Tokyo Olympics: India's Badminton And Table Tennis Stars Begin Training

The Indian badminton and table tennis contingent on Monday started their training in Tokyo.

Destination Tokyo4 Days To #Tokyo2020!Training Session | Day 1Catch the glimpses from @Pvsindhu1 & @saiprneeth92 first training session along with Park Tae Sang at @Tokyo2020#Cheer4India@PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik @WeAreTeamIndia @BAI_Media @PIB_India pic.twitter.com/3K7k7EQ85N Ahead of the upcoming Olympics, the Indian badminton and table tennis contingent on Monday started their training in Tokyo. Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth hit the courts and they trained alongside coach Park Tae Sang. Paddlers Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran also started their training and they were seen battling it out. Men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also began their training ahead of the Olympics with their coach Mathias Boe. Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu has been given a comparatively easier path in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23. Sindhu has been placed in Group J of women's singles and she has been seeded sixth. The 2019 World Champion Sindhu will face Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in the group stage. Earlier, Indian archers Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Jadhav, and Deepika Kumari kickstarted their training on Monday.