The Indian players are aiming to end the drought for the Olympics medals through the Tokyo Olympics. Indians have not got any Olympics medal in the Table Tennis sports, as of now. With the success of Commonwealth games 2018, players are hoping the success in Tokyo Olympics.
Overall 8 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) were bagged by the Indian contingent in the CWG 2018. Manika Batra got the gold medal under the women’s singles as well she is the in women’s squad which was praised in the team event. At Gold Coast, the Men team also achieved the gold medal.
Here are the details of the Indian players:
Manika Batra
The Indians are having hopes for this player, with respect to her good performance in the Commonwealth games 2018. Manika Batra won two medals (one in a team event) in the Gold Coast. This year’s Olympics are her second Olympics. In an interaction with Sportstar, in the early days of this year, Batra has said that she is willing to shock any high-ranked player during the Tokyo Olympics.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is a debutant in this Tokyo Olympics. In March, he played a qualification tournament with Pakistan’s player, Muhammad Rameez, and won the match. Hence, Gnanasekaran was qualified for the Olympics. In May, he has spoken to the Timesnownews.com. At that time, Sathiyan said that he was working more on the power game. Sathiyan is also in the men’s team, which bagged a gold medal in CWG 2018.
Sharath Kamal
Sharath Kamal is making attempt at winning the Olympic medal, as he is taking participation in the fourth world event. Sharath, who was honored with the Padma Shri in 2019 will be in single as well double events. He has said that these Olympics games would be best for him.
