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SAI approves national coaching camp for Table Tennis

By ANI | Published: October 24, 2020 1:56 PM

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has approved the national coaching camp for Table Tennis, which will be held from October 28 to December 8.

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The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has approved the national coaching camp for Table Tennis, which will be held from October 28 to December 8.

The camp comprising 11 players (5 male, 6 female) and four support staff will be conducted by the Table Tennis Federation of India at the Delhi Public School, Sonepat.

The camp has been sanctioned at a total cost of approximately Rs. 18 Lakhs (plus air travel and medical expenses).

Campers will be staying in the residential facilities at DPS, Sonepat. The camp will abide by the Standard Operating Procedures set up by the Sports Authority of India for the resumption of sporting activities.

This will be the first national camp for Table Tennis that will be held after the announcement of the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus in March this year.

Four-times Commonwealth Games gold medalist Achanta Sharath Kamal will be a part of the men's training group where he will be joined by Manush Shah, Manav Thakkar, Sudhanshu Grover, and Jubin Kumar.

The women's training group will comprise Anusha Kutumbale, Diya Chitale, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Archana Kamath, Takeme Sarkar, and Kaush Nath.

Archana Kamath who is a part of the Target Olympic Podium scheme development group and a semifinalist at the 2018 Youth Olympics is happy to be returning to a camp environment and getting to see her teammates after a long time.

"I had been training at home in Bengaluru but looking forward to return to a camp environment where I can get to see my compatriots in the Indian team after a long time and train with them," said Kamath in an SAI release.

Kamath added that while her ultimate goal is to qualify for the Olympics and play in them, for the moment she is just focusing on the present and thinking of one match at a time.

India have performed very well in Table Tennis in recent times winning 8 medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as winning medals for the first time ever at the Asian Games the same year.

( With inputs from ANI )

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