Gopi Chand is one of those rare athletes whose coaching legacy has eclipsed their playing career. Today’s challenges are today’s, and today’s opportunities are today’s. For Gopi Chand, it’s a shift shaped as much by opportunity as by ambition. For all the generational gaps he pointed to, Gopi Chand was clear about where Indian badminton goes from here. And India hosting the World championships again should catapult that jump and there’s a huge opportunity for us to propel further”.