India National Thread

[Prashanth 175]

53 minutes ago, sanjaydas said:

When are the Hockey qualifiers?

From Nov 1- 2 

[Siddhartha Talukdar 234]

18 minutes ago, Prashanth said:

Government is not investing on Golf. Unless we improve our sub-junior n junior level in any sports, nothing is going to improve. For 2028 we need to invest now then it will flow smoothly after that. Once base is achieved then climbing up will be natural.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/need-to-finish-in-the-top-10-by-2028-olympics-or-else-ill-be-a-failure-as-sports-minister-kiren-rijiju/articleshow/71523016.cms

Bold words from Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. I think he is serious in his job and I am optimistic of a good show in Tokyo.

Very unlike our last Sports Minister in Rio who had only gone there for photo shoots

Edited October 15, 2019 by Siddhartha Talukdar

[Dolby 735]

4 hours ago, Prashanth said:

Equestrian Ranking

 

India is in Group G...Top 2 qualify in each group. But only 1 per nation.

 

In Dressage, it is a limit of only 1 per nation. In Eventing, both spots could go to the same nation as well. 

 

Shruti and Anush are trying hard to be in top 2 in Dressage, but it seems they will fall short. Fouad Mirza is at present in pole position in Group G but is yet to meet the MER. Also, if China and Thailand, fail to qualify 3 combinations each, they will also fall from team quota to individual quotas and be in group G. But, Mirza is in good form and hopefully he would be able to not only meet the MER but get enough points to qualify through additional quotas in case China/Thailand fail to qualify as team. 

[Siddhartha Talukdar 234]

Good day so far in Denmark Open. Satwik-Chirag, PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth (who beat Lin Dan) progress to second round

[nitinsanker 202]

14 hours ago, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

Those are not Olympic rankings but normal rankings. Olympic ranking list is given below

https://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/tokyo-2020-qualification-system/tokyo-2020-olympic-golf-rankings/

 

Till few weeks ago, there were 2 Indians in men's rankings but both have dropped out. Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar are safe in top 60

That's good to know but we had golfers very often in the top 100 now not to have them in the top 200 is shocking

[Prashanth 175]

BWF Ranking

Men's Singles   :- Srikanth -9

                             Sai          -12 

                             Sameer   -17

                             Kashyap   -25                                            

Women's Singles:- Sindhu   - 6

                               Saina     - 8

Men's Doubles  :- Satwik/Chirag  -12                                                         

Women's Doubles:- Ashwini/Sikki   -19                            

Mixed Doubles   :-  Satwik/Ashwini  -27

                                Pranaav/Sikki    - 29

[Prashanth 175]

BWF Race to Olympics Ranking

MS  :- Sai             -8       - 8

          Sourabh      -13     - 15

WS :-  Sindhu        -6       - 6

MD  :- Satwik/Chirag  -8   - 9   

WD:- Ashwini/Sikki   -14  -21                                                    

  

At present not in qualification  

MS :- Kashyap                 -21

          Prannoy                 -23

WS:- Saina                      -34

MD:-  Manu/Sumeeth     - 27            

WD:- Meghna/Poorvisha - 38

XD :-  Ashwin/Satwik    - 32

          Prannav/ Sikki     - 36

[Prashanth 175]

Indians in Action

ATP Tour

ATP 250

Stockholm:- Divj/Rohan loose in Rd1

 

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification(AFC)

India 1 - 1 Bangladesh

 

ATP Challenger

Ningbo:- Prajnesh plays in Rd3

               Jeevan/Adil loose in Rd1 

               Prajnesh/Vishnu play in Rd1

Ismaning:-Ramkumar loose in Rd2

                Ramkumar/David, Purav/Rameez loose in Rd1

 

BWF Tour

Super 750 Denmark Open 

 

BWF Challenger Series

Dubai

 

PSA Challenger Tour

Chennai:-

Men:- Aditya,Harinder, Mahesh plays in SF

Women:- Sunayna looses in QF

                

FIDE Grand Swiss Open

Edited October 16, 2019 by Prashanth

[Sanjib 17]

15 hours ago, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

Good day so far in Denmark Open. Satwik-Chirag, PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth (who beat Lin Dan) progress to second round

The next 7 weeks are key for badminton qualifications, we have non stop high level tournaments, Super 300 or higher really key we do well, Saina and Srikanth need to cover some ground.

[Siddhartha Talukdar 234]

11 minutes ago, Sanjib said:

The next 7 weeks are key for badminton qualifications, we have non stop high level tournaments, Super 300 or higher really key we do well, Saina and Srikanth need to cover some ground.

Saina can do it if she consistently reaches minimum quarterfinals in top tournaments but many decent players in top 16

Kidambi's task is a bit harder because he is way back at 58th spot and has to perform better than other Indians as well, there are 5 Indians ahead of him.

While Satwik-Chirag and Ponnappa-Reddy are within qualification rankings both mixed doubles pairs Satwik-Ponnappa and Pranaav-Reddy are not, they have to play well too

To qualify, both players of same NOC have to be within top 16 in singles

Edited October 16, 2019 by Siddhartha Talukdar