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It’s been a fantastic two weeks: Sharath Kamal
Updated On: 09 August, 2022 08:52 AM IST | Birmingham | V Krishnaswamy
Veteran Kamal clinches TT singles gold after bagging mixed top honour alongside Sreeja Akula to finish with four medals from his fifth CWG
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India’s table tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal is all smiles with his gold medal on the victory podium yesterday
A month after marking his 40th birthday Sharath Achanta Kamal is still winning gold medals. Calling this CWG the best two weeks of his life, Sharath, will leave here with three gold and one silver. But before that, he will have the honour of carrying India’s flag, alongside Nikhat Zareen at the Closing Ceremony. “That is a great honour and great for our sport of table tennis and boxing,” said Sharath.
Sharath’s first and only other CWG singles gold came 16 years ago at Melbourne in 2006. At Birmingham he turned the clock back to win singles once again. He beat the Englishman Liam Pitchford 4-1. The previous night, Pitchford had beaten G Sathiyan in the semi-finals, thwarting an all-India final. Sathiyan won the men’s singles, beating Paul Drinkhall 4-3. Sharath’s four medals here took his overall CWG tally to 13—seven gold and three each of silver and bronze.
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