India National Thread

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30 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

Post 2 of 10 , with just 9 days to go before  Olympics

 

We look at the chances of the Indian team at the 8 likely to medal sports Olympics and start with weightlifting

Weightlifting has been a sport in the Olympics almost continuously since 1896 . women weightlifting was introduced only 2000 at Sydney. It has had great champions like Naim suleymonglu – the pocket Hercules and  dimas the only man to have won 4 medals in weightlifting. InTokyo we have 14 weight classes 7 in women and 7 in men

 

 India has had a long history in this sport with participation starting in 1936 berlin. The largest Indian team has had 5 members in 1996 olympics but normally we have  i 2-3 people  . India was never really good at weightlifting till the late 90s where  Indias women weightlifting squad was really good with 3 really great women weight lifters, Kunjarani devi , Karnam Malleshwari and Neelam setti laxmi winning multiple world championship medals . When women weightlifting started in 2000 we duly had our first Olympic medallist in karnam malleshwari , but just when things were looking up there were multiple doping violations  among the women weightlifters (except karnam malleshwari). Hinduja group which was heavily sponsoring the team walked out and Indian weightlifting took a turn for the worse .  

 

This year we have only 1  weightlifter but in quality this is the best team since the 2000 olympics because after a long time we have a truly world class weightlifter padma shri awardee Mirabai Chanu in the 48 Kg Class . Weightlifting is a sport where the medals mostly go as per the rankings and Mirabhai is ranked second , she also is the only woman to have won a world championship since malleshwari. She also the world record holder in Clean & jerk. 1- likely and with her event on day 1 we are likely to start the Olympics this time with a bang

 

·       - likely means around 50% probability or above . MY prediction – 1 medal 

How good are Jourdan Delacruz and Beatriz Piron

[Prakash 50]

Tokyo Olympics-bound Anshu Malik, India’s women freestyle wrestler in 57kg, month-long visa wasn’t extended by the Hungarian government. She returned to India on Monday.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said that to continue with the good work in Europe, a short Tokyo Olympics preparatory camp for women wrestlers including other 2 will start on Thursday in Sonepat, Haryana. The camp will conclude on July 26.

[tirtha22 238]

8 hours ago, Prakash said:

Tokyo Olympics-bound Anshu Malik, India’s women freestyle wrestler in 57kg, month-long visa wasn’t extended by the Hungarian government. She returned to India on Monday.

She was adamant to come back to her home to seek blessings from her parents before flying to Tokyo. Visa not extended was an excuse.

https://www.amarujala.com/sports/wrestler-anshu-malik-will-return-to-india-to-seek-blessings-of-parents

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Indian at the Tokyo Olympics ……..8 days to Olympics ……….post 3 of 10 by nitin sanker

 

Today we look at archery Archery started in 1900 at the Olympics , but started being contested only from 1972 consistently. An amazing story from archery is that of the almost blind archer Im Dong Hyun who won 2 golds and a silver. Growing up on a diet of ramanand sagar and watching people shoot arrows which hit other arrows in midair , we should be world leaders in archery .

 

We started our Olympic journey in archery in 1988 , but it is only since the early 2000s that we have evolved into a world class team. We have won world championship medals in the mens team event in 2005 and 2019 , the womens team in 2011 and 2015. We have had a presence in archery since 1988 , but despite medaling fairly often at the world championship , an Olympic medal has always avoided us , we have reached the QF with the women teams in 2004 , 2008 and in 2016 . 2016 was a heartbreaker where India was leading and then just lost it in the last few minutes to Russia.

 

So what will happen in Tokyo. We have a presence in 4 out of 5 events ( the mixed pairs is introduced for the first time ). Shockingly our 3 ranked womens team lost in the qualifiers twice to get eliminated

 

Mens Individual : Atanu das , Praveen Jadhav and Tarundeep rai will all try for a medal here , but despite having three players ( atanu das ranked 9th ) , an individual medal here does not look possible .

 

Womens Individual : here we have the prodigiously talented Deepika Kumari in her third olympics as our sole participant , for me Deepika has been a paradox, immensely talented she won the youth world championship at just 15 , held the world record for some time and has been ranked world number 1. But despite her talent she has underperformed in big stages and she has never won a world championship individual medal or come close to an Olympic medal losing tamely to lower ranked players. Currently she looks determined to throw away that tag and she enters tokyo on a real hot streak , winning two individual world cups in 2021 and enters Tokyo ranked world number 1. But with three Korean women , Perova of Russia and Lei Chien of Taipei all likely medalists and her continual poor performance in the big stage , I am forced to put her as possible but not likely medallist

 

Mens team : The mens team enters as the reigning world championship silver medalists but have not been consistent and are currently ranked 8th . But with their show at the world championships they have the potential to medal so we have to put them also as possible but not likely.

 

Mixed pair : the mixed pair is not a fixed team but consists of the highest ranked woman in the initial ranking rounds and the highest ranked male , the likely pairing is Atanu das and his wife Deepika ( they got married in 2020 ) , this is a good pair , ranked currently 7th but with strong pairs from Netherlands , south korea, Russia , Chinese Taipei , a medal is possible but not likely

 

Medal prediction 0 to 1 for me in archery . It would be wonderful for Indian Archery to win a medal here but let us see if they are able to get the mental toughness to get there.

 

 

[Prakash 50]

Now, Olympic official App looks better, as we can filter the daily schedule by Country and timing with IST

[Prakash 50]

8 hours ago, nitinsanker said:

Indian at the Tokyo Olympics ……..8 days to Olympics ……….post 3 of 10 by nitin sanker

 

Today we look at archery Archery started in 1900 at the Olympics , but started being contested only from 1972 consistently. An amazing story from archery is that of the almost blind archer Im Dong Hyun who won 2 golds and a silver. Growing up on a diet of ramanand sagar and watching people shoot arrows which hit other arrows in midair , we should be world leaders in archery .

 

We started our Olympic journey in archery in 1988 , but it is only since the early 2000s that we have evolved into a world class team. We have won world championship medals in the mens team event in 2005 and 2019 , the womens team in 2011 and 2015. We have had a presence in archery since 1988 , but despite medaling fairly often at the world championship , an Olympic medal has always avoided us , we have reached the QF with the women teams in 2004 , 2008 and in 2016 . 2016 was a heartbreaker where India was leading and then just lost it in the last few minutes to Russia.

 

So what will happen in Tokyo. We have a presence in 4 out of 5 events ( the mixed pairs is introduced for the first time ). Shockingly our 3 ranked womens team lost in the qualifiers twice to get eliminated

 

Mens Individual : Atanu das , Praveen Jadhav and Tarundeep rai will all try for a medal here , but despite having three players ( atanu das ranked 9th ) , an individual medal here does not look possible .

 

Womens Individual : here we have the prodigiously talented Deepika Kumari in her third olympics as our sole participant , for me Deepika has been a paradox, immensely talented she won the youth world championship at just 15 , held the world record for some time and has been ranked world number 1. But despite her talent she has underperformed in big stages and she has never won a world championship individual medal or come close to an Olympic medal losing tamely to lower ranked players. Currently she looks determined to throw away that tag and she enters tokyo on a real hot streak , winning two individual world cups in 2021 and enters Tokyo ranked world number 1. But with three Korean women , Perova of Russia and Lei Chien of Taipei all likely medalists and her continual poor performance in the big stage , I am forced to put her as possible but not likely medallist

 

Mens team : The mens team enters as the reigning world championship silver medalists but have not been consistent and are currently ranked 8th . But with their show at the world championships they have the potential to medal so we have to put them also as possible but not likely.

 

Mixed pair : the mixed pair is not a fixed team but consists of the highest ranked woman in the initial ranking rounds and the highest ranked male , the likely pairing is Atanu das and his wife Deepika ( they got married in 2020 ) , this is a good pair , ranked currently 7th but with strong pairs from Netherlands , south korea, Russia , Chinese Taipei , a medal is possible but not likely

 

Medal prediction 0 to 1 for me in archery . It would be wonderful for Indian Archery to win a medal here but let us see if they are able to get the mental toughness to get there.

 

 

Good one

[tirtha22 238]

One week to go and still...?

 

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/indiatokyo/wfi-to-assess-preparedness-of-seema-bisla-anshu-malik-and-sonam-malik/articleshow/84463279.cms

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Sumit Nagal qualified in Men's Singles Tennis ?

[Prakash 50]

Breaking

 

 

Tokyo Olympics – Sumit Nagal gets Olympics Entry: World No. 144 Sumit Nagal has made it to the singles draw of the Tokyo Olympics at a very last minute. None of the Indian singles player had qualified directly for the Olympics – but Nagal got lucky on two accounts.

• 1st – India has got a entry into Olympics after various withdrawals by the top players.
• 2nd – If not injured Yuki Bhambri would have got a entry for the Olympica via his protected ranking of 127 on ATP Charts – but as Bhambri is injured Nagal will represent India at the Olympics despite being ranked at 144th on ATP Charts.

 

After getting his singles entry confirmed, in all likelihood Nagal is all set to get spot in the mixed doubles draw as well. According to the information available, the All India Tennis Association is now trying for a mixed-double and Men's Double.

[Prakash 50]

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday said if the finalists at the Tokyo Olympics are ruled of the title clash due to COVID-19 positive cases, then both teams will be awarded the gold medal.