[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":42},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-241-asian-games-2026-days-after-long-time-personal-coachs-demise-paddler-diya-clinches-bronze":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":29,"description":12,"extension":30,"iframe":31,"imageUrl":31,"language":32,"meta":33,"navigation":35,"path":36,"seo":37,"stem":38,"type":39,"url":40,"__hash__":41},"news\u002Fnews\u002F241-asian-games-2026-days-after-long-time-personal-coachs-demise-paddler-diya-clinches-bronze.md","Asian Games 2026: Days after long-time personal coach's demise, paddler Diya clinches bronze",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":25},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22],[10,11,12],"p",{},"CHENNAI: \"His name is Peter Engel, but he was always an angel. I don't think there can be anyone like him.\" After a long day of table tennis at the Sky Hall in Toyota, paddler Diya Chitale tried to hold back her tears while talking about the demise of her personal coach Peter Engel from Germany.",[10,14,15],{},"Every athlete hopes to have a good first few days to help them for the rest of the event. For Diya, it was anything but. On day one of the table tennis team event on September 20, Diya learnt of her coach's demise. Engel, with whom Diya was closely associated since 2015, died after prolonged illness just days before the Asian Games had begun.",[10,17,18],{},"Pairing with Manush Shah, she went on to win the bronze medal in the mixed doubles event, after beating World No 4 pair Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem in the quarterfinals on Friday.",[10,20,21],{},"\"At that moment, I was really, really emotional. But I knew that I had to play against Singapore and I had a lot of matches coming up, including the mixed doubles. Peter would not want me to really dwell on that and would want me to try my best out here,\" Diya told this daily from Nagoya after finishing on the podium.",[10,23,24],{},"\"He was not well for quite some time. So, I remember, when I spoke to him, he told me that he will always be there for me. I told him that I hope you get better soon. But, I think he knew it, I knew it, everybody knew it. But he just told me one thing, that he was proud of me, and that he will always be there for me, no matter what,\" she said.",{"title":26,"searchDepth":27,"depth":27,"links":28},"",2,[],"2026-09-25","md",null,"English",{"source":34},"New Indian Express",true,"\u002Fnews\u002F241-asian-games-2026-days-after-long-time-personal-coachs-demise-paddler-diya-clinches-bronze",{"title":5,"description":12},"news\u002F241-asian-games-2026-days-after-long-time-personal-coachs-demise-paddler-diya-clinches-bronze","online","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newindianexpress.com\u002Fsport\u002Fsports-news\u002F2026\u002FSep\u002F25\u002Fasian-games-2026-days-after-long-time-personal-coachs-demise-paddler-diya-clinches-bronze","ZB_sdvqdTzvbXM6weR89cnBLRrZyB2rLsez4j3sQOsI",1791893208936]