Sharath has won the national table tennis championship a record 10 times. He has won 13 medals at the CWG, including seven golds. He has also won two medals at the Asian Games. The legendary TT player is also a three-time bronze medalist at the World Championships.
Ace table tennis player Sharath Kamal has been announced as India's flagbearer for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics while the Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom was named as chef de mission for Summer Games.
Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom thanked the Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha for appointing her as the chef de mission on Thursday for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.
India's renowned Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal on Friday lost 1-4 to World No. 6 Felix Lebrun in the men's singles quarterfinals of Singapore Smash
Paris 2024 will mark the first time that India will have representation in the team events at the Olympics. Both the men's and women's team events were introduced in the Olympic programme at Beijing 2008
Moving to the quarterfinals would have ensured an Olympics 2024 quota for both Indian teams, but the dreams of earning a direct qualification through this tournament is over. However, India can still fulfill its Paris 2024 dream depending on their world ranking at the month-end.
The Indian men's and women's teams secured their spots in the round of 16 stage of the ongoing World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea on Wednesday, with both sides just a victory away from Paris Olympics 2024 quota.
During the course of men's and women's events, up to eight Paris Olympics quotas each are at stake, given to the teams who will reach the quarterfinals and have not secured any team quotas before.
Indian paddlers Manav Thakkar and Ayhika Mukherjee began their campaign in the WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 with comfortable victories on Tuesday at the Peddem Indoor Stadium in Mapusa.
India's experienced duo paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the men's singles Round of 16 on Friday in the ongoing Asian Games.
She beat Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut by 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6) in her round of 16 match-up. After the first four thrilling sets which made the scoreline level at 2-2, Batra beat Suthasini in the next two sets to secure the win.