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New Delhi: Star table tennis player Manika Batra believes having a personal coach is a basic requirement for an athlete playing individual sport and if she had court-side access to hers in Tokyo Olympics, she would have done better. Speaking to PTI, Manika said the authorities, including the Table Tennis Federation of India, should not mind personal coaches travelling with …

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: TTFI issues show cause notice to star paddler Manika Batra over refusing national coach's help

In a show of protest, Manika had refused help from designated team coach Soumyadeep Roy during her singles matches. New Delhi: Table Tennis Federation of India on Wednesday decided to issue a show cause notice to star paddler Manika Batra for her refusal to take national coach Soumyadeep Roy’s help at the Tokyo Olympics. Though Manika’s coach Sanmay Paranjape was …

Taking a serious view of Manika Batra’s refusal to be guided by National coach Soumyadeep Roy during her singles matches in Tokyo Olympics, the Table Tennis Federation of India has decided to issue a show-cause notice to her. READ: TTFI to consider action against Manika Batra for outburst against national coach According to the TTFI secretary Arun Banerjee, “What happened …

Tokyo 2020: Table Tennis federation issues show-cause notice to Manika Batra for refusing national coach's help

Table Tennis Federation of India on Wednesday decided to send a show-cause notice to Manika Batra to explain why she did not take the help of national coach Soumyadeep Roy during her matches at the Tokyo Olympics. Roy, who is a 2006 Commonwealth Games team event gold medallist and an Arjuna awardee, was the only coach who travelled with the …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: TTFI says Manika Batra refusing help from national coach an 'act of indiscipline'

The Table Tennis Federation of India secretary-general Arun Banerjee has said that the TTFI Executive Committee will decide in its next meeting whether to take action against Manika Batra after her “outburst” against national coach Soumyadeep Roy. Yes, Sutirtha trains at his academy, but Soumyadeep has been appointed the national coach,” Banerjee told Sportstar from Tokyo on Tuesday. Banerjee, however, …

Annoyed by star paddler Manika Batra’s “outburst” against national coach Soumyadeep Roy, Table Tennis Federation of India secretary-general Arun Banerjee said the federation’s executive committee will decide on the course of action at its next meeting. Yes, Sutirtha trains at his academy but Soumyadeep has been appointed the national coach,” Mr. Banerjee told The Hindu from Tokyo on July 27. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Derailed Games preparation back on track after Manika Batra agrees to attend national camp

The preparation of the Olympic-bound Indian table tennis contingent seems to be going nowhere with leading players G Sathiyan and Manika Batra confirming their unavailability for the proposed training camp in Sonepat from June 20. With the coronavirus-induced restrictions already affecting the players' preparations for the July-August Tokyo Games, top players preferring to work with their individual coaches is also …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympic preparation going haywire as India's top table tennis players prefer to train individually

Just about two weeks ago, four Indian paddlers booked their tickets to the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. On the special occasion of World Table Tennis Day, here are the top-5 milestone moments of Indian table tennis that have contributed to the resurgence of the sport in the country. Chasing an Olympics dream The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will see four …

2021 is going to be a big year – it is the Olympic year! “More than the matches, I think the level of training I have got, practicing with top Japanese players, I don’t think I would have got this kind of practice available anywhere else. Sathiyan spoke about the “tough” quarantine he had in Tokyo because he began playing …