Roamingrover86

We need proper funding for winter sports, the sports ministry & our NOC are only focussed on Summer games & sports. Getting more kids into winter sport is never a problem but getting proper funding & raising interest in winter sport is a big problem which can only be initiated by the NOC & sports ministry. Whatever little achievement we have in winter sports is solely due to individual athletes perseverance & effort. We as a nation are slowly putting efforts to make sports a priority & not just recreational pass time. Hopefully that will translate into participation & results in winter sports too.

Our lone representative in this edition of winter youth games . Sahil Thakur ( Alpine Skiing)

Very hard to take , considering we beat this same Japanese team in Asian games last year & playing at home we should have won . We wasted so many penalty corners. This is a big setback considering we finished 4th in Tokyo olympics & now we can’t even qualify. Blame has to start with the coach as it is always , controversial team selection, leaving out experienced players but the players that played today must shoulder some of that blame. At the end we were not good enough & that has costed us a place in olympics! This will hit us hard in our overall contingent size too, don’t think we can match the numbers for Tokyo now

It could still change, Vietnam vs Iraq will not be easy. It could go either way.

One game doesn’t make a tournament. Japan are far superior in every aspect , they are so fluid & so good to watch. Today has just not been their day so far.

This will impact badly on our final contingent size. It will be tough to overcome Tokyo numbers now. Very poor from the girls, playing at home and still can’t qualify. Need to start building from now for next Asian Games too many average players in the team.

AFC Asian cup ⚽️ 0-3 Disappointed with the way we conceded those goals. The gap between the best in Asia & us is still too big .

FIH olympic qualifiers , Ranchi 2 - 2 Won 4-3 in shootout & qualified for Paris games. v for the last olympic quota place.

WOW! Big big result for Indian Tennis!! Sumit Nagal ( WR 137) took out WR 27 & seeded player Alexander Bublik in the first round proper in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 , 7-6 In grand slam tennis this is a first win by an Indian Tennis player over a Seeded player since 1989

WOW! Big big result for Indian Tennis!! Sumit Nagal ( WR 137) took out WR 27 & seeded player Alexander Bublik in the first round proper in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 , 7-6 In grand slam tennis this is a first win by an Indian Tennis player over a Seeded player since 1989

& to compete for the 2 quota places in Men’s Trap.

Olympic qualifiers ( Ranchi, India) Day 2 Pool A 1-1 6-0 Pool B 2-0 3-1 Big win for us. Keeps us in the hunt . We should be able to win against & improve our GD.

Irrespective of the quota , we will double up in both the pistol events. Esha, Rhythm or Manu will start both events. So either way we will have a full Pistol team. If we get that 10m Pistol quota at the final qualifiers, it will most likely be exchanged for either Trap/Skeet (W) quota. Probably Skeet , as it will have a mixed event at olympics.

AFC Asian cup ⚽️ 0-2 Excellent team effort from the boys against a much stronger & higher ranked opponent.

2- 0 Excellent team effort from us. A goalkeeping error resulted in the first goal. The gap in quality was evident but defensively we were so disciplined.

Vinayveer Sidhu won a 🥈& olympic quota in the R&P Asian Championships . Our 34th quota overall & Athletes contingent size is 49 in 7 sports. With this quota we have also completed a full team in R&P events for Paris.

17th quota for We will have a full team in Rifle & Pistol for Paris, as one of the Pistol girls will double up for both Pistol events. Hopefully we can add some shotgun quotas in the asian championships too.

Big game for us against A respectable scoreline and good team effort is my realistic expectations. Anything more will be a real surprise

Our 33rd Quota place & contingent size now 48 in 7 sports . 16th quota place in shooting, if we can get the 2nd quota in 25m Pistol(men) we should be sending a full team in both Pistol & Rifle events.

Our 16th Quota place , our highest ever in Olympics. We just need the 2nd quota in 25m Pistol (Men) & we will be sending a full team in both rifle & pistol events .

Great news for Qualified in sailing again , after missing out in Tokyo . 2 athletes qualified in 2 sports & both on merit!

15th Shooting quota for we have already matched the Tokyo olympics number with qualification events still left. A full team in Rifle & looking increasingly likely a full team in Pistol too. Even if we don’t get the shotgun quotas we can go for exchange of quotas as we will likely have double starters in some pistol/Rifle events.

Our 32nd Quota place & contingent size now 47 in 7 sports . 15th quota place in shooting matching the Tokyo olympics number, with more events still left to qualify.

Yes if we can win the full allocation in Pistol(W) we can go for reallocation/ exchange with Skeet , which also has a mixed event at olympics .

Is this confirmed now? Have they released the official rankings? Is it provisional & subject to him attaining the MER before June? Also, what about Mirza in Eventing? Thanks!