Boe, who alongwith his men's doubles partner Carsten Mogensen, won a silver and a bronze at the World Championship in Guangzhou and Copenhagen respectively, feels China's women's singles players seem a little old but said ruling them out will be a mistake.
"If you look at the last few tournaments they are not as good as they used to be but may be they tried something different, I don't know. We will know that better after the Olympics. If they can get all five gold medals we can't say so. But it seems they are not as dominant now," Boe, who is in India to play for Mumbai Rockets at the Premier Badminton League (PBL), told PTI.
Talking about India's chances at the Olympics, Boe said: "I think Saina and Sindhu will have a chance. They are among the top-10 players of the world. Saina is in top-four, and both these girls have been at the highest level. So they can do that in Olympics. If they can handle pressure then definitely I don't see why they can't get a gold medal for India."
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"We have few big tournaments which is always fun to win. All England is one of the most prestigious tournaments apart from World Championship and Olympics. We have been fortunate to win it twice and to win it three times will be great as there are not many player to do so," said Boe, who won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships with Mogensen.
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"We know we can win Olympics. It is bigger than other events. Whoever can handle pressure best and if we can play our best it will be good enough. I am looking forward to the next few tournaments and qualify for Rio and have another shot at glory," he said.
"Olympics come every four year. It is the biggest goal, biggest dream for any badminton player and we are no exception. We already have a silver at Olympics and if we can win another medal then we will be the only pair to have two medal and that will be remarkable," he added.
"So when he started coaching he preferred to coach singles players and it is a normal development. He had to start somewhere and India have done well in singles and now you have some young doubles players doing well in u-19.
"It will come with time. You already have Manu and Sumeeth who won in Mexico, so India is on the right track. It takes years to develop quality doubles player," he added.
Boe hoped PBL will inspire youngster to take up the game. "People who are watching us at court or TV, hopefully, it will inspire youngsters to take up the game. I hope with time it will generate good players. Lot of academies is building up. There are many opportunity for young shuttlers in India.