MANIKA BATRA
India's Paris Olympic Medal Hopes: Key athletes to watch out for in Paris 2024
India's prospects for the Paris 2024 Olympics are bright, with athletes like Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, and PV Sindhu leading the charge. Each contender brings unique strengths, but they also face challenges ranging from injuries to high expectations. The Indian contingent is determined to surpass their previous best medal haul and achieve new heights on the global stage.
List of qualified Indian players for Paris Olympics 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics commence on July 26, featuring 32 sports and 329 gold medals. India’s Tokyo highlights: 124 athletes, 7 medals. Neeraj Chopra defends javelin title. Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh race walking. Bhowneesh Mendiratta loses shooting quota to Prithviraj Tondaiman. Parveen Hooda replaced by Jasmine Lamboria. Indian shooting teams, including Tarundeep Rai and Mirabai Chanu.
‘My Job as a player is to leave Table Tennis in a better place’: Manika Batra
“It is a peculiar coincidence that Manika, too, is ranked No. 24,” national coach Raman Subramanyan said, adding, “I want her to go higher and make it a first for Indian table tennis.” Speaking with Boria Majumdar about her future plans, Manika said that the rankings will give her enough motivation to improve upon her previous Olympics performance at the Paris Games.
Manika Batra-Sathiyan fail to bag Paris Olympics 2024 quota
Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran failed to secure a Paris Olympics 2024 quota from the World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualification tournament in Havirov, Czechia on Friday. The Indian table tennis players, ranked 18th in the latest ITTF mixed doubles world rankings, went down 4-1 which is 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11,11-8 against Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Lyne, ranked 153rd, in the quarter-finals. The eighth-seeded Batra-Sathiyan received a bye in the round of 16 of their knockout bracket.
Indian men's, women's TT teams script history, qualify for Paris Olympics
Indian men's and women's teams create history by qualifying for Paris Olympics based on world rankings in team events at the World Team Championships Finals. Poland, Sweden, Thailand, Croatia, and Slovenia also secure their spots. It's India's first team event since Beijing 2008.
Manika Batra stars in India's win over Hungary at World Championships
Manika Batra leads Indian women's team to a 3-2 victory over Hungary at the World Table Tennis Championships. Indian men's team suffers a 1-3 loss to Poland. China dominates the group. India to play Spain and Uzbekistan in remaining group games.
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Asian Games: Manika Batra becomes first Indian singles player to reach table tennis QFs
Indian paddler Manika Batra has advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's table tennis competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. She defeated Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut by 4-2 in a thrilling match. Batra is the first-ever Indian singles player to reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Games in table tennis. In the men's competition, Achanta Sharath Kamal-Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost, while Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Vikash Thakkar secured a 3-2 victory.
Manika Batra's defeat in decider spells Indian women's team's ouster from Asian Games
Indian paddler Manika Batra lost both her matches as the Indian women's table tennis team was eliminated from the Asian Games following their 2-3 defeat against Thailand in the pre-quarterfinals on Sunday.
Indian men's, women's table tennis teams enter pre-quarters
The Indian men's and women's table tennis teams secured their places in the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games with convincing 3-0 victories over Nepal and Tajikistan, respectively. The Indian women topped their group with two wins and will face Thailand in the next round, while the Indian men also finished at the top of their group with a perfect record.
Indian Table Tennis star Manika Batra loses baggage, sports equipment on flight while returning from Peru tournament; seeks govt help
Indian table tennis star Manika Batra has taken to social media to express her frustration after her baggage went missing on a KLM flight from Lima to India. The baggage contained crucial sports equipment for her upcoming tournaments, including the Asian Games. Despite having a priority tag, the Indian athlete has received no further information about the whereabouts of her possessions. In response, she called on Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to intervene and assist in the recovery of her equipment. Batra is considered one of India's brightest medal hopes in the upcoming Asian Games.
Sharath, Manika to lead India squad at Asian Games
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will lead India's 10-member table tennis squad at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September-October with an aim to match the historic high of the previous edition. The Indian contingent had ended a 60-year wait for a table tennis medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta five years ago. The squad exceeded all expectations by winning bronze in men's team and mixed doubles.
Government to establish dietary supplements testing labs: Sports Secretary
To prevent "inadvertent" use of prohibited substances by the athletes, the government will establish laboratories for testing dietary supplements, sports secretary Sujata Chaturvedi said on Saturday.
Manika Batra humbles another top-10 player to win historic bronze at Asian Cup TT
Earlier in the day, Manika lost 2-4 (8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11) to the second-seeded Mima Ito in the semifinals. Despite Ito beginning shakily, the Japanese ended strongly and subdued the Indian player with a percentage play befitting her reputation and rankings. Manika's fighting qualities came to the fore in the fourth game of the bronze-medal playoff when she was down in the dumps, with the fourth-seed Hayata holding the upper hand with four game points at 10-6.
TTFI CEO Dhanraj Choudhary resigns citing personal reasons
Choudhary had tendered his resignation the day the High Court was presiding over the interim report submitted by the committee on February 22. The people in the know said that the committee has accepted Choudhary's resignation.
Match-fixing allegations: Inquiry report blames national coach Soumyadeep Roy, Table Tennis Federation of India
The 20-minute-long voice recording was done by Batra of her conversation between Roy, in the presence of coach's protégé Sutirtha Mukherjee in Batra's Hotel room in Doha on March 17, 2021. As per the transcript produced by Batra, the national coach is discussing ways to manipulate the match between Batra and Mukherjee so that the latter could qualify for the Olympics.
No one to manage Table Tennis Federation of India’s day-to-day affairs: Court-appointed committee’s report
The committee has also sought more relevant information from the federation’s staff members so that it can dig deeper into the affairs of the federation.
Delhi High Court expresses displeasure against targeting of Manika Batra by TTFI
Justice Rekha Palli said the player cannot be targeted and if she was being targeted, then it was a "serious problem". The high court was hearing a petition by Batra seeking quashing of rules mandating compulsory attendance at the National Coaching Camp for selection in international events.
HC seeks Centre's stand on plea by Manika Batra against TT Federation of India
The Delhi High Court Monday sought the Centre's stand on a petition by Manika Batra, who was left out of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Asian Table Tennis Championships, assailing Table Tennis Federation of India's (TTFI) mandate of compulsory attendance at the National Coaching Camp in order to be selected.
In Tokyo, India discovered: Results show the goal of putting the country in Olympic top ten is feasible
The significance of Tokyo Olympics for India needs to be understood in the backdrop of despairing performances in the previous 24 Olympics that our country participated in, and which made the future look bleak. India made a profound statement in Tokyo asserting that ‘We too can do it.’
TT: Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee off to promising start in singles after India's tame defeat in mixed doubles
The start to India's table tennis campaign was disappointing with Sharath Kamal and Manika losing 0-4 to the third seeds Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei in the mixed doubles round of 16.
Manika Batra refuses national coach's help during first round match at Tokyo Olympics
World number 62 Manika won the match against 94th-ranked Tin-Tin Ho of Britain 4-0 but no one was sitting in the coach's corner and that attracted a lot of attention on social media.
Tokyo Olympics: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra outplayed in mixed doubles opener
The Indians had to make all chances count against a superior opponent but they couldn't do so after leading 5-1 and 5-3 in the first two games. In the end, it was a comfortable 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 win for the Chinese Taipei pairing.
Sports Minister announces massive hike in prize money of National Sports Awards
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday officially announced a massive hike in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards, which were given away in a virtual ceremony this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
These 5 athletes will receive Khel Ratna in 2020
The Selection Committee for National Sports Awards 2020 on Friday confirmed that cricketer Rohit, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, women's hockey captain Rani Rampal, table tennis star Manika Batra and para athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu will be conferred with the prestigious award on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day.
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