India National Thread

[Suneet 16]

Just now, Prashanth said:

Paes to partner Rohan in Men's Doubles announces AITA

Sanity prevails 

[Prashanth 176]

Rohan to partner Sania in Mixed Doubles....

[Suneet 16]

3 minutes ago, Prashanth said:

Rohan to partner Sania in Mixed Doubles....

Personally, not too happy with that. Would have always gone with Leander 

[sanjaydas 14]

The old warhorse rages on...

[Prashanth 176]

Purav / Divj have won the 2nd tournament on the trot.....Purav would be ranked near to top 90 in the next update and Divj to be around 110...

Good hope by next Olympics we would have representation in Singles, Doubles and Mixed. Sania might continue till next Olympics. Hope Yuki, Ramkumar if lucky Saketh if he hangs till then to make the cut in Singles. Hope This pair makes in Doubles and if Rohan continues till next Olympics would be a good chances.

[Partha_SG 1]

1 hour ago, Suneet said:

Personally, not too happy with that. Would have always gone with Leander 

Yeah 7th Olympics for Leander. What a legend. And we shall see how far the technically correct pairing of bopanna n sania goes at Rio. I will be surprised if they go too far

[Smit 4]

I wont be surprised if Sania-Rohan end up winning a medal

[nitinsanker 202]

19 hours ago, gvaisakh said:

EVENTS TO FOLLOW (June 10 to June 19)

 

RIO QUALIFICATION

Archery - 2016 Archery World Cup Stage, Antalya - June 13-18

Athletics - 2016 Janusz Memorial, Poland - June 18

Athletics - 2016 IAAF World Challenge, Brazil - June 19

Boxing - 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifier, Baku - June 16-25

Golf - 2016 US Open - June 16-19

Swimming - 2016 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier - June 11-12

 

RIO PREPARATION

Badminton - 2016 Australian Open Super Series Premier, Sydney - June 7-12

Field Hockey - FIH Men's Champions Trophy - June 10-17

Tennis - 2016 ATP Gerry Weber Open, Halle - June 13-19

Tennis - 2016 ATP Aegon Championships, London - June 13-19

Tennis - 2016 WTA Aegon Classic, Birmingham - June 13-19

Tennis - 2016 WTA Mallorca Open, Mallorca - June 13-19

........................When this is in the first page of our thread it really helps all of us follow all the events .....also thanks @tirtha22 for adding hockey and table tennis events .... we seem to have a huge portfolio of key olympic events  ( Boxing , swimming ,athletics, archery etc )  over the next ten days so hoping to see awesome performances ...... already saina is showing why she is a true medal prospect with the way she is performing in the australia open and also a glimmer of hope with kidambi ............................ also can we add gouden spike  meet 11 june for athletics @Prashanth for showing the number of participants  

Edited June 11, 2016 by nitinsanker

[Smit 4]

Vikas Krishan to fight his second pro bout shortly which will make him eligible for pro qualifiers.

 

Who else thinks most of the boxing Gold medals at Rio will be won by pro boxers. Even if big stars don't participate, the new pros like Vijender will definitely have an upper hand there. By performance and also by AIBA judges(which is too mainstream now).

Pros will be favoured big time by AIBA keeping in mind that more success to pros in Rio, more pros in Tokyo.

[tirtha22 234]

14 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

........................When this is in the first page of our thread it really helps all of us follow all the events .....also thanks @tirtha22 for adding hockey and table tennis events .... we seem to have a huge portfolio of key olympic events  ( Boxing , swimming ,athletics, archery etc )  over the next ten days so hoping to see awesome performances ...... already saina is showing why she is a true medal prospect with the way she is performing in the australia open and also a glimmer of hope with kidambi ............................ also can we add gouden spike  meet 11 june for athletics @Prashanth for showing the number of participants  

Technically , Marathon swimming for India should be dated only 12th June. Because the womens category race will take place on 11th and the mens on 12th. Only two male swimmers are participating for India. So 11th June has nothing to do with India.