India National Thread

[nitinsanker 206]

2 hours ago, shrikant said:

Pankaj advani has won the Asia 6 red snooker championship....

Pankaj is true champ 

Edited May 22, 2016 by nitinsanker

[Partha_SG 1]

2 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

 

 

Hey Gv looking forward to seeing what events are there this week 

 

last week has been really frustrating as an Indian olympic fan 

 

1. Loss of all three Indian boxers from the quota race - the poor state of Indian boxing was exposed while we are seeing  record numbers in other  sport ....... Boxing seems to be the where there will be a steep fall from London .....partially it is the qualification process but mainly it is the poor state of the federations ... Many of our federations seem to go through this political crap and Indian sports and fans suffer ...... the last two years the boxing federation has been going through all the jockeying for power and our sports lack exposure , support and hence are coming down , the same thing happened with hockey , gymnastics and now rowing and boxing 

 

2. Sidhanth thilanya acheiveing the quota standard and then the wind being just above the norms ( +2.1 ) 

 

3. Jitu and anissa reaching the finals but no medals 

 

4. poor baton exchange in the taipei open led to no results 

 

5. strong -1.4 winds lead to our women runners not improving on our fed cup results at the taipei open 

 

6. No improvements even on PBs at the Japan seiko open 

 

So I am looking forward to the luck changing this week and looking forward to see your list ............

 

of course major events seem to be continuing into this week ...... Roland garros , boxing shooting 

 

Leander might participate? why only might? and isnt bopanna participating too?

[RickygoestoRio 0]

Just hope male boxers bring us some cheer!Shiva is the only medal contender as far as now.
If Vikas Krishnan qualifies then there may be some hope as well.

[intoronto 6,409]

I think Mary Kom is the favourite for the only tripartie invitation spot for Rio... in London every country which got wildcards were not eligible for them.

 

So hold out hope. Kom has a very good resume to be awarded a quota 

 

 

[Smit 4]

Why is Mahesh Bhupathi even trying to qualify? He is not eligible to play Olympics.

 

Rule:

Players must be part of a nominated team for three Fed Cup (women) or Davis Cup (men) events between the 2012 and 2016 olympics. This requirement is reduced to two Fed/Davis Cup events from 2013 to 2016 if their nation competed at the Zone Group round robin level for three of the four years or if the player has represented their nation at least twenty times. All players must have been part of a nominated team for a Fed/Davis Cup event in 2015 or 2016

 

Bhupathi is not a part of national team for 4 years now.

[nitinsanker 206]

1 hour ago, Smit said:

Why is Mahesh Bhupathi even trying to qualify? He is not eligible to play Olympics.

 

Rule:

Players must be part of a nominated team for three Fed Cup (women) or Davis Cup (men) events between the 2012 and 2016 olympics. This requirement is reduced to two Fed/Davis Cup events from 2013 to 2016 if their nation competed at the Zone Group round robin level for three of the four years or if the player has represented their nation at least twenty times. All players must have been part of a nominated team for a Fed/Davis Cup event in 2015 or 2016

 

Bhupathi is not a part of national team for 4 years now.

 

good point smit ......

[tirtha22 238]

Hockey

 

Defender Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam will lead a 17-member Indian women''s hockey team in a four-nation tournament in Darwin, Australia starting May 30

[nitinsanker 206]

3   in action at the boxing world championships .today ...................

 

While we have been disappointed with the No Indians achieving Olympic Quota at the Boxing Womens world championship ....... we still have many of our boxers left and I  hope all of us  get behind these hardworking boxers  ...   There are 6 indian still in action out of 10 weight classes...... while this is the olympic qualification it is also a world championship .............

 

sarjubala in the 48 Kg ( round of 16 ) - in action today  - our best boxer currently - seeded second - hopefully she would get a medal

Nikhat Zareen  - In the 54 (  QF ) - This girl must be watched to see our boxing future ......I feel she can come to 51 Kg and try to be in Tokyo 

Sonia Lather - In the 57 ( QF ) -She is doing well and again may be saritas replacement so we must see her performance closely 

Pavitra - In the 64 ( round of 16 ) - in action today - she is a very good boxer in 2014 she reached the QF 

saweety - in the 81 ( QF ) .............. again one of Indias fine women boxers , a very likely medalist

seema punia in the 81+ ( round of 16 ) - in action today 

 

today I am hoping for all three boxers to win  but  ... Pavitra and sarjubala should win easily 3-0 is the score I am expecting ..................... Seema bout is even-steven with a slight for the Aze boxer so 

Edited May 23, 2016 by nitinsanker

[Suneet 16]

Bad day in shooting. No one qualifies for the final in 50m prone rifle men and 25m rapid fire pistol men. Last time's medallist Gagan Narang seems to be struggling for form in all the events he's participating in 

[nitinsanker 206]

23 minutes ago, Suneet said:

Bad day in shooting. No one qualifies for the final in 50m prone rifle men and 25m rapid fire pistol men. Last time's medallist Gagan Narang seems to be struggling for form in all the events he's participating in 

 

Narang has been having a back issue so had withdrawn from the three positions and only was participating in the prone so I guess that must be affecting him...hope he recovers in time for Rio as India is fielding him in three events