singles compared to womens its a little tougher as they have not beaten all the players it does not mean they dont have a chance but it will be tough this is also the best chance we have initially for men at least the key for them would be to make sure they qualify before the april 30 cutoff may be one or two may qualify for women that issue is not there for men its still open it could be a toss up between k srikkanth p kashyap who is injured now h s prannoy and ajay jayaram two among these have a good chance to qualify for rio games said the 1978 commonwealth games singles champion asked about the womens doubles combination of jwala gutta and ashwini ponnappa who have in the past won a bronze medal in the world championship prakash felt the duo has an outside chance to finish on the podium i would say they have an outside chance unless there is drastic improvement they need to put in a lot more effort in these last eight months they have a lot more support now ogqs olympic gold quest of which he is a cofounder with billiards ace geet sethi support top target olympic podium scheme support a specialist doubles coach etcetera its now entirely up to the players specially jwala needs to concentrate a bit more on physical training on her day she can make a big difference if she is physically fit it will make a big difference with her height said prakash who won the national mens singles title 8 years on the trot they have beaten good players but in the past and not recently it may be tough but they have an outside chance these are the three medals we can look for if we can get in others mens and mixed doubles then it will be a bonus but its not being realistic he explained further prakash was also in favour of sending the indian sportspersons in badminton and in other disciplines at least a week prior to the start of their respective events as he feels such a move would maximise their chances of doing well if i was in charge i will send them a week to 10 days before their respective events at least a week before for sure just to be there in the time zone recover from the long flight just go to the hall or shooting range or hockey field or whatever else fivesix times weather in august in the southern hemisphere is not an issue as they have played in winter in other places but time difference and long flight would take one day to recover i hope they just dont go only 23 days before this event comes once in four years and i dont want the government to be miserly after spending so much compared to what they already have spent over the last four years in preparations may be