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Shuttlers Ashwini Ponappa, Lakshya Sen return to training in Bangalore
Updated On: 05 June, 2020 10:52 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The players who are currently training include doubles exponent Ashwini, a three-time Commonwealth Games medallist, former world no 13 Ajay Jayaram, and Lakshya, who had a stellar season with five titles last year
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Ashwini Ponnappa
Top shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and Lakshya Sen are among 20-odd Indian players who have started training at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru as the sport took its first step towards resumption after the COVID-19 hiatus. Confined to their homes for more than two months due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the health crisis, the shuttlers started training at PPBA after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) laid down rules for resumption of training late last month. "Some top national players have been training for last two weeks here. We have 16 courts spread out and about 20 India players are currently practising here. We have separate timings and sessions," Vimal Kumar, head coach and director, PPBA told PTI.
"Most of the trainees out of the total 65 are currently not in the city but they are very keen to come and start training," he added. Vimal said training is optional at this stage. "We have sent out a mail that they should come in batches of 6 or 10 as they have to go through two weeks of home quarantine. "People coming from Maharashtra need to go through institutional quarantine so we have asked them to avoid that. We are not forcing anyone to come."
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