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Updated On: 29 July, 2022 09:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro
India TT ace Gnansekaran Sathiyan tells mid-day how his German robot solved his training issues during the pandemic. He made it to the prestigious WTT Champions event in Budapest recently
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India paddler G Sathiyan trains with a robot at his home in Chennai recently
India table tennis star Gnansekaran Sathiyan, 29, admits being confused when Covid-19 struck two years ago and paraylsed global sport. However, a few training innovations helped him tide over those challenges and more importantly, he continues to practise a few of those innovations even today, in the post-Covid phase. In fact, these methods are actually helping India’s highest ranked paddler (World No.35) prepare for bigger challenges ahead.
“Given the need to reduce or avoid human interaction, I brought home a robot and started training with it. I also took to yoga. Thankfully, these two things continue to form a crucial part of my training,” Sathiyan told mid-day recently from Budapest, Hungary, where he was playing a tournament in preparation for the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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