NEW DELHI: In what is a distinguished accomplishment India’s primary national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has been offered an honourable reference by the International Olympic Committee at the 2019 Coaches Lifetime Accomplishment Awards.
Gopichand got the honourable mention for the male classification of the awards.
” The panel wishes to recognise his [Gopichand] efforts in the advancement of badminton in India, his efforts in supporting professional athletes throughout sports and his contribution to the Olympic Motion,” IOC stated in a declaration