India National Thread

[tirtha22 64]

Uber Cup Semifinals

 

 

 

Saina Nehwal won 2nd set 21 - 12  against Li Xuerui of China . At one point Saina was trailing 2- 6. Nice come back and a boost of confidence.

[tirtha22 64]

Uber Cup Semfinals

 

Saina Nehwal lost the 3rd set 17-21 . At one point she was leading 13-11

 

India lost the 1st match 1-2.

 

The good news is that it seems Saina Nehwal is back in form before Rio. She is peaking at the right time.

[shrikant 3]

India may lose against China but the way they are fighting especially both Saina and Sindhu against these high rank chinese players is a total happiness....Saina was awesome... Sindhu is playing well too hope she does an upset

[juddy96 171]

Dutee Chand ran 23.72 (-1.8), Jyothi Hiriyur Manjunath 24.80 (-2.3) and Srabani Nanda 24.85 (-1.9) in 200m Heats. India came 1-2 in the Discus with Kirpal Singh Batth 58.20m and Arjun 55.50m. Qualifying standards are 23.20 (Women's 200m) and 65.00m (Men's Discus)

[Sanjib 17]

1 hour ago, juddy96 said:

Dutee Chand ran 23.72 (-1.8), Jyothi Hiriyur Manjunath 24.80 (-2.3) and Srabani Nanda 24.85 (-1.9) in 200m Heats. India came 1-2 in the Discus with Kirpal Singh Batth 58.20m and Arjun 55.50m. Qualifying standards are 23.20 (Women's 200m) and 65.00m (Men's Discus)

Hello Juddy, expecting one of them to make the cut for Rio today.

[juddy96 171]

Just now, Sanjib said:

Hello Juddy, expecting one of them to make the cut for Rio today.

 

I'm not, if those strong headwinds keep up

[juddy96 171]

India went 1-2-3 in the Women's 200m, D. Chand 23.52, S. Nanda 23.55, J.H. Manjunath 23.92. Wind was -1.4, not great conditions for sprinting. Olympic standard is 23.20

[Smit 4]

Nikhat Zareen and Sonia Lather both win 

Nikhat's bout was so close

[Prashanth 157]

Tomorrow in athletics...

********India’s leading javelin throwers who are currently training at the Olympics Training Centre in Spala (Poland) will be chasing their 2016 Olympics berth in two different qualification competitions to be held in Halle (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland), both on May 21India’s leading javelin throwers who are currently training at the Olympics Training Centre in Spala (Poland) will be chasing their 2016 Olympics berth in two different qualification competitions to be held in Halle (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland), both on May 21.

Neeraj Chopra invited to prestigious Halle Meets for world’s top-20 to be in Germany rest in Poland...
 

[Prashanth 157]

Australian coach revealed he has already lined up a competition for Indian throwers in Belgium on May 28, and three more meets there in June. “There are competitions within Europe that become available within two to five days which depend on withdrawals and late invitations. This is the dynamics of world level in track and field, with at times 40-50 entries for 12 positions,” said Calvert.