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Pullela Gopichand wants BWF to come up with radical solutions

India's chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand wants world governing body to revise format and tournament structure to get the sport going amid COVID-19 pandemic.

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India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand during an event in Bandra last year. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand during an event in Bandra last year. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand wants BWF to come up with radical solutions to restart the sport smoothly in a post COVID-19 world, suggesting that conducting more tournaments at a single venue could be the way forward. The Coronavirus outbreak forced the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to suspend all events, including the Olympic qualifiers, till end of July.

'Speak to health experts'
"BWF should talk to health people and revise the format itself, the tournament structure itself and do whatever is required," Gopichand told PTI. "My view is if something radical needs to be done, then let's do it and let's go ahead with the sport," he said.

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