This is not a small feat, keep it up: PM Narendra Modi to triumphant shuttlers

This is not a small feat Prime Minister Narnedra Modi said while hosting the victorious Thomas Cup team players of which were chuffed to get the backing of the countrys premierFew days after congratulating the players over telephone for their historic triumph at the prestigious tournament in Bangkok PM Modi met in person and interacted with the badminton squad which also included players from the womens Uber Cup teamI congratulate the whole team on behalf of the nation This is not a small feat You have done it There was a time when we were so behind in these tournaments that no one would know here said ModiInteracted with our badminton champions who shared their experiences from the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup The players talked about different aspects of their game life beyond badminton and more India is proud of their accomplishments httpstcosz1FrRTub8mdash Narendra Modi narendramodi May 22 2022During his interaction with the champions an elated PM relived the memory of the historic Thomas Cup campaign where India clinched gold medal by defeating favourites IndonesiaModi said that India were able to hoist their flag in the competition after decades and it was not a small achievement He congratulated the team for their efforts and said that people earlier never cared for these tournaments but thanks to the Thomas Cup win the country took notice of the team and the sport of badmintonThe Yes we can do it attitude has become the new strength in the country today I assure you that the government will give all possible support to our players said the prime ministerHe congratulated senior player Kidambi Srikanth for the manner in which the 29yearold had shouldered the responsibility of spearheading the Indian challenge specially in his final game in the championshipI can very proudly say that no other athlete in the world can boast about this sir Only we have this privilege of talking to you immediately after winning First of all thank you so much sir Srikanth saidAthletes will be proud to say that we have the backing of our prime minister he addedChief national coach Pullela Gopichand said PM follows the players and the sport and his thoughts connect with the playersAs far as doubles coach Mathias Boe was concerned he said I have a been a player and won medals but have never been called by my PMStar shuttler Lakshya Sen gifted the PM Almoras famous bal mithai after he expressed his interest to savour the taste of the sweets The PM asked for Almoras bal mithai and I got it for him It is touching that he remembers small things about players Sen saidWe feel very motivated whenever you meet us interact with us I hope I keep winning medals for India keep meeting you and keep getting bal mithai for you the youngster addedThe PM asked what is there in the soil of Haryana that it keeps producing one great player after anotherWoman shuttler Unnati Hooda who hails from Haryana was delighted at meeting the PM Sir what motivates me is that you dont discriminate between the medallists and non medallists Hooda saidDoubles specialist Satwiksairaj Rankireddy said the players slept with their medals after the memorable title triumph last week India capped off their historic Thomas Cup campaign by blanking 14time champions Indonesia 30 in the finalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever