India’s top paddler, Archana Kamath, who quit the sport after representing India at the Olympics, told The Indian Express that she quit the sport purely because of her passion for studying.

“If I have retired from competitive table tennis, it is only and only because of my passion for academics. Having been the recipient of extraordinary support, including financial, I can confidently say, that it wasn’t in any way a financial decision,” she said from Michigan where she is currently studying.

Archana was part of the three-member Indian women’s table tennis team that created history by reaching the quarterfinal of the team event at the Paris Olympics. Archana was the lone warrior in India’s loss against Germany, winning the only match in the tie against a much higher-ranked Xiaona Shan.