India National Thread

[Suneet 17]

Anirban Lahiri finishes tied 42nd at the Masters, 16 shots behind the winner Danny Willett.

[tirtha22 238]

Table Tennis Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament begins from 13th April 2016.

 

 

[tirtha22 238]

Dipa Karmakar gets last chance to qualify for Olympics at test event starting April 16; will need to prove execution over all 4 apparatus. 

[nitinsanker 207]

Guys it would be nice if on a weekly basis Maybe on Sunday ...one of the group members could update all the key Olympic events of the week for India At least  ( as the chase is hotting up for quotas ) ......... am missing totally olympics list .......

 

I am trying to get a start on this - Key events of the next two weeks ( 10-24 th April )  for Indian Olympic Interest 

 

This week 

 

Badminton - Singapore Open ( starts 12th April )  - Maybe the last chance for the Indian men to get a second qualifier ....... Kashyap , Ajay and Prannoy still have a slim chance , Saina to get back into peak form and increase her ranking for seeding at the olympics and try to be in the top 4 ........ Sindhu again to push to be in the top 8, 

 

Table tennis ( thanks tirtha )  - Asian qualification - 13th April -Sure fire 1man , 1 women ,  In fact if sharath loses , he may get an entry through the ranking process 

Shooting - ISSF World cup at Rio ( starts 13th April )  - A chance to check Rio conditions for Indias Rio Squad 

 

Gymnastics - The all important Gymanstic test event at Rio - ( Starts  April 16th ) - DIpa is There -  .....................enuff said 

 

Next week 

 

Badminton ( starts 19th ) - China masters - see Singapore open comments 

 

Athletics - ( Starts 20th April ) Federation Cup at Delhi  - Hopefully to see an improvement in the relay squad and also maybe for one or two more quotas 

 

Wrestling - ( starts 22th April ) - 1st Olympic qualification tournament - with 3 places available - Hopefully the light weights in Greco ( Ravinder and Ravinder )  and 56 Kgs in Freestyle- amit / Rahul , satyawrat  Kadian in FS 97  and Vinesh, babita  to qualify in womens lower weights 

 

Rowing- Starts 23rd April - Asian regatta - Almost surefire chance for single sculls male , decent chances for lightweight double sculls men , very long shot womens single sculls 

 

do add any other events  which are coming up 

 

 

Edited April 11, 2016 by nitinsanker

[Dolby 755]

 

40 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

Rowing- Starts 23rd April - Asian regatta - Almost surefire chance for single sculls male , decent chances for lightweight double sculls men , very long shot womens single sculls 

In Rowing, a NOC can qualify only crew per gender at continental qualifiers, so no chance for lightweight double sculls men and hopefully decent chance for a spot in women's section 

Edited April 11, 2016 by Dolby

[nitinsanker 207]

57 minutes ago, Dolby said:

 

In Rowing, a NOC can qualify only crew per gender at continental qualifiers, so no chance for lightweight double sculls men and hopefully decent chance for a spot in women's section 

 

Thanks ...did not know about this rule ...... 

but I have a feeling both men events  may qualify....................... but due to the rule the NOC may have to take a call on whom they will confirm ... probably single sculls ...... and due to the rule the chances of women single sculls improves ...........

Edited April 11, 2016 by nitinsanker

[Prashanth 184]

55 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

 

Thanks ...did not know about this rule ...... 

but I have a feeling both men events  may qualify....................... but due to the rule the NOC may have to take a call on whom they will confirm ... probably single sculls ...... and due to the rule the chances of women single sculls improves ...........

Are we participating in that event. Heard last time that there was scuffle with the services team and none from them would represent the country. So no idea of the present status....

[Prashanth 184]

ITTF has it mandatory from this year for all players to take part in qualification events, Sharath Kamal cannot take any chances and wait for the ITTF's announcement which will come after the world rankings in May.

[Prashanth 184]

Saina withdraws from Singapore Open...

[tirtha22 238]

18 hours ago, nitinsanker said:

 

 

Table tennis ( thanks tirtha )  - Asian qualification - 13th April -Sure fire 1man , 1 women ,  In fact if sharath loses , he may get an entry through the ranking process 

 

As per norms, two men and two women per country can make the cut.

All eight will first compete in Stage 1 of the event (South Asian region qualification). However, it has been learnt that Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives have decided to forego the event, leaving the Indians to compete against each other. The competition will be tougher in Stage 2, where India vie for two more spots.