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PETALING JAYA: The passion in badminton has driven M. Venugopal from being a player to coach-cum-administrator in an extraordinary career spanning five decades.Currently, he is the events manager with the Badminton World Federation and will reach 20 years in his position next year.“I managed to achieve almost all that I wanted to in badminton. I’m one of the lucky ones to have completed the journey.
“I used to follow and watch my brother play in the open air courts near my home in San Peng, Kuala Lumpur and was fascinated by him leaping and stretching to return the shuttle. “It was very memorable for me to get to meet the greats like Datuk Punch and Datuk James, who were both my seniors.Venugopal became a coach in Selangor Badminton Association after that and had the opportunity to work with James, who was the vice chairman.
“Badminton was only the seventh or eighth ranked sport in Mauritius and I helped to elevate it to third or fourth in two years,” said Venugopal. “I went on to serve in the NSC’s international department for 15 years and looked after the high performance athletes.Venugopal also offered his services to assist the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Association .
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