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Nikhil Kumar | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Profile

Team USA table tennis player Nikhil Kumar explains his training regimen to prepare for the Tokyo 2020.

Video transcript

NIKHIL KUMAR: Hello. I'm Nikhil. 18 years old. I've been playing table tennis since competitively for about the past 10 years. For me, I think it's a little bit different than many of the professional athletes, given that I'm still in high school. I end up going to a training club in your area, in Santa Clara, normally playing with my coach or other training partner.

Most of it is on the table training, where I'm practicing like different footwork drills and playing the ball in different locations on the table. And then after that, I also do some physical training, which involves normally like some cardio, a lot of agility and speed, changing direction, and then also some weight and resistance training, too.