Gold Coast: A historic gold medal in the team event was the highlight of India’s outstanding show at the Commonwealth Games, says badminton chief coach Gopichand but was critical of scheduling, which he feels prevented them from winning more medals.
“Overall if you look at the performance, I am pretty happy with how things have gone here. The team gold was the highlight. To beat Malaysia in a mixed team event was the highlight, I think it is fantastic,” Gopichand said after Indian wrapped up the campaign.
“I think for me, this tournament belongs to Ashwini. Satwik and Ashwini could have ended up with a medal. The win in the team event was very critical to put the team 1-0 up and give the confidence to Srikanth to beat Lee Chong Wei, I think that was a big win. Lot of credit to them for pulling off against Malaysia.
“Overall, very good performance from the doubles players. They had a tough time, long matches, two events but they have come out very well. Individual medals is also a reason to be happy.
“The only thing I would say if we would have been lucky, if the scheduling been little favourable we probably could have won couple of medals more.”
