Olympics 2024: Mathias Boe Retires From Coaching After Satwik-Chirag Fail to Win Olympic Medal

Add as a preferred source on Google

Mathias Boe on Saturday (August 3) announced his retirement from coaching days after India's ace doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty failed to win a medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024.

World number 5 pair Satwik-Chirag bowed out of the Olympics following a hard-fought loss to Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men's doubles quarterfinals 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 in Paris on Thursday (August 1).

Boe, a silver medal winner in the London Olympics, had joined Chirag and Satwik as their coach ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The Dane took to social media that his coaching stint has come to an end following Satwik-Chirag's exit.

"For me, my coaching days ends here, I'm not going to continue in India or anywhere else, for now at least. I have spent too much time in a badminton hall and it's also pretty stressful to be a coach, I'm a tired old man," the 44-year-old from Denmark wrote on his Instagram account.

Satwik and Chirag were hot favourites to go the distance in the men's doubles event at Paris, having come into the tournament in good form, but the duo suffered a heartbreak in the last 8, and Boe consoled them.

"I know the feeling all too well myself. Pushing yourself to the limit every day, to be in the best shape of your life, and then things doesn't go as you would have hoped for. I know you guys are gutted, I know how much you wanted to bring a medal back to India, but this time it wasn't meant to be," Boe added.

Boe, however, said that he is leaving the position as a satisfied man despite his wards failing to return from Paris with a medal as he went on to elobrate the pain the pair have been through in some matches.

"You have everything to be proud of, how hard you have worked in this Olympics camp, battling injuries, even taken injections to reduce the pain, that is dedication, that is passion and that is a lot of Heart," he wrote.