Hyderabad: Back in Bangkok all the Indian players slept wearing their gold medals after celebrating their sensational Thomas Cup triumph on Sunday. Exactly 28 years back, the Indian government had refused to send the badminton contingent to the 1994 Commonwealth Games as it was so confident that they cannot finish in the top-6, that too competing with the likes of England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, etc.
Pullela Gopichand was a member of the National team and he felt disappointed with the government decision, but he was not angry as it was the standard of badminton then.
“That move by the government spurred us to win the team silver at the next edition and now winning Thomas Cup is the ultimate achievement for any national team,” said Gopichand, the chief coach of the Indian team, who had another busy day, albeit in a different manner. From Sunday evening till now, he has been receiving congratulatory messages, talking to the players, and savouring the sensational victory.
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