{"id":16195,"date":"2023-12-16T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/pullela-gopichand-visits-odisha-masters-reviews-upcoming-badminton-high-performance-centre-at-kalinga-sports-complex-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:36:54","slug":"pullela-gopichand-visits-odisha-masters-reviews-upcoming-badminton-high-performance-centre-at-kalinga-sports-complex-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/pullela-gopichand-visits-odisha-masters-reviews-upcoming-badminton-high-performance-centre-at-kalinga-sports-complex-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pullela Gopichand visits Odisha Masters, reviews upcoming Badminton High Performance Centre at Kalinga Sports Complex &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bhubaneswar:<\/strong> As day five of the Odisha Masters 2023 unfolded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, badminton legend Vice-President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) and chief coach of the Indian National Badminton team Pullela Gopichand graced the event bringing a wave of support and encouragement to the athletes participating in the six-day BWF Super 100 event.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, he visited and reviewed the soon-to-be inaugurated Badminton High Performance Centre (HPC) at the Kalinga Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the spectacle of the tournament, the Padma Bhushan awardee said, \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to see the event, the level of competition and the excitement around it. Furthermore, to have so many young kids present here and witness great badminton action, I\u2019m sure it will inspire a lot of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Indians finding their way to the Mixed Doubles, Women\u2019s Doubles, Men\u2019s Doubles, and Men\u2019s Singles finals, Gopichand expressed his optimism, stating, \u201cIt\u2019s good to see Indians excel in this tournament and earn points that are crucial to rankings. Events like this allow our athletes to be seen and inspired. It is a big plus for Indian badminton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odisha, in its pursuit of promoting and developing sports in the region, has identified Badminton as a priority sector. The state has also announced 90 multipurpose indoor stadiums to be established across the State of which 40 are ready for inauguration. Badminton will be an integral part of this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Commending Odisha\u2019s robust efforts in promoting sports, especially badminton, Gopichand remarked, \u201cIt is great to see the way Odisha is promoting Indian sports and badminton. To have 90 multipurpose indoor stadiums across Odisha, providing young aspiring athletes the chance to play numerous sports including badminton, is truly amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning attention to the Badminton High-Performance Centre which is soon to be the newest addition to several High-Performance Centers at the Kalinga Sports Complex, the legendary coach was abundant in his praise, \u201cI\u2019m just returning from the HPC at the Kalinga Stadium, and it is a wonderful structure that is unique and very well planned. The Kalinga Sports Complex has shaped into a fine sports ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The badminton legend further added, \u201cI believe, the badminton HPC will shape a lot of top talents from this part of the country and the support of the Odisha government will be instrumental in shaping these careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: As day five of the Odisha Masters 2023 unfolded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, badminton legend Vice-President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) and chief coach of the Indian National Badminton team Pullela Gopichand graced the event bringing a wave of support and encouragement to the athletes participating in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16197,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195\/revisions\/16197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}