Podcast: Srikanth Kidambi on Thomas Cup win, his love of film

About this episode

India's Srikanth Kidambi is this week’s Olympic Channel podcast guest. The badminton star talks about captaining his team to an historic victory in the Thomas Cup and how momentous it was for the country. He tells Ash Tulloch about his love of film and shares who he would like to play him in a movie about the recent men's team event success. The 29-year-old also reflects on missing out on the men's singles at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, and discusses his ambitions for the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympics.

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