With the Tokyo Olympics now under ten more days, we regularly create profiles of some of the largest Indian and international medal competitors.
Today we featured Indian table tennis players – Sathiyan Gnanaskanan.
Name: Sathiyan Gnasankanan (Table Tennis) Birthday: January 8, 1993 Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sport / Event: Table Tennis (Single Male) Sathiyan Gnanasheran.
(Photo by Matt Roberts / Getty Images) Main Achievement: * Silver at 2020 ITTF Major – Hungary Budapest (Male multiplied) * Bronze in 2019 Muscat Oman ITTF Challenge Plus (Single Men) * Bronze in 2019 Australia Geelong ITTF Platinum (Male multiplied Double) * Bronze in 2018 Jakarta Asian Games (Male Team) * Bronze in 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (Mixed Double) * Silver in 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (Men’s Double) * Gold in 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (Men’s Team) * Gold 2017 Spain ITTF Challenge (Single Male) * Perak in 2017 Bulgaria ITTF Major (Male Double) * Gold in 2016 Belgium ITTF Challenge (Single Men) Sathiyan Gnanasheran.
(Photo by Matt Roberts / Getty Picture) In February this year, 28-year-old Sathiyan Gnasankanan solved Jin Seven years not to win the national table tennis championship when he beat the nine-time championchanta sharath kamal in Panchkula.
Before his title victory, Sathiyan lost three in the final in six appearances and the same number in the last four stages.
After winning the title, Sathiyan revealed that the key to success adapted to the condition of playing India because Covid’s pandemic forced him to change the training pattern.
Forced to keep sharp during long locking, Sathiyan was trained with a robot at home.
Sathiyan had imported a ping pong robot from Germany and finally ordered an Olympic bed at the Asian qualifying tournament in Doha in March.
This is the first time the ball tracking tool is used in table tennis, although it has been popular in Cricket for years now.
Sathiyan Gnanaskanan.
(Photo by Robert Cianflone ​​/ Getty Images) in the middle of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Sathiyan has been limited to individual training.
According to reports, Sathiyan had turned the roof terrace of his Chennai’s house into a sports hall, ordered a new table as he would play in Tokyo, and it was contrary to local players to practice.
Sathiyan also played in the Polish TT league.
He maintained an unbeaten record in Poland’s Superliga.
Representing Jaroslaw, Sathiyan won nine matches for the winning team of his newest medal.
In his last League match, Sathiyan registered a 3-1 victory over Gacina Andrej to get a valuable experience before the preparation for the Olympics.