Gurinder,Rohitdas,Lakra and Vivek Sagar.
Also,post this Tournament i will replace Nilakanta Sharma with Chinglensana(as I think he is injured currently). So,Nilakanta should be also excluded.
The forward line is complete and experienced. If anyone of them isn't performing then I will replace him with Sumit Kumar instead of Dilpreet.I have to see first that how everybody is performing.
Jinson Johnson, Dutee Chand in action at World Athletics Championships: All you need to know
With eyes on personal bests and elusive berths in final, a 27-member Indian contingent begin their IAAF World Championships campaign in Doha on Friday. From full list of Indian athletes to schedule, here's all you need to know about the Indian participation at the biennial event.
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/iaaf-world-championships-doha-india-athletes-schedule-time-table-1603814-2019-09-27
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