Veteran Sharath Kamal and world no. 24 Manika Batra will lead the Indian men's and women's squads respectively at the Paris Games, where the country will make its Olympic debut in team events.
National champion Harmeet Desai, ranked 86th in the world in men's singles, is seeded 49th. He will make his Olympic debut.
As Archana navigates her new path, her time as a top athlete continues to shape her perspective and inspire others.
On Monday, the Indian women's team comprising Manika, Sreeja and Archana had prevailed over higher-ranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie to enter the quarter-finals.
Ace Indian paddler and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra will take on Great Britain's Anna Hursey in the women's singles opening round
Manika Batra led from the front as India prevailed over higher-ranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie
Can see growth, especially in women's table tennis in India: Manika Batra on UTT
Indian women's team eased past Uzbekistan while the men endured successive defeats with the loss to South Korea in the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan on Monday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 12, Tuesday, August 7, 2024:
Manika Batra shocked World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to secure the biggest win of her singles career.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 10, Monday, August 5, 2024:
Star paddler Manika Batra was left out of the India squad for the Asian Championships, beginning September 28 in Doha, after failing to attend the mandatory national camp in Sonepat.
Manika Batra went down fighting to Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico 3-4 in the round of 32 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
India's Manika Batra failed to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships after crashing out in the quarter-finals of the mixed and women's doubles, in Houston, on Saturday.
Star Indian paddler Manika Batra crashed out of the women's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships Finals after a first round defeat, while Sathiyan Gnanasekaran advanced to the second round in the men's singles, in Houston, on Wednesday.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran progressed to the singles third round at the World Table Tennis Championships with a 4-0 win over Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko in Houston.
India's leading table tennis player Harmeet Desai feels he has been "unfairly" left out of the singles competition for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Manika Batra and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 in the women's doubles round of 16.
40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.
World C'ships: Sajan Prakash finishes 25th, fails to progress to final
India had exceeded expectations at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia by winning three gold, a couple of silver and three bronze medals.
Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India endured a medal-less outing at the Youth Olympics after the gold rush of the previous three days as the women's hockey team lost to Argentina and rising table tennis player Archana Kamath went down in the bronze medal match in Buenos Aires.
Avinash Sable's national mark headlines strong showing in IGP 2
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
Forward Mumtaz Khan (8th, 11th, 12th, 15th) scored four times and Chetna scored thrice (6th, 14th, 17th) to help India achieve the dominating win on Monday night.
Men could extend their reign for the second successive time after annexing the title in the previous edition at Surat in 2015. The Indian men had won their first crown in Kuala Lumpur in 2004.
While Indian table tennis took giant strides in the year, a star too was born with Manika Batra pocketing as many as four medals including two historic gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Indian shooter Manu Bhaker won gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in Youth Olympics on Tuesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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