India's ace shuttler and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal led India's star-studded Paris Olympics contingent during the opening ceremony on Friday.
The ace badminton player PV Sindhu and the veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal led the 78-member Indian contingent on a boat at the Seine River as Paris kicked off the 33rd Olympics Games with an unprecedented event on Friday.
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony: The Seine River is set to host the opening ceremony of the 33rd Summer Games in Paris with over 100 boats to carry more than 10,000 athletes in the Parade of Nations on Friday.
India's table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal is set to appear at the Olympics this time for the fifth time in his career. He will also be the country's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Games and is hopeful of coming back home with a medal this time around.
India TV has a special conversation with Flag Bearer Sharath Kamal on behalf of India in the Paris Olympics 2024. He told a lot about his journey, also watch the exclusive interview of Sharath Kamal.
18 athletes have carried the Indian national flag at the Olympic Games, including Manpreet Singh and Mary Kom, the flag-bearers of the Tokyo Olympics. PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal will be having the Indian tricolour for the Paris Games.
India's men's hockey team and over 80 individual athletes have already secured qualification for the Paris Olympics Games 2024 starting on July 26. The veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal and two-time Olympics medalist PV Sindhu will be India's flag bearers at the 33rd Summer Olympics.
The legendary boxer Mary Kom to lead the Indian delegation as the Chef de Mission at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games 2024 while Shiva Kehsavan, the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games, is named her deputy by IOA.
National Sports Awards 2022: Several Indian stars have received prestigious awards from President Droupadi Murmu. Sharath Kamal Achanta has received Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, while Nikhat Zareen and Lakshya Sen among others have received Arjuna awards.
The 40-year-old Sharath had won the men's singles, mixed doubles, and team titles in the Birmingham Games.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Sharath Kamal talked about his fitness, performance at the CWG 2022, and more.
Having played at the top level for over 20 years, Sharath is in no mood to retire just yet and is determined to give himself two more years in search of an elusive Olympic medal.
The 39-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist paddler tweeted alongside a picture of him on a hospital bed.
G Sathiyan lost 3-4 (9-11, 11-7, 15-13, 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11) to the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Quadri Aruna of Nigeria in the men's singles. With Sathiyan's loss, India's singles campaign at the tournament came to an end.
Sharath Kamal bowed out of the men's singles competition in the first round while Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's singles second round.
Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan, the higher-ranked team, defeated Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Beh Kun Ting of Singapore 3-0 in their quarter-final match
Sharath says 'My WhatsApp is full of messages telling me to carry on till Paris Olympics'.
India's Olympic campaign on day 3 of the competitions was littered with disappointments in archery, shooting, boxing and tennis.
Achanta Sharath Kamal reached the third round while Indian archers went down fighting in the quarters. Meanwhile, Manika Batra and Bhavani Devi left their mark
Sharath is slated to play against either Portugal's Tiago Apolónia or Nigeria's Olajide Omotayo in the second round of men's singles.
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