Siddhartha Talukdar

Both Indians in Men's Trap final

The kid Pratap Singh Tomar is only 18 years old and this was perhaps his first Senior medal. His ISSF profile is below https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0302200101

So far, we can get a quota in Men's Skeet and Men's Rifle three Positions

Satwik-Chirag duo could be a dark horse among medal contenders. They beat 6th seed Japanese duo in China Open

Chinki Yadav in top 8 in Precision Stage of 25m Pistol. Rapid fire stage to take place tomorrow and combination of the two scores will determine qualification to final Hope we get a quota in this and perhaps re-allocate it somewhere

Shreyasi Singh loses in shoot-offs

Is Anish getting a quota based on ranking in 25m pistol

http://www.multipullsoft.it/Live/showMatchMobile?matchs=DZVYY115.161.31 It opens in smartphone

Day 1 in Men's Trap, Prithviraj Tondaiman is leading so far

http://www.multipullsoft.it/Live/showMatchMobile?matchs=DZVYY115.161.31 Trap live results

I am a bit confused, was there any Final in 10m Air Rifle as its not showing in results.sius

Doesn't have a host quota already

https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=6694e7ea-eb53-43bb-91b4-766d8f993c37&ShootEvent=AR60

Deepak Kumar in top 8 accompanied by 3 Chinese, 1 each from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. China and Japan have quota already so he has to be better than the others. Big news is that Sanjeev Rajput has achieved MQS by scoring 626 (MQS is 595), so even though Deepak Kumar can't secure quota we still would have 2 competitors in this event and 2 quotas in Mixed team

Shotgun events not showing at SIUS website at all.

Thanks for the information. I checked the FEI Zonal Rankings and even if China and Thailand don't qualify their teams, India's Fouaad Mirza still qualifies. I have 2 queries though - 1) By when should the requirements be fulfilled 2) What happens if China and Thailand don't qualify as team, does that team quota is re-allocated somewhere

Read in this forum that in Equestrian eventing team, that although China and Thailand have qualified all their riders haven't fulfilled some requirements. If these requirements aren't fulfilled by the end of the year then they won't qualify as a team. How will this affect chances of Fouaad Mirza's qualification

Team sports are round robin then knockout format with each group containing 4 to 6 teams depending on the sport. If there's any weak team granted quota on basis of Universality, those matches shall be vastly one-sided and boring to watch for the neutral. Hence, the strongest teams should be given quotas in team sports. If weak nations have to be brought up they can be done in the respective sports' World Cup or World Championships. In any case no sport has equal quality in all continents and some continents dominate. All the team sports seem to follow the same qualification pattern - one from each continent and an additional qualification tournament for the rest. Since every continent is represented, how good or bad their top team is, it somewhat fulfills the Universality principle Host nations can also be given quota on the condition they are good enough

Oceania Championships started today and there are no updates in ISSF website

My realistic but slightly pessimistic view PV Sindhu - Silver/Bronze Amit Panghal - Silver Lovlina Borgohain - Bronze Saurabh Chaudhary - Gold/Silver Anjum Moudgil or Apurvi Chandela - Bronze Saurabh Chaudhary + Manu Bhaker - Gold/Silver Mirabai Chanu - Silver/Bronze Bajrang Punia - Gold/Silver Deepak Punia - Bronze

What I understand is the that in singles there are 1-13 seeds which are placed in 16 groups but the rest shall be drawn randomly. In 2016, Viktor Axelsen got a tough group and was paired with Boonsak Poonsana (15th rank) and Lee Dong Keun (14th rank). The other groups were fairly equal. The knockout draw is based on seeding. Similarly in doubles, only 4 pairs get seeded and placed in different groups and the rest are drawn randomly. In 2016, in men's doubles the Indian pair of Manu-Sumeeth were drawn with Japan (rank 6), China (rank 5) and Indonesia (rank 2). After the group stage there was a knockout draw Ideally all the players should be seeded so the groups are relatively equal

Do you think any woman can qualify in Epee and if yes, who who among Kabita Devi, Jyotika Dutta and Ena Arora Also after disastrous performance in World Rowing Championships, in which events can we qualify from Asian qualifiers

Assuming if either pair does qualify what is their realistic targets and can they reach the quarters. I am not aware if either pair has beaten any top 10 pairs consistently so far. Also the qualification is fairly 'easy' as doubles rankings is dominated by few nations - China, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia and Denmark and they just need to be within top 14th rank of qualification rankings which is about 22-25th World rankings which they are anyway.

Unlike singles where 16 players are seeded, in doubles in last 2 Olympics only 4 are seeded, and then redraw for knockouts after match-fixing fiasco in 2012. Not aware this time how many pairs will be given seeds and hence I mentioned they need a decent draw

Watched the men's doubles semis highlights and am really impressed with Satwik-Chirag duo. Their telepathic movement in the court, lightening fast reflexes especially of Satwik, ability to return in odd body posture which all the requirements in the doubles game. They look mighty fit and tall which helps in delivering killer smashes If they get a decent draw in the Olympics they could be a real medal contender. Personally I would like Satwik to concentrate on men's doubles only as Pranaav-Sikki duo is decent enough to qualify