Sindhu moves out of Gpoichand Academy, to train at Gachibowli

By Navneet Singh New Delhi, Feb 13 : To prepare for psychological firepower with her opponents, Olympic Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will be training at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad from Tuesday, after moving out of the city’s Pullela Gopichand Academy, says her father.
PV Ramana, a former international volleyball player, clarified that a change in the training venue is only for psychological reasons as Gachibowli Stadium provides that feeling of playing at a world class venue, and not because of any disagreement with Gopichand.
“She hasn’t split with Gopichand, but wants to train in an ambience that gives her a feel as if she is training in an Olympic arena. The change of venue is with the approval of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and in coordination with the Badminton Association of India (BAI),” Ramana, an Arjuna Award winner, told IANS.
Sindhu, 25, hasn’t qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games so far, but is close to securing the berth. In her quest to achieve a podium finish at the Olympics this July-August, she will train under the Korean coach Park Tae Sang from Tuesday.
Sang took over the job of training Sindhu after another Korean expert, Kim Ji Hyun, quit in September 2019.
While denying a rift between Sindhu and Gopichand, whose Hyderabad’s academy has been the venue for her Olympic preparation in the past, Ramana said the shift in the venue is more to do with an eye on major competitions in the future.