New Delhi: The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has decided against hiring a foreign coach for the Rio Olympics, a move that will adversely affect the players' preparation, especially the women's team, for the Summer Games in August next year.

While top male players like Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai play for clubs in Europe, their female counterparts are the ones who miss out on foreign exposure. The women usually get to train with foreign coaches at camps ahead of multi-sporting events like Olympics and Asian Games but that won't be the case this time around.