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发表于 2009-8-5 20:25:12
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Fit-again Saina returns to practice
Shivani Naik
Posted : Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009 at 0859hrs
Mumbai :
For all the challenges that Saina Nehwal has managed to brave on a badminton court, returning from a bout of mild chicken pox with a world championship only a week away is an altogether different proposition.
As Nehwal returned to practice on Monday at coach P Gopichand’s academy after having given the irritation a week to subside, she spoke of the mental fortitude that sets her apart. “I know sportspersons who, in a similar situation, would have given up, lost hope.
But I’m mentally very strong and was always prepared to go back on court and give my best. I never gave not playing a thought,” she said after training for an hour on Monday and sounding unperturbed about the lost time.
“It felt good to come back, in fact I really enjoyed it out there. It’ll take two-three days to get my rhythm back, but I’m feeling alright now, and there’s no problem. Today I didn’t feel exhausted,” she said.
Father Harvir Singh said Nehwal was offered the option of taking another couple of days to rest by coach Gopichand and return on Wednesday, but she preferred to start right away. Her mentor suggested an easy pace of return, saying that he’d step up training gradually and only if he was convinced the 19-year-old could take the load.
“We’ll take it as it comes. She might not be 100 per cent, but we’ll work on it,” he said. Adding that the setback in preparations for her home world championships as No 6 in the world would’ve hurt her mightily, Gopi said: “She had been training really hard before she was forced to stop because of the infection. But she’s a very strong girl, and she won’t give anything less than 100 per cent of what is expected of her.”
While Nehwal was restricted from travelling and was mostly confined to the house, she admitted that she’d been desperate to get going. The rash marks have now dried up and the doctor has permitted her to take a shower, which means that the illness is past its infectious stage. |
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