NEW DELHI: The South Korean announced their separation from PV Sindhu and her coach Park Tae Sang on Friday, blaming the Indian for her "disappointing actions in all recent matches." PV Sindhu has won two Olympic medals.
Under Park's guidance, Sindhu won the bronze medal in the Olympics in Tokyo and the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games the previous year despite having a stress fracture in her left foot.
After taking a five-month break from competition this year, Sindhu has struggled to regain her form. She lost in the first round of the Malaysia Open and the India Open, and she also looked subdued during the Asia Mixed Team Championships in Dubai, where she lost to Malaysia's Wong Ling Ching and lower-ranked Gao Fang Jie.
The foreign coach said he felt responsible for Sindhu's disappointing start to the season and that the Indian asked for a change."...I'd like to talk about my relationship with pvsindhu1 , which many people have asked about. She has made disappointing moves in all recent matches, and as a coach, I feel responsible," the coach wrote on his Instagram page. "So she (Sindhu) wanted a change and said she would find a new coach. I decided to respect and follow her decision. I'm sorry that I can't be with her until the next Olympics, but now I'm going to support her from afar."
Park was earlier appointed by the Badminton Association of India to train the men's singles players but he began working with Sindhu at the end of 2019. Since taking over the role, Park had guided Sindhu to three BWF World Tour titles in 2022 -- the Syed Modi International, Swiss Open and Singapore Open, besides the CWG gold and Tokyo bronze.
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