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Olympic qualifying rounds for various sports are coming to an end. As athletes prepare for their events, match officials will also be prepared to head to Tokyo. Another Indian who will head to Tokyo this year as an official is the Indian table tennis competition Mangesh Mopkar. Table tennis events are scheduled to begin on the 25thth July and Mangesh Mopkar dominate the games as a table player.
He is a qualified Blue Mark judge and has previously served in several international tournaments where he has great experience. His experience will certainly be useful in this year’s event as he has been India’s top official for the past few years.
His first event in the major tournaments was in 2011, and despite not being selected for previous editions of the Rio and London Olympics, he has managed to bid on this year’s event. He was chosen by the Indian Table Tennis Association despite the fact that one male and female judge from India had been requested by the Olympic Organizing Committee.
Mangesh Mopkar
This is also the last time he will be at the Olympics, as the delegated rule allows a judge to serve only once at the Olympics. Behind this is to offer judges an opportunity that rarely comes during their careers and which also helps to improve table tennis in different countries.
Indian paddlers going to the Olympics are Sutirtha Mukherjee, S Ganasekaran, Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra.
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