Sharath Kamal eyes gold at Commonwealth Games

TIL Desk Sports/ Sharath Kamal, who has been flying India’s flag high on the international table tennis circuit for over a decade, says he is far from done and is aiming to win a gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Chennai-based paddler said he still has some important goals to achieve till the 2020 Olympics and has not made up his mind on taking up coaching after his playing career.

Sharath feels he is on the up since the Rio Olympics last year and hopes to keep improving in his bid to win singles gold at the Commonwealth Games for the second time. Besides winning the singles gold in Melbourne 2006, he won the yellow metal in the men’s doubles in the following edition in Delhi alongside Subhajit Saha.

“After the Olympics in Rio, my performance has been on an upswing. I reached the quarterfinal in the Austrian Open, won the Indian championships for a seventh time and made it to semifinal at the Indian Open in Delhi in February this year. In the recent Asian Championships, the team won the gold in the first division and in singles I reached the round of last 16 for the first time in my career,” Sharath told.