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There is no family rift or problems with coach: Sindhu

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, Oct 20: World Champion PV Sindhu on Tuesday said she is in London to work on her nutrition and recovery needs with due consent of her family and coaches, denying reports of a fallout with either of the two even though her father spoke of her dissatisfaction with the national camp in Hyderabad. The Olympic silver-medallist has been in London for the last 10 days and posted a picture with sports nutritionist Rebecca Randell of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI), her training base, on her social media page on Monday. A report claimed that Sindhu left the country �due to tensions in her family�, a speculation she rejected.

�I came to London a few days back to work on my nutrition and recovery needs with GSSI. In fact I have come here with the consent of my parents and absolutely there (sic) were no family rifts in this regard,� Sindhu said in a statement posted on Twitter on Tuesday. �Why will I have problems/issues with my parents who have sacrificed their lives for my sake? Mine is a very close knitted family and they will always support me. I am in touch with my family members everyday.�

This was after her father PV Ramana told PTI that her move was a result of training �not happening properly at the camp in Hyderabad�.

The celebrated Indian is gearing up for the Asia leg of the Badminton World Federation�s calendar, scheduled in January next year.

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BWF has been forced to move the World Tour Finals (January 27-31) and the two Asia opens (January 12-17 and January 19-24) to Bangkok.

Sindhu will not get a direct entry in the rescheduled World Tour Final as the BWF has decided against handing automatic invitations to current world champions and the Indian said being in London gives her a chance to prepare for next year�s Asia leg.

Ramana claimed that the celebrated shuttler was not happy with her training at the national camp.

�Her practice was not happening properly here. After the 2018 Asian Games, Gopi (chief coach Pullela Gopichand) didn�t take interest in her training. He didn�t provide a proper practice partner to train with her,� he said.

�She was not having enough quality practice and was fed up with the treatment,� he claimed.

Sindhu has been part of the national camp for Olympic hopefuls and was training with her Korean coach Park Tae Sang ever since Kim Ji Hyun resigned last year. � PTI

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