New Delhi: Table Tennis Federation of India Decided to issue show cause notice to star paddler on Wednesday Manika Batra for refusing to take the national coach Soumyadeep Royhelp on Tokyo Olympics.
Although Manika’s coach Sanmay Paranjpe was admitted for a training session in Tokyo, she was not accredited to enter the playground and her request to upgrade her access card was denied.
In protest, Manika refused help from Roy, the coach of the designated team, during their singles matches. He made history by reaching the 32nd round.
“Before boarding the flight to Tokyo, she knew full well that her personal coach did not have a playground. Therefore, she should not have acted that way (refusing the help of the national coach).
“We will issue the notice tomorrow and Manika will have 10 days to respond and based on that we will decide what further action is to be taken.” TTFI General Secretary Arun Banerjee told PTI after the executive board meeting.
It was also decided in the meeting that players would have to attend national camps when they are fit and available. Manika attended the three-week Olympic camp for just three days, while G Sathiyan preferred to train in Chennai under personal coach S Raman.
“All Indian players will have to attend the camp from now on, provided they are available and not playing overseas,” Banerjee said.
He said the dates for the training camp would be announced soon before the Asian Championships in Doha in September-October.
The table tennis contingent returned from Tokyo with their best ever performance as both Manika and Sharath Kamal reached the round of 32. Sutirtha Mukherjee also did well at the start of the Olympics to reach the second round, while Sathiyan lost his first match.
Although Manika’s coach Sanmay Paranjpe was admitted for a training session in Tokyo, she was not accredited to enter the playground and her request to upgrade her access card was denied.
In protest, Manika refused help from Roy, the coach of the designated team, during their singles matches. He made history by reaching the 32nd round.
“Before boarding the flight to Tokyo, she knew full well that her personal coach did not have a playground. Therefore, she should not have acted that way (refusing the help of the national coach).
“We will issue the notice tomorrow and Manika will have 10 days to respond and based on that we will decide what further action is to be taken.” TTFI General Secretary Arun Banerjee told PTI after the executive board meeting.
It was also decided in the meeting that players would have to attend national camps when they are fit and available. Manika attended the three-week Olympic camp for just three days, while G Sathiyan preferred to train in Chennai under personal coach S Raman.
“All Indian players will have to attend the camp from now on, provided they are available and not playing overseas,” Banerjee said.
He said the dates for the training camp would be announced soon before the Asian Championships in Doha in September-October.
The table tennis contingent returned from Tokyo with their best ever performance as both Manika and Sharath Kamal reached the round of 32. Sutirtha Mukherjee also did well at the start of the Olympics to reach the second round, while Sathiyan lost his first match.
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