India National Thread

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18 minutes ago, shrikant said:

We never got any medals in archery in Olympics.. So no step backward as such... While woman team is very strong and is capable of a medal 

You win, you loose, that's the beauty of sport, the un-acceptable part seems to be the strategic error by coaches and management,how come someone keep shooting low in both matches in all rounds, not a single 10's and very few 9's, be picked on this form, especially after the early exit against Brazil. Out of 18 arrows what would be his average?

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Boxing

 

Dheeraj Rangi 60kg gave India's boxing team a perfect start in the AIBA World Oly Qualification Tournament as he defeated Guatemala''s Kevin Alfonso Luna Munoz in the opening round of the event which started at Baku (Azerbaijan) today

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Commodore Ashutosh Pednekar's passion for racket sports and perseverance has led to him becoming the first Indian in sports history to participate and win international tournaments in the sport of racketlon

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Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe has been roped in as an expert commentator by Star Sports network which has planned an extensive coverage of the upcoming Rio Olympic Games for the Indian viewers

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India at the AIBA qualifiers 

 

49 kgs - Devendro seeded 4th gets a bye to the round of 16 

52 kgs - Gaurav Bindhuri fights antonia vargas of USA ( will be tough ) on 17th for the round of 64 

56 kgs - no entry as shiva has qualified 

60 kgs - dheeraj wins first bout against guatemalan boxer and enters round of 32 has extremely tough fight with delgado ( no 1 seed from mexico ) on the 18th afternoon

64 kgs - Manoj fights de la rosa of puerto rico on 17th afternoon and I expect him to win but if he does  he faces second seed aly mohd of egypt in the round of 32 

69 kgs mandeep jangra fights esp boxer for round of 64 .( today ) ..expect jangra to win 

75 kgs - Vikas seeded 2nd - is given bye to reach round of 32 on 20th 

81 sumit sangwan faces TTO boxer in round of 64  tomorrow exp him to win but if he wins  he faces 8th seeded colombian on 19th  - I still feel sumit can win but tough fight

91  Amritpreet singh faces KOS boxer in round of 32 and then is likely to face tough US boxer if he wins in the round of 16 

 91+ Satish kumar faces TGA boxer on 17th for round of 32 and if he makes it through as I expect faces tough IRL boxer in round of 16 

 

Really tough ....it is enormous competition and India has no real bout experience due to bad NOC issues ...... I expect 2-3 boxers to make it through and that is on the high side ....best bets obviously Sumit , Vikas , Devendro , Satish .................. all are very experienced and hence can be tough ...mandeep has a better draw so has a chance 

 

One major issue for devendro and satish is that there is only 2 quotas for the 49 kgs and devendro has to reach final and satish has to win to qualify as there is only 1 quota for 91+  .....again very tough  ....... I think there are more vacancies in the professional rankings / bouts only vikas is eligible ................... all round keep your expectations low for boxing qualification is my thought ...................... 

 

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Athletics

 

Rajiv Arokia and Mohd Anas both clocked 46 : 23 secs

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Boxing

 

69 kg Mens Rio Qualifiers

 

Mandeep Jangra lost to Ssisokho Ndiaye of Spain 1 - 2

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Really poor day for India overall. Badly hope that Belgium saves the day for India by restricting Great Britain to enter the finals of the Hockey Champions trophy

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Hockey

 

India enters the finals of the Champions Trophy 2016.

 

Belgium - Great Britain draws 3 - 3. Nerve racking match in the last quarter . Great Britain were trailing 1 - 3 and almost won the game to knock India out from playing the gold medal match . Great Britain scored twice in the penultimate 2 minutes of the game and looked like scoring another in the last minute.

Edited June 16, 2016 by tirtha22

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Great Britain scored 2 goals in dying moments to draw their match against Belgium. This sent Indian team into the finals against Australia. This is our first ever final appearance in Champions Trophy. 

 

Also, this is our fourth major medal in 2 years. CWG Silver, Asian Games Gold, HWL Bronze and now Champions Trophy. Plus Silver and Bronze at Azlan Shah.