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Sharath Kamal wins India's first Commonwealth table tennis gold

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Sharath Kamal wins India's first Commonwealth table tennis gold
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Chennai's Achanta Sharath Kamal beat William Henzell in the men's singles final at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Achanta Sharath Kamal of Chennai won the men's singles table tennis gold by defeating Australia's William Henzell 4-3 in the final on 26 March 2006. He became the first Indian to win a table tennis gold at the Commonwealth Games. A day later he helped India win the men's team gold against Singapore. He went on to win 13 Commonwealth Games medals, including gold in the mixed doubles at Birmingham in 2022, and received the Khel Ratna award in 2022.

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