updated: Aug 02 2021, 19:15 ist
As P V Sindhu let out a scream of joy and relief after beating He Bingjiao to the Olympic bronze medal on Sunday, a man seated by the court-side let out an even louder scream.
The man in question is Park Tae-Sang, a former Korean singles shuttler who has been Sindhu's coach since late 2019.
He began his badminton career as a singles player, winning gold in the 2002 Asian Games for South Korea. The Korean had also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2004 Athens Olympics and is an Asian Badminton Championship bronze medallist.
Tae-Sang began his coaching career in 2013 with the South Korean national badminton side, where he stayed till 2018. The 42-year-old then moved to India after joining the illustrious Pullela Gopichand Badminton academy and was tasked with coaching the Indian men's singles shuttlers.