India National Thread

[Suneet 18]

So what are the events this week with Indian participation?

1. Surely a huge week in tennis as we move into the business end of the French Open. Also ranks for olympic qualifying freeze after the tournament.

2. Indonesia Open where Saina, Sameer Verma and the doubles teams would be participating.

 

What else?

[nitinsanker 208]

On 3/7/2016 at 11:42, gvaisakh said:

EVENTS TO FOLLOW THIS WEEK (May 16 to May 22)

 

RIO QUALIFICATION

Athletics - 2016 IAAF World Challenge, Beijing - May 18

Athletics - 2016 Taiwan Open - May 19-20

Boxing - 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, Astana - May 19-27

Rowing - 2016 FISA Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, Lucerne - May 22-25 - Not sure if our rowers is particiapting

Tennis - 2016 Roland Garros French Open, Paris  - May 16-June 5 - Doubles Qualification this week (draw not yet out - Leander Paes might be participating)

Swimming - 2016 Japan Open Swimming Championship - May 20-22

 

RIO PREPARATION

Badminton - 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup, Kunshan - May 15-22

Shooting - 2016 ISSF World Cup, Munich - May 21-26

 

NON RIO EVENTS

Tennis - 2016 Roland Garros French Open, Paris  - May 16-June 5 - Singles Qualification this week (Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramnathan)

Tennis - 2016 ATP Challenger, Bangkok - May 16-22 (Sanam Singh & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan as pair in MD)

 

 

gv update needed

 

[gvaisakh 23]

25 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

 

 

gv update needed

 

 Will do it.

 

Would be great if you all could list all the events

[Prashanth 185]

Seema Punia had another throw of 62m and above....That's a good sign..

[shrikant 3]

Lahiri finished tied 6th with 9 under par  in Dean DeLuca invitational Tournament held in USA... Very creditable performance with such a strong field 

[Prashanth 185]

11 minutes ago, shrikant said:

Lahiri finished tied 6th with 9 under par  in Dean DeLuca invitational Tournament held in USA... Very creditable performance with such a strong field 

With this effort he climbs only a place in world ranking, But in Fedex list he climbs to 88th place from 101...that's important for him for future...

[tirtha22 238]

1 hour ago, shrikant said:

Lahiri finished tied 6th with 9 under par  in Dean DeLuca invitational Tournament held in USA... Very creditable performance with such a strong field 

1st top 10 performance in this PGA golf season.

[tirtha22 238]

Athletics

 

After a successful outing in the Taiwan Open last week, where Dutee Chand bagged two golds, helping India to a total of 9 medals, the Indian athletes will now compete in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, with an opportunity to make the cut for the Olympic Games in Rio later this year.

 

“They will go to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in June,” said C.K.Valson, the AFI secretary, to The Hindu. The meet is expected to start on June 18.

[tirtha22 238]

Athletics

 

Long and triple jumper Mayookha Johny, who suffered an ankle injury in the Federation Cup, is recovering well and she has gained entry for meets in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. “Mayookha is recovering from her injury. She is under treatment in Delhi and she should be back soon. The jumps coach says that she is almost fit.”

[tirtha22 238]

Shooting

 

Rio Test Event unwanted incidents

 

The test event in Rio served some wake up calls for the country’s shooters. Skeet shooter Mairaj Khan and London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang both suffered setbacks. While Mairaj didn’t have enough pellets with him to last the entire final, Narang suffered ammunition failure, which resulted in him shooting a score of ‘0’ in the prone event. at the end of the gold medal match, he and his Swedish opponent were tied at 14 targets each, leading to a shoot off. Since Mairaj had run out of ammunition, he lost after the first target in the shoot off and had to settle for silver. Rules don’t permit a shooter to get additional ammunition during a match.