Olympics-Table Tennis-GoFundMe helps American Jha fulfill Olympic dream


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Round 2 - Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium - Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Kanak Jha of the United States in action against Kirill Skachkov of the Russian Olympic Committee REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

Paris (Reuters) - Kanak Jha is no stranger to the Olympics, having represented the United States in table tennis at both the Rio and Tokyo Games, but the path to Paris has been his most challenging.

The 24-year-old, the only male table tennis player representing the U.S. in Paris, was banned for a year by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and used a GoFundMe campaign to help support his journey to the Paris Games.

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