At 16, Bengaluru’s Avani Prashanth will maybe be the youngest golfer ever to signify India on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou subsequent month.
“It has all the time been my dream to signify my nation in Golf in each the Asian Video games and the Olympics,” stated Avani, in a telephonic chat with Sportstar, from Sweden.
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“Again in 2016, my dad [M.S. Prashanth] used to speak to me about enjoying for India and ready a coaching chart for a similar. So, when the trials got here in 2022, I made it to the crew however sadly, the occasion received cancelled,” stated Avani, who began enjoying golf on the age of three.
Making it to the crew once more this yr got here as an enormous sigh of reduction for this younger champion. “I feel it has come on the proper time as I used to be capable of play so much internationally.”
Avani has been mentored by Laurence Brotheridge of Nice Britain for over 4 years. She stated: “My coach all the time appreciated the individuality of my swing although it’s not of the textbook type. Actually, my power lies in my swing and I’m hitting it longer than all the opposite professionals on the earth. I’m additionally a rounded participant now.”
Concerning the medal probabilities, she stated: “The ladies’s crew, this time, might be the most effective it has ever been. All of us are going for the gold.”
FILE PHOTO: Avani Prashanth of Bengaluru in motion throughout a golf match
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FILE PHOTO: Avani Prashanth of Bengaluru in motion throughout a golf match
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She additionally has a watch on a person medal. To realize that, she is engaged on her shot recreation.
“That’s one thing each golfer desires to enhance upon. I’m attempting a variety of photographs and in addition getting the powerful ones collectively. It’s mainly to arrange myself for something that comes my approach in China,” stated Avani, who’s busy with the Women European Tour Entry Sequence occasion in Sweden.
She plans to journey to Amsterdam after which take a brief break to hitch her household in Bengaluru earlier than boarding the flight to China. “The break is to not chill out however to chalk out a transparent plan and put together for the completely different components of my recreation earlier than the Asiad,” she added.