feat. Shlok Ramchandran - a podcast by IVM Podcasts

This week, in a special guest episode, the boys are joined by Shlok Ramachandran. Shlok is a professional badminton player having represented India internationally in men's doubles and he is also the co-host of The Millennial Athlete podcast on the IVM Network. On this episode, hosts Karthik, Sapre and Siva talk to Shlok about why he wanted to be on this show, what the Millennial Athlete is about, how and why they started it up, badminton player Ajay Jayaram being on Shlok's show, the situation that happened with Ajay Jayaram because of which he couldn't compete in the Denmark Open, and lots more. Shlok also talks about into playing badminton with kids from South Bombay, going to Ryan International School, what it's like to represent India in badminton at the world stage, being world rank 31 in men's doubles, currently being on a sabbatical from the sport, the financial aspect of individual sports, winning 5 championship medals among various more titles, areas where the federations of sports and badminton have fallen short in India, how only the top players are well off and everyone else is still struggling, some of the highest points in Shlok's career, and how proud his dad was that he made it to the Thomas Cup 2018 squad. Tune in for all this and tons more.

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