India National Thread

[Prashanth 176]

Our Sailing team is on course for a quota...Hope they maintain their lead and get the quota..

[gvaisakh 23]

16 hours ago, Prashanth said:

All eyes on the Indian players in the All England Open badminton....

Sameer Verma wins the 1st Round pf Qualifiers against 3rd seed player...

Sameer Verma qualifies for main round

Edited March 9, 2016 by gvaisakh

[Prashanth 176]

Just now, gvaisakh said:

Sameer Verma qualifies for main round

That's a good one....

[gvaisakh 23]

Worried about Kashyap.. He's pulled off due to injury

[Prashanth 176]

Yes...His injury is a worry, but he has said that he will be in action after a 2 week lay-off....

[kapil857 31]

On 7/3/2016 at 3:56 PM, tirtha22 said:

Wrestling

 

Indian Squad for the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament

Venue : Astana , Kazakhstan

Date : 18-20 March 2016

Men:

Freestyle:

Rahul Aware (57kg), Yogeshwar Dutt (65kg), Somveer (86kg), Satyawart Kadiyan (97kg), Hitender (125kg).

Greco-Roman:

Ravinder Singh (59kg), Ravinder (66kg), Gurpreet Singh (75kg), Ravinder Khatri (85kg), Hardeep Singh (98kg), Naveen (130kg).

Women:

Vinesh Phogat (48kg), Babita Kumari (53kg), Sakshi Malik (58kg), Anita (63kg), Navjot Kaur (67kg),

Kiran (75kg).

 

***Other Olympic Qualifiers -

1st World Qualification tournament will be held in Mongolia between 20-24 April , 2016

2nd World Qualification tournament will be held in Istanbul between 6-8 May , 2016

The big shock is Amit Kumar and also Geeta...apparently Amit was injured....does anybody have any other news ???

[kapil857 31]

On 8/3/2016 at 6:43 PM, Prashanth said:

It was said in gymnastic thread...

Here's the link which says north korea (which was allowed to field 2 athletes) pulled out and did not register. As a result, Colombia, which was first reserve was invited.

http://gimnasialatina.com/colombia-obtiene-un-cupo-para-llevar-a-una-gimnasta-al-test-event-de-rio/

I have gone through the rules and it is clear that if north korea pulled out, then both Colombia and India (who is 2nd reserve) will be invited.

However, here's why I have a bad feeling. The below link has a list of all countries that have registered.

http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/competition/view?FigCountry=240&dateBegin=01%2F01%2F2016&dateEnd=31%2F12%2F2016&id=11977

The registration list has no women athletes from North Korea and also has one women athlete from Colombia. But it does not have India !!! I also double-checked and every other country who is eligible has registered.

However, 40 individual non-qualified athletes should be competing at the event and the registration has been listed for only 39. Also, registration is as of Feb 25.

So, either India has registered after Feb 25, or the more scary alternative is that the INDIAN GYMNASTICS FEDERATION SCREWED UP LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS !!!

 

[Prashanth 176]

Shiva Keshavan received a major boost in his preparations for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea as Micromax Informatics Ltd. announced that it will back the luge athlete.
 

[Suneet 16]

good to see the forum up and running again... Saina's match after the current men's singles match. Should start somewhere between 7.30-8pm IST. Live on star sports 4

[Prashanth 176]

Heartbreak for Sameer Verma  as he goes down fighting to World No. 8 Chinese Tian Houwei 21-10 12-21 19-21