defeating Argentina U20 
2-1 in COTIF Cup 2018 was absolute madness. As the age groups go higher the competition gets tougher.
| womens team | S/B | |
| mens team | S/B | |
| womens single | S/B | |
| mens singles | S/B | |
Our doubles is becoming a drag in team events. Not sure we can overcome strong field of China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand with our mediocre doubles unless Ashwini Ponnappa takes inspirational role just as she did in Commonwealth Games.
Good to see some upward trend in Tennis. Hope Ramkumar and Pranesh get into top 100 ASAP. Great to see seven in doubles top 100. Must be the first time in history. Also in women, Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur are doing reasonably ok but have to find way to break the ceiling.
8 hours ago, sanjaydas said:Dont understand why this downhill slide. All sports are improving but Archery is going down. Don't expect a medal in Recurve at the Asian games.
That is true. May be some of the earlier archers who were world class have failed at big movements.
3 minutes ago, Steve_RP said:I find the 10m Air Pistol results quite baffling
Jitu back in the grove and surging
21 minutes ago, Kiruphagaran said:
I agree with you Guys. But our problem starts outside sports. We are dependent on our parents for too long and most of us are spoon fed. But when you look at western countries they are more independent from their teenage. But now its changing in our country as well. And we should develop a sporting culture and sports science. We say we are super power in cricket but we have not produced a world class allrounder after kapil dev. When you ask kids they will say I want to become a sachin or dhoni but they will not say i want to become a zaheer or kumble.
Cheer up guys/gals, the games have not yet started but here cenotaphs are written. No system is perfect. But most of us can see change taking place in the positive direction, maybe the pace needs to be accelerated. Our sportspersons are given much more support than earlier including sport psychologists. Never before, plans were made 2 yrs in advance. 125 crores are spent. There will always be bad day at the office in sports and real life. Its only that vulnerability has to be reduced as much as possible. Be positive. Medal or no medals, what is important is how much heart was put in. The journey itself is a reward. I'm sure we will get 10 medals this summer olympics. Cheers.
Edited by ReddyI'm happy with the progress. Wish we had Men's team also. Wishes apart, our best hope for a medal is in Women Team. 7th place is very good. If you don't get 2/3, 6/7 or 10/11 are the best. koreans are formidable and are in a different league but obviously not invincible. Someone else can knock them out (just like 2012 men team event). Also, we are also having mental block against China and Taiwan (don't know why). Atanu Das if he continues the form should reach QF with out much ado. We should also not forget Deepika Kumari got a very reasonable draw for her quest. The "missed" arrow should be a huge lesson. Can't afford that in main competition. Good that it happened already. Credits should also be given to Bombayla Devi, she remained in top 16/10 for larger part of the competition. As far as Lakshmi Manji is concerned, probably she is feeling the pressure. She is definitely a decent archer if not immensely talented.
Edited by Reddycould be----> defeat Columbia (pre QF), Russia (QF), China (SF)... finals..... result quite obvious.
1 minute ago, tirtha22 said:Very strategic last round. India at 7th ..Deepika just avoided the Koreans in the individual event by slipping to 20th. Now we hope to bounce back in the knock outs
seriously, no chance against Koreans (1,2,3). As much as possible avoid them. The battle seems to be for silver and Bronze. Now we might not face them until finals.
32 minutes ago, tirtha22 said:6/7 is strategically good place. should avoid 4/5 8/9
12 minutes ago, tirtha22 said:Only 1 bull's eye and 4 10s in the 1st half. That is seriously poor
Even the tripartite invitation Myanmar player is above Laxmirani at the end of first half.
May be she wants to ground a flying Korean in the first round.
Women Archery team should finish 2/3 to avoid potential semis with indomitable Koreans.
10 minutes ago, sameerph said:
Brilliant stuff from Atanu. Perhaps, he should screwed up a little in the end and dropped to 6th.
He would have avoided any Korean till final in that case.
\that is true. But should take one round at a time. Mexicans are no pushovers in Archery.
Edited by ReddyTENNIS NEWS:
Bryan Brothers (USA) not going to Rio to defend their Men's Doubles. Williams sisters wont have them for mixed doubles.
Switzerland (having World No. 1 Martina Hingis) not sending team for Mixed Doubles.
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