Bangalore, April 15: Former National champion Madhumita Bisht will miss next month's World Badminton Championship at Denmark due to an injury sustained on April 12 during the coaching camp for the meet.The Sudhirman Cup and World Championship is scheduled to be held at Copenhagen (Denmark) from May 10-23. The Sudhiram Cup will take off from May 10-16, followed by the World Championship from May 16-23.
``Twenty probables are attending the camp under the guidance of coach Arif and Uday Pawar. Coach Arif is certain to tour with the team while Pawar's case is still in the pipeline,'' Padukone said.
He said the designated third coach, Leroy D'Sa was unlikely to join the camp due to prior engagements. The seven-member men's team and five-member women's team will be leaving on May 6 from Bangalore.
``The camp is going on as per schedule and I am praying there will not be any more injuries. Mixed doubles combination is yet to be finalised,'' said coach Arif.
Team: Men:
P Gopi Chand, Abhinn ShyamGupta, Sachin Ratti, Srikant Bakshi, Vincent Lobo, Jaseel Ismail and Vinod Kumar.
Women:
Aparna Popat, Manjusha Kanwar, PVV Lakshmi, Neelima Choudary and Archana Deodhar.
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