With virtually two months remaining for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, an occasion that has already been rescheduled because of the world pandemic, there at the moment are fears of the sporting extravaganza getting utterly scrapped.
As per recent growth, campaigners in Japan have submitted a petition with over 3.5 lakh signatures arguing the Summer Games to be cancelled, thus placing a toss on athletes’ destiny, who’ve been eagerly ready to make a mark within the quadrennial occasion.
However, Indian paddler G Sathiyan, who will likely be participating in his first Olympics in Tokyo if every little thing goes in line with the plan, feels each the Japanese authorities and the International Olympic Committee will provide you with what’s greatest going forward. Instead, the Asian Games medalist chooses to stay aloof from these ideas as nobody has any management over the present scenario.
“I’m looking at things that are in my control at this point of time and avoid getting into these kinds of discussions or talks, which affect your preparation and mental part,” Sathiyan informed zeenews.india.com.
Sathiyan, who on Saturday donated 1 lakh to Tamil Nadu CM’s Public aid fund, can also be assured that India will battle the pandemic similar to the nation have fought different hardships.
“It is a very deadly wave and since I lost my father a few years back so I know how it feels to lose loved ones in our family. This is a situation when everyone needs to be together and follow all the protocols. We have always faced innumerable difficulties and hardships and we’ve come through it and I’m sure in few weeks or months India will fight this as well,” added Sathiyan, who additionally holds the report of bagging the first-ever desk tennis medal for India on the Asian Games.
It is de facto coronary heart wrenching to see what’s taking place round in our nation with folks struggling quite a bit and dropping their family members on a regular basis.
It is time to help one another and battle this pandemic collectively.
I hereby donate a sum of Rs 1 lakh to TN CM’s Public aid fund. pic.twitter.com/kteFQEhK7G
— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (@sathiyantt) May 14, 2021
Locked-down with mom and her Sambhar
Sathiyan, who’s anticipating to obtain his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine by the top of June, is presently staying at his residence in Chennai together with his mom and sparring companion Anirban Ghosh.
With COVID virtually setting foot at your step, the 28-year-old says aside from the game, which he claims to be a “big big stressbuster”, staying at dwelling together with his mom and having among the best “Sambhar rice” has been an enormous aid.
“When I open Instagram it makes me feel anxious and helpless. So I’ve reduced social media usage and exposure to news channels as well. The sport has always been a saviour for me and playing it is a big big stressbuster,” the paddler solutions when requested about how he manages to take care of the stress with the disaster looming in our nation, after which rapidly provides, “being with mom and having home food, that’s a luxury for sportsperson like us and it has been really helpful in the current scenario.”
YAYYY
Officially certified for Tokyo OlympicsAlways dreamt of being on the Olympics proper from my childhood days & definitely a dream come true second
Years of battle and sacrifice has positively paid off pic.twitter.com/hfD4glFE2I
— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (@sathiyantt) March 18, 2021
Tokyo 2020 preparation
Sathiyan, who’s presently coaching at his home together with Anirban, believes his largest asset has been his velocity and reflex, however the 28-year-old desires to verify he has a bag of variations and immense energy sport earlier than touchdown in Tokyo for the mega occasion.
“I’m currently working on variations. Be it receive or stroke, I want to bring in the surprise element in different parts of my game.”
“I’ve also been working on my power game, something that I need to step upon. To have more power in my strokes and pace behind my strike so that I can go for the kill,” added the present world No. 38.
However, because of the lockdown, Sathiyan is presently being assessed by coach S Raman nearly and the three have been engaged on his health regime.
Meanwhile, speaking about his aspirations for the upcoming Games, the Indian says he would like to contest towards the present world quantity 5 Tomokazu Harimoto, whom he has earlier defeated in 2019.
“I would love to play against the crowd favorite Harimoto. To play against him in Japan at the Tokyo Olympics would be a great experience. However, I wouldn’t want him early in the draw but a little later. If I can pull a big win, like how I defeated Harimoto earlier. It would be a memorable moment,” mentioned Sathiyan.
“As we had done it in Asian Games, it’s really important to have that belief. If we come out with a good draw and me bringing my A-game, a medal is definitely possible,” the paddler concluded.
The Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8.
