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VISUALIZATION EXERCISE & MUSIC IN ROUNAK’S RISE
The Morning Standard
|October 13, 2025
AMIDST a sea of young badminton prospects here at the ongoing BWF World Junior Championships, Indian teenager Rounak Chouhan is aiming to touch the sky.
The National Centre of Excellence for Badminton in Amingaon, here, is where he has been brushing his skills for the past two years or so. With ambitions to lift his game before entering the senior stage, Rounak is aiming to bid goodbye to his junior career with aplomb. C Lalramsanga (doubles specialist) and Unnati Hooda might have generated headlines in India’s historic triumph over Korea, a victory in the quarterfinals that helped them secure bronze, Rounak had also made a telling contribution then. In fact, it was stuff of dreams for Rounak, given his strong association with the venue.
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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