India's men's doubles badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's coach Mathias Boe has announced his retirement from coaching. He was with the Indian contingent in Paris Olympics 2024. Under his supervision, India also had hopes of medals from the Satwik-Chirag pair. But after the defeat in the quarter-final match, the pair of Sat-Chi duo was eliminated. After which now their coach and husband of Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu, Mathias Boe has called off on his coaching career.
Mathias Boe takes retirement from coaching
Mathias Boe, who was a silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympics, has now announced his retirement from coaching after leaving professional badminton. In the Paris Olympics 2024, he was the coach of the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. He gave this information through an Instagram post.
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“I know the feeling all too well myself. Pushing yourself to the limit everyday, to be in the best shape of your life, and then things doesn’t go as you would have hoped for. I know you guys are gutted, I know how much you wanted to bring a medal back to India, but this time it wasn’t meant to be. But you have everything to be proud of, how hard you have worked in this Olympics camp, battling injuries, even taken injections to reduce the pain, that is dedication, that is passion and that is a lot of Heart. You have won so much over the past years and you are going to win so much more in the future. For me, my coaching days ends here, I’m not going to continue in India or anywhere else, for now at least. I have spend too much time in a badminton hall and it’s also pretty stressful to be a coach, I’m a tired old man…Also a huge shout out to all my colleagues in Indian Badminton. Thank you for a lot of good memories and I wish you all the best,” Boe captioned his post.
Satwik-Chirag became the number 1 pair in the world under the supervision of Mathias Boe. Satwik-Chirag, one of India's best medal contenders, was eliminated in the quarter-final match after losing 12-21, 21-14, 21-16 to Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
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