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Updated On: 29 July, 2022 09:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Harit Joshi
It was not only about the bucks for P Gopichand and S Karthik as they served up badminton and cricket gear when Covid-19 was at its most confronting
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Chief national badminton coach P Gopichand; (right) Puducherry cricketer S Karthik with his Carbon bats
Sports and athletes were greatly affected by Covid-19 lockdowns. Neither were there any sporting activity for months, nor was there any training due to severe restrictions in venturing outdoors.
However, there were a few in the sporting world who could make the most of the COVID-19 lockdowns. One of them was Pullela Gopichand—chief national badminton coach and one of the most decorated Indian shuttlers of all-time. Gopichand made the most of free time by taking the online route to launch badmintonhub.in [with entrepreneurs Afroze Khan and Ronak Sachdeva] where shuttlers could get all their badminton requirements with ease. “I think Covid-19 hastened the process a bit to be able to work remotely and the need to expand and communicate beyond physical presence.
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