New Delhi: When Pandemic Covid-19 cancels his preparations for Paralympics, table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel found the perfect practice partner in the robot provided by the Indian sports authority, the assistance he felt, made all the differences in the historical winner of the silver winner in Tokyo.
Patel became the first Indian table tennis player to win a paralympic medal by gaining silver, down to Zhang Miao from China at Clash Summit.
And he praised his success to the TT robot (Butterfly – Amicus Prime), which cost Rs 2,73,500, and Ottobock wheelchair, for Rs 2.84,707, for his success.
“I got a robot through Sai Tops (Target Olympic podium scheme) which is a follow-up robot.
It has many advanced features like you can get a blow from a different angle.” So, I got a good variation from it in my game.
This improves my game a lot.
In addition, the summers gave us other equipment such as rackets, “Patel, who suffered from polio as toddlers, to PTI in an interview after returning from Tokyo.
Made in Hungary, Amicus Prime claims to be the best ping pong robot available with 21 pre-saved exercises And the ball frequency up to 120 per minute.
“During the time of Pandemic (Kuncian), my husband arranged the table for me only at home.
The time that my coach made me a second hand robot with what I used to practice but after that I got a Robot Sai in February-March 2020, “he said.
He also spoke in detail about the big difference of robots made in improving his game.” My stroke The stronger after playing with a robot.
I used to play 5000 balls in a day with a robot.
Bola control and placement increases a lot, round control, cut control is also improved.
All of these differences occurred because of the robot, “he explained.
Patel also praised his family, especially his husband Nikunj Patel, former Junior level Cricketer for Gujarat with whom he had a love marriage in 2017.” He resulted me slope, pushed me say ‘You can do this and you have to do this because after seeing you a lot of athletes will advance, you must be their inspiration’.
“Even now he told me that you have a long way to leave.
Nikunj always supports me.
After I thought after marriage that I could not continue the game but he stood behind me like a rock.” The couple married after falling in love after meeting coincidence through ordinary friends.
“It was a love marriage, we met through public friends and then we started talking by telephone.
After that we told our family and just took a plunge,” Patel added.
He said it was a visit to the relationship between blind people in Ahmedabad who changed his perception of life and took him into sports.
“I was born on November 6, 1986 and after one year I was shocked by polio.
But I was considered the lucky person in my house because many household problems were resolved after my birth.” I have sister and sister.
In 2004-05 I began visiting blind people’s relations at Ahmedabad and there I saw many of my friends playing table tennis.
After watching them, I think I have to start sports as a hobby, “Patel said.” I think this is something where I can move forward.
I used to feel happy when I played table tennis.
From there on top of table tennis into my life.
“Patel now wants to improve his paralympiary performance in the events of the world to come.” I want to give me 100 percent in the next Commonwealth games, the Asian Games game and win gold.
In the future, I want to change my silver to gold in Paris, “he signed.