TIL Desk Sports/ The “nightmare” that he endured while being confined in a Bangkok bio-bubble made ace shuttler HS Prannoy realise the importance of addressing the mental health concerns that sportspersons are facing in the post COVID-19 world.
The international badminton restarted after a long COVID-19-induced break as players had to stay in a bio-bubble while competing in the Asian leg championship in Bangkok.
“It was totally new (situation) for us in Thailand, it was first time we went to a bio-bubble. We didn’t know anything what was going to happen,” Prannoy said during a webinar.
“For two weeks, we couldn’t go out of our (respective) rooms. We were only allowed to go for practice, go to main hall and (walk up to the) bus. We were not allowed to walk outside the stadium.”
