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In Doubles, one needs to be in top 10 for automatic qualification otherwise its combined ranking which the minimum is about 130 to qualify. Right now pair of Bhambhri-Sriram Balaji is 89 which is good enough to qualify

Tennis: Don't think Sumit will qualify. The hope in Tennis is through Men's Doubles - Hope Yuki Bhambri maintains his form and rises to top 20 ranking.

So here's my reaction to Qualification to 2028. If we plan correctly, we can have a large contingent. AQUATICS: Swimming: Universality quota ki jai!! Diving: Nope Water Polo: Do we even play this? Athletes = 2 ARCHERY: Even though Compound event is added the number of quotas has not increased, so its expected quotas for individual Recurve to reduce. So its imperative we qualify via team which think we can for both sexes. In Compound Mixed Team, we should qualify. Athletes = 8 ATHLETICS: Nothing really changed, just mixed race relay replaced by 4x100m mixed relay; so similar qualification Athletes = 25 BADMINTON: A sport where slowly we hitting a gradual decline despite being a core sport for us. Men's Singles: Lakshya Sen should qualify but the second shuttler is doubtful. Haven't seen any improvement from Kiran George or Rajawat so far Women's Singles: 1 shuttler. Need to look out for teenagers Anmol Kharb and Unnati Hooda Men's Doubles: Only Satwik-Chirag pair Women's Doubles: Treesa-Gayatri will hopefully maintain top 20 in 3 years Mixed Doubles: One of Kapila / Crasto and Sathish / Aadya to qualify Athletes = 8 BASKETBALL: In 5x5, men are 76th and women are 79th. In 3x3, the men's team had a memorable recent Asia Cup; hope it wasn't a fluke. Even with increased quotas from 8 to 12, not expected to qualify Athletes = 0 BOXING: Even with lot of issues with the sport, there is no quota change and 1 event increase in women. Expecting similar quotas as of 2024 Athletes = 8 BASEBALL/CANOE / FLAG FOOTBALL / HANDBALL / LACROSSE / MODERN PENTATHLON / RUGBY / SKATEBOARDING / SPORT CLIMBING / SURFING /TAEKWONDO / TRIATHLON / VOLLEYBALL: No chance. Don't care Athletes = 0 CYCLING: Make or break for Track Cycling. We have former junior champions who expected to be in their prime by 2028 and first foreign coach. Athletes = 0 CRICKET: Whatever the qualification system be, by some abracadabra both our teams will qualify Athletes = 30 EQUESTRIAN: Easiest sport to qualify. Just turn up in team qualification event and try to maintain MER for next 2 years. If we can win team medals in Asian Games then we can certainly qualify for Olympics too Athletes = 6 FENCING: Hope young epee fencer Taniksha Khatri becomes serious for the sport; she hasn't participated at all this season. Bhavani Devi is somehow maintaining her 40s rank and she could look at realistic qualification again. Athletes = 0 FOOTBALL: We can't even beat Bangladesh. Kalyan Chaubey had promised very lofty goals. Can't believe we hired a coach who is still ISL coach who will ensure national team is full of FC Goa players Athletes = 0 GOLF: Two per gender which also ensures quota in Mixed Team Athletes = 4 GYMNASTICS: Not aware of any upcoming junior gymnasts and current crop is too old Athletes = 0 HOCKEY: Men's team is miles ahead in Asia so should win Asian Games. China women's team has shown significant improvement and Japan being host, it will be tough for the women to qualify via Asian Games but they should qualify via qualification tournament Athletes = 30 JUDO: We should qualify 1 judoka but there's potential for more. If we invest in Asmita Dey (48 kg), Shraddha Chopade (52 kg) and Himanshi Tokas (63 kg) who still young, we can get automatic qualifier Athletes = 1 ROWING: We should qualify in Single Sculls. Need to see on qualification criteria which of the events have continental qualification as Lightweight Double Sculls is not part of the programme now Athletes = 1 SAILING: Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan to qualify again Athletes = 2 SHOOTING: Probably among our best managed sports. Medals at 2024 Olympics was a big boost and players, coaches and federation should feel confident about 2028 Athletes = 22 SQUASH: Very limited quotas of just 16 per gender. By my guess, qualification shall be via rankings where 2 per NOC if in top 8 otherwise 1. Our highest ranked male is Ramit Tandon (31st) and within top 16 with my qualification scenario. The highest ranked female is Anahat Singh who is 62nd but she is still a teen and we can expect her to be within top 30 in 3 years Athletes = 2 TABLE TENNIS: Should qualify 2 singles players per gender. Not sure how doubles qualification will work but we can qualify 2 pairs per gender and also qualify in Mixed Team. Athletes = 6 TENNIS: Only Sumit Nagal Athletes = 1 WEIGHTLIFTING: A sport which has given us medals but no realistic weightlifter in horizon who can even qualify in 2028. Still fingers crossed Athletes = 1 WRESTLING: Hope all the issues are cleared by 2028. Even with little preparation our wrestlers were decent in Asian Championships Athletes = 7 Total: Athletes = 164 Overall Opinion: I think this could be a memorable Olympics especially with inclusion of Cricket and if we plan well. It could be even even better if India is declared the host for 2036!

Explained: The LA 2028 Sports Programme 📊 Here are all the key changes in the sports programme for LA 2028 - new sports, new events, changes in quotas etc. https://thesportsgram.in/2025/04/10/explained-la-2028-sports-programme/

Explained: The LA 2028 Sports Programme 📊 Here are all the key changes in the sports programme for LA 2028 - new sports, new events, changes in quotas etc. https://thesportsgram.in/2025/04/10/explained-la-2028-sports-programme/

The sports programme for 2028 Summer Olympics in LA has been officially released https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/Official-Programme-of-the-Olympic-Games-Los-Angeles-2028.pdf What do you guys think from POV ? @Fly_like_a_don @Siddhartha Talukdar @nitinsanker @Prashanth I feel the addition of compound archery albeit in mixed team event will be a welcome addition for us. Also the TT events in men’s & women’s doubles will be better us. Eagerly awaiting when each sports federation release their qualification Documents. Cricket with 6 slots will be intresting. It’s only mid 2025 but the road to LA starts now !

Without a doubt , this was a very close match against the world number one .....so one of the best chances i am sure

Sports Calendar: April 2025 https://thesportsgram.in/2025/03/29/sports-calendar-april-2025/

@nitinsanker, Reetika Hooda wins Silver in Asian Championships. Is she a prospect in next Games

FIBA 3X3 Asia Cup Qualifying Round India 21 - 11 S Korea India vs Macau

AFC Asian Cup Qualification India 0 - 0 Bangladesh

PSA World Tour Copper JSW Indian Open 2025 MS: - Ramit, Velavan lost in Rd2 Abhay, Veer play in QF WS: - Akansha, Joshna, Anahat play in QF Tanvi lost in Rd2

ATP Challenger Tour Mexico: - Ritvik/Nicolas, Balaji/Miguel play in Rd1 Italy: - Sumit plays in Rd2 Sumit/Andrea play in Rd1

ATP World Tour ATP Masters 1000 Miami: - Yuki/Nuno play in QF

Golf Ranking Men's Shubhankar - 264 Women's Aditi - 120 Diksha - 177 Pranavi - 199

AFC Asian Cup Qualification India vs Bangladesh

ITTF Rankings Men's Singles Manav - 63 Harmeet - 65 Manush - 73 Sharath - 92 Women's Singles Manika - 27 Sreeja - 33 Men's Doubles Manav/Manush - 10 Harmeet/Manav - 33 Women's Doubles Sutirtha/Ayhika - 19 Yashaswini/Diya - 25 Sreeja/Archana - 36 Mixed Doubles Diya/Manush - 13 Yashaswini/Harmeet - 24 Poymantee/Akash - 45 Manaav/Archana - 47 Team Men - 11 Women - 9

BWF Ranking Men's Singles: - Lakshya - 18 Women's Singles: - Sindhu - 17 Malvika - 23 Men's Doubles: - Satwik/Chirag - 10 Women's Doubles: - Treeza/Gayatri - 9 Tanisha/Ashwini - 21 Mixed Doubles: - Dhruv/Tanisha - 21 Sumeeth/Sikki - 25

PSA World Tour Copper JSW Indian Open 2025 MS: - Ramit, Velavan, Abhay, Veer play in Rd2 WS: - Akansha, Joshna, Anahat, Tanvi play in Rd2

ATP Challenger Tour Mexico: - Ritvik/Nicolas, Balaji/Miguel play in Rd1 Italy: - Sumit plays in Rd1 Sumit/Andrea play in Rd1

ATP World Tour ATP Masters 1000 Miami: - Yuki/Nuno play in QF

PSA World Tour Copper JSW Indian Open 2025 MS: - Ramit, Velavan, Abhay play in Rd2 WS: - Akansha, Joshna, Anahat play in Rd2

ATP Challenger Tour Mexico: - Ritvik/Nicolas, Balaji/Miguel play in Rd1 Italy: - Sumit plays in Rd1 Sumit/Andrea play in Rd1

ATP World Tour ATP Masters 1000 Miami: - Yuki/Nuno play in Rd2

2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification Western Region Final Qualifying Tournament India 97 - 77 Iraq India 81 - 77 Bahrain India qualifies for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup