Manika Batra to lead Indian Table Tennis squad for Asian Games
Other Sports | June 20, 2018 18:15 ISTBoth the men's and women's team have undergone one change each from the successful Commonwealth Games campaign.
Both the men's and women's team have undergone one change each from the successful Commonwealth Games campaign.
Srikanth said he can't afford to wait for another four years for an Asian Games medal as no one knows if he will be able to make it to the Indian team again.
On May 15, the IWF provisionally suspended Chanu for four years after her 'A' sample was tested positive for a banned anabolic agent.
Sanjita Chanu lifted a total of 192kg to win a gold medal in 53kg category at the CWG 2018 in Gold Coast. If Sanjita's 'B' sample also tests positive, she could be handed a four-year ban from the sport.
Sanjita Chanu might lose her Gold Coast gold medal after being tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone.
His retirement came just a few months before the Asian Games in Indonesia but he has been on the wane for some time.
Sushil, however, maintained that at the end of the day, both winning and losing is part and parcel of the game.
India's star badmiton player Kidambi Srikanth said he wants to learn the ability to remain calm and composed in pressure situations from former India cricket captain MS Dhoni.
Having the comfort of family helped as she could focus on training more and it worked for the Indian shuttler which brought her laurels in the 2018 CWG.
The 20-year-old Chopra, who also won the gold medal in the 2016 world junior championships, has also been recommended for the Arjuna Award by the federation.
The preparations for organising the mega awards function at Panchkula had almost been completed.
The 22-year-old paddler, with immense self-belief, wanted the same respect, attention and fanfare for table tennis as provided to other sports.
Batra created history in Gold Coast, single-handedly taking India to a maiden team gold before winning a singles gold, another first.
Till recently an emerging table-tennis star, Manika Batra has turned into an overnight sensation after her impressive run in the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, where she bagged medals in all four events on offer, including an unprecedented gold i
The 22-year-old upset triple Olympic medallist and World No.4 Feng Tianwei of Singapore to lead the Indian women's team to a historic gold before beating Singapore's second highest ranked Mengyu Yu in the women's singles semi-finals, on her way to another gold.
Kom conceded she had a busy schedule -- as a professional athlete, parent, gym owner and lawmaker -- but sounded a warning to her opponents against assuming she had too much on her plate.
Impressed with the performance of the Indian shooting contingent in Gold Coast, ace marksmen Jitu Rai is worried about the adverse effect that non-inclusion of the sport in the 2022 Birmingham Games will have on young talent.
India's best-ever boxer Mary Kom said she has no plans to retire and is determined to defy her critics by winning an elusive Olympic gold.
Mary Kom swiftly put to rest speculations around possible retirement, which gained credence after she added the CWG gold to her glowing list of achievements.
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