Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe to work with Chirag-Satwik forward of Tokyo Games
Image Source : TWITTER/ @ATHENS_ZONE Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Olympic silver medallist Mathias Boe of Denmark will coach the World No. 10 Indian males’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy within the run as much as the Tokyo Games.
The choice to rent the companies of Boe was taken on Friday by the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell below the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.
Boe, a silver medallist on the 2012 London Olympics, has been roped in on the request of Chirag and Satwik. Satwik and Chirag are presently ninth within the Race to Tokyo with 16 pairs eligible.
During his tenure, Boe can even assist different doubles crew below the TOPS — blended doubles pair of Satwik and Ashwini Ponnappa and ladies’s doubles duo of Ashwini and Sikki Reddy.
Boe had had a distinguished doubles profession, throughout which he additionally received the All-England Championships twice — in 2011 and 2015 — and was a silver medal on the 2013 World Championships.
The thought to rope in Boe was mooted by Chirag, who has partnered the Dane in some occasions prior to now and skilled with him in Mumbai when the Badminton Tour was suspended.
“I have played with him and he is a mentor, having guided me earlier. Working with him will definitely help us in the Olympic year,” Chirag mentioned. “Getting to work with Boe will give us a huge psychological boost.”
Satwik, who recovered from COVID-19 in August final 12 months, too was delighted with the appointment. “We were confident when we played our second tournament in Bangkok. We are fit and we have the fire in us but we need to do much better mentally. Boe’s appointment will help us win tight matches,” he mentioned.
Chirag and Satwik had a breakthrough season in 2019 once they received the Thailand Open Super 500 and was runner-up on the French Open 750.
The pair additionally made a maiden semifinal look at Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 occasion final week. The TOPS has allotted Rs 25.54 lakh every for the shuttlers since 2016.
