NEW DELHI: The Oman Open win had set him up nicely for another Olympic qualification. At number 31 in the world, the highest ITTF rank currently for an Indian, Achanta Sharath Kamal was on his way to a fourth appearance at the Olympic Games. But the COVID-19 pandemic pressed the pause button globally and the world came to a standstill. Now, the veteran paddler believes that for anything to resume, a vaccine for the coronavirus is the first and foremost requirement. About a month and a half ago, on March 15, the 37-year-old Sharath ended his decade-long wait for a singles title. To make that happen, he had to defeat not just his opponents but the demons in his mind, when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic just after he landed in Muscat for the tournament. But probably Sharath played by Rumi’s famous answer to the question ‘what is fear?’ “Non-acceptance of uncertainty. If we accept that uncertainty, it becomes an adventure,” Rumi had said. News in BriefExplore Briefs The Oman win can be called an adventure for a man who defied his family’s advice, because he wanted to take India and himself closer to another Olympic qualification…. Read full this story
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