At Gold Coast Commonwealth Games came to an end and it's now four years until Birmingham 2022 but in light of one of the biggest events coming to the Australian shores, the games attracted so many.Over 6,600 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories made history over 11 unforgettable days of world class sporting action.For the first time in the history of a major multi-sport Games, there was an equal number of medal events for men and women across all sports.There were 29 countries who claimed gold, with medals shared between 43 countries, beating the previous best of 39 which was set at Manchester 2002 and equalled at Melbourne 2006~ India had its moments under the Sun
During the Commonwealth games, historic event took place when Srikanth Kidambi reached the World No. 1 spot in the BWF rankings, making him the first Indian male to do so.However, Pullela Gopichand, who is the chief national coach and is credited with changing the face of Indian badminton, later revealed that no celebrations were allowed for Srikanth's feat in Gold Coast. He told NDTV, "It was a big tournament and it was important to focus. It's very easy to get distracted. Then Srikanth was World No. 1 and they said let's celebrate, let's cut a cake. I said this can wait, you need to put your head down."Gopichand has often stressed the importance of remaining focused during events in the past and it was no surprise to see him assume the role of the tough taskmaster once again. He added that he cannot allow any celebration during the middle of the event. The former All England champion also spoke about the historic women's singles final between his wards PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, where it was the latter who came up trumps. "I did not watch the Saina-Sindhu match," he said. "It was very prestigious that for the first time in final both were Indians. I was relaxed because we were getting both gold and silver." Aerated soft drinks may be seen as cool by many, especially the youth with their role models from the movie and sports arenas pushing the products through advertisements, but for the all England badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, they are a strict no.In 2002, fresh from basking in glory, the ace shuttler turned down a lucrative offer from a cola major in the country to feature in their advertisements."i am against aerated drinks as they are not good for health. just as i firmly believe that smoking and drinking (of alcoholic beverages) is bad for health, so is the case with aerated drinks," he was quoted as saying. Principle over lucre ~ nothing to decide as most would fall for the latter ! ~ but champions are made of a different stuff. With regards – S. Sampathkumar 23rd Apr 2o18