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[nitinsanker 202]

pooja wins a bronze ....great news from wrestling ......2nd medal 

[Dolby 735]

22 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

pooja wins a bronze ....great news from wrestling ......2nd medal 

Excellent performance from her. She had a horrible draw and defeated a number of good wrestlers for her Bronze

[nitinsanker 202]

9 hours ago, Dolby said:

Excellent performance from her. She had a horrible draw and defeated a number of good wrestlers for her Bronze

 

In fact very happy with the womens wrestling team ...... for the olympics we should be having a good squad 

 

48 Kg - Vinesh 

53 - Possibly Ritu Phogat if she can transition 

58 - Pooja dhanda 

63 - Sakshi who seems to be coming back or Ritu Malik who finished 5th here 

69 - Divya Kakran 

 

so that seems a really good squad for 5 of the 6 events 

 

 

unfortunately our mens freestyle does not seem to have a good squad other than Punia ( and to some extant Sumit ) ...... I do not think sushil may be back , amit is injured for the last 3 years , pancham is banned ..........

 

 

 

 

 

[Prashanth 175]

5 hours ago, nitinsanker said:

 

In fact very happy with the womens wrestling team ...... for the olympics we should be having a good squad 

 

48 Kg - Vinesh 

53 - Possibly Ritu Phogat if she can transition 

58 - Pooja dhanda 

63 - Sakshi who seems to be coming back or Ritu Malik who finished 5th here 

69 - Divya Kakran 

 

so that seems a really good squad for 5 of the 6 events 

 

 

unfortunately our mens freestyle does not seem to have a good squad other than Punia ( and to some extant Sumit ) ...... I do not think sushil may be back , amit is injured for the last 3 years , pancham is banned ..........

 

 

 

 

 

One of the phogat sisters would be in 53 either Ritu or Babita. Cant see Geeta fit in the squad.

[Prashanth 175]

Indians in Action Today

 

UWW Wrestling World Championships 

WFS

57 kg :-  Pooja gets bronze

 

World Golf Championships -HSBC - Rd2

T31 G Bhullar

77 S Sharma

 

Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship- Rd2

T29   A Ashok

 

ATP 500 Tour

Basel :- Divj/Artem, Rohan/Marcel play in  QF

 

FIH Asian Champions Trophy

India vs Japan in SF

 

Isle of Man International Chess Tournament - Masters- Rd6

T1 A Gupta

 

BWF French Open

MS:- Srikanth play in QF

WS:- Saina, Sindhu play in QF

MD:- Chirag/Satwik, Manu/Sumeeth play in QF

 

ATP Challenger Tour

Lizhou:- Prajnesh move into SF

              Ramkumar/Alexandr, Arjun/Yaraslav loose in QF

              Balaji/Saketh loose in SF

Brest:- Paes/Miguel, Jeevan/Austin  play in SF

 

ITF Tennis

Vietnam:-

China:-

Egypt:-

Tunisia:-

[Dolby 735]

5 hours ago, nitinsanker said:

 

In fact very happy with the womens wrestling team ...... for the olympics we should be having a good squad 

 

48 Kg - Vinesh 

53 - Possibly Ritu Phogat if she can transition 

58 - Pooja dhanda 

63 - Sakshi who seems to be coming back or Ritu Malik who finished 5th here 

69 - Divya Kakran 

 

so that seems a really good squad for 5 of the 6 events 

 

 

unfortunately our mens freestyle does not seem to have a good squad other than Punia ( and to some extant Sumit ) ...... I do not think sushil may be back , amit is injured for the last 3 years , pancham is banned ..........

IIRC Ritu was supposed to take part in 53kg only but shifted to 48kg after Vinesh's withdrawal. So, transitioning to 53kg should not be a big trouble. Regarding men's freestyle, we should give chance to youngsters. They can't perform worse than the present squad. Bajrang has matured a lot in recent past. He is a definite medal hope for Tokyo. Sumit has improved but qualifying for the games is still an uphill task for him. Sushil would try and come back but he should learn graceful retirement from Yogeshwar Dutt. In Greco-Roman as well, we should look at youngsters. With good exposure, some of them might be world class in 4-5 years time. 

[Dolby 735]

33 minutes ago, Prashanth said:

BWF French Open

MS:- Srikanth play in QF

WS:- Saina, Sindhu play in QF

MD:- Chirag/Satwik, Manu/Sumeeth play in QF

 

Excellent performance by both MD pairs to defeat higher ranked Chinese pairs. Also, Saina continues her golden form and defeated Nozomi Okuhara 

 

Now both MD pairs will play each other in QF. So, we are guaranteed one team in SF (Also, only 1 team can qualify for SF)

Edited October 26, 2018 by Dolby

[kapil857 31]

7 hours ago, Dolby said:

IIRC Ritu was supposed to take part in 53kg only but shifted to 48kg after Vinesh's withdrawal. So, transitioning to 53kg should not be a big trouble. Regarding men's freestyle, we should give chance to youngsters. They can't perform worse than the present squad. Bajrang has matured a lot in recent past. He is a definite medal hope for Tokyo. Sumit has improved but qualifying for the games is still an uphill task for him. Sushil would try and come back but he should learn graceful retirement from Yogeshwar Dutt. In Greco-Roman as well, we should look at youngsters. With good exposure, some of them might be world class in 4-5 years time. 

 

Lets get the categories right guys - its 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg, 63 kg, 68 kg and 76 kg at Tokyo. 

 

The team does look pretty good....

[kapil857 31]

 

Heartiest congratulations to Sourav Kothari on winning the World Billiards Championships !!

 

New name added to added to India's long list of world champions in billiards

 

http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=282

 

  

[nitinsanker 202]

9 hours ago, Dolby said:

IIRC Ritu was supposed to take part in 53kg only but shifted to 48kg after Vinesh's withdrawal. So, transitioning to 53kg should not be a big trouble. Regarding men's freestyle, we should give chance to youngsters. They can't perform worse than the present squad. Bajrang has matured a lot in recent past. He is a definite medal hope for Tokyo. Sumit has improved but qualifying for the games is still an uphill task for him. Sushil would try and come back but he should learn graceful retirement from Yogeshwar Dutt. In Greco-Roman as well, we should look at youngsters. With good exposure, some of them might be world class in 4-5 years time. 

 

So womens squad 

 

50 Kgs - Vinesh - definate medal hope 

53 Kgs - Ritu or Babita phogat - definitely should qualify- both are high quality wrestlers 

57 - Pooja Dhandha - should qualify she has improved a lot 

63 - sakshi or ritu malik - sakshi showed a return to form and ritu placed 5th 

68 - Divya Kakran - should also qualify ( navjot has also done well but has been there for ages without great success and divya is just 18 so should improve a lot ) 

76 - is weak probably Kiran is the best bet still 

 

hopefully we can have 5 qualifiers 

 

 

Mens FS squad 

 

57 kilograms/125.4 pounds - Sandeep tomar ( if amit kumar comes back from injury , I still feel he has a chance )

65 kilograms/143 pounds; - Bajrang 

74 kilograms/163 pounds; Sushil can still qualify if he comes to some form and  there seems no one in that weight category 

86 kilograms/183 pounds; deepak punia from the juniors ( silver at the junior worlds ) should be given a chance i feel 

97 kilograms/213 pounds; satyawrat ????- he had class but again seems to have faded a bit ( but I think is much younger that khatri ) 

125 kilograms/275 pounds. Sumit 

 

greco roman 

 

60 - Vijay silver from the juniors I think is still the best bet 

77 - junior wolrd silver medallist - Sajan

87- harpreet - needs to move up from 82 which is not that easy 

97 - hardeep 

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by nitinsanker