Siddhartha Talukdar

The entry list isn't complete and gets updated everyday. The entry list deadline is 18 April

Shall we also create a page for rest of South Asian countries as well with

Huge qualification for . Qualified in sailing for first time since 2008, and first time qualified in more than 1 event 

Top 10 boats participate in medal and points earned are double the rank. For example a sailor finishing in 3rd earns 6 points. The sailor with least accumulated points wins

https://www.omansail.com/mussanah-open-championship

Muralist Sreeshankar qualifies in Long Jump
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-athletics-tokyo-olympics-qualify-murali-sreeshankar-long-jump-fed-cup/

A maximum of two players per NOC can qualify overall, so countries who already qualified 1 player can only qualify 1 more player 

ISSF World Cup for Shotgun starts in Cairo today. Among the Indians all the prominent shoutgunners are participating including Olympic bound Mairaj Ahmed Khan and Angad Bajwa
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue.ashx?cshipid=2990

7 tournaments :
Swiss Open 2 - 8 Mars
England Yonex 17 - 21 Mars
Orleans Masters 23 - 28 April
Championships Asia, Europe, Africa, America April
India Open 11- 16 May
Malaysia Open 25 - 30 Mai
Singapore 1 - 6 June
 

The finals of Women's Singles of TT Nationals shall be played today at 5pm between Manika Batra and Reeth Rishya. Many top seeds like Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar exited relatively early in the tournament. Interestingly, Manika Batra has never been National Champion 
Live Streaming - MobiSportz Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiBsUDVEoBEbN09yiRy86Rw

Table Tennis Nationals starts today in Panchkula, Haryana today. All the top players like Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee shall be participating. This a key tournament before the crucial WTT Middle East (crucial for ranking points), World Singles Qualification Tournament and Asian Singles Qualification Tournament all in Doha, as the players shall be playing competitively in over a year.
200 players in Men's Singles and 161 in Women's Singles shall be participating
http://ttfi.org/events/show1/289

With Olympic qualification events starting into full gear, shall we start a discussion about the chances of qualification of Indian athletes. For me, the following will be very intriguing
Archery
Women's Team
 
Badminton
Men's Singles/Women's Singles - Can we get two quotas
Women's Doubles - Ashwini - Sikki
Mixed Doubles - Satwik - Ashwini & Pranaav - Sikki
 
Fencing
Men's Sabre
Women's Epee
 
Golf
Men - Can we get two quotas
 
Rowing
Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
 
Sailing
Women Laser Radial
 
Table Tennis
Women's Singles - Can we get two quotas with one quota confirmed
 
Wrestling
Greco-Roman events
 

Five Indian judokas participating in Grand Slam held in Budapest starting today who are Vijay Kumar Yadav (60 kg), Jasleen Singh Saini (66 kg), Avtar Singh (100 kg), Sushila Devi Likmabam (48 kg) and Tulika Maan (+78 kg).
Not much expectations from the tournament but it offers Olympic ranking points
https://www.ijf.org/competition/2034

No, badminton qualification points shall be earned in tournaments held in Week 1-17 of 2021. 
 
 

Hi everyone, I have opened an Youtube channel named 'India in Olympics' - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp29tj5oECE0IMPVUZ3dulA discussing India's participation in 2020 Olympics. 
Also opened an Instagram page focusing on non-cricket Indian athletes - https://www.instagram.com/siddhartha_sportsfan/
Th aim of them is to create awareness of our athletes to the masses. Please do check it out and mention how to make it better
 

Do you think Satwik-Shetty are genuine medal contenders. 
Indonesia will finish 1-2 in this event. Bronze could go to China or Japan 

Interestingly and ironically I am getting such Google ads in this thread even though I can do nothing to influence this

If the discussion is about India having 'talent' but not able to perform because of improper nutrition we can consider India's urban population which itself is comparable to small countries - Delhi (18.6 mil), Mumbai (22 mil), Bangalore (12.4 mil), Kolkata (4.6 mil), Chennai (4.9 mil). The urban population just doesn't play cricket but football, badminton, table tennis, basketball are quite popular too. Restaurants and pubs also air non-cricket matches but of course nothing can be compared to cricket games.
Recently there was a tournament of U-14 teams from English Premier League (including teams from Manchester United and Chelsea) and Indian Super League in Mumbai, where the Indian teams did well. 
https://www.news18.com/news/football/pl-isl-next-generation-mumbai-cup-relince-foundation-young-champs-stun-manchester-united-chelsea-crowned-champions-2519813.html
Inter district and state competitions of various sports are held regularly and is quite competitive

The issue is not dearth of talent but absence of grassroot level coaching and youngsters not choosing sports as a viable career option except for cricket.
But this might change with the introduction of Khelo India (multiple sports) and Baby Leagues (football) to identify and groom young talent, and hopefully they take up the sport professionally. Many of our young shooters like Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker are products of Khelo India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khelo_India_Youth_Games_2020

Interestingly and ironically I am getting such Google ads in this thread even though I can do nothing to influence this

The Indian men's Archery team reaching the final was a miracle and totally unexpected. Don't think it will be repeated in Olympics. My predictions for this event are 1. South Korea 2. Chinese Taipei 3. China

Even if the numbers are under-reported its still quite low given the population size and urban population density. Here, the pandemic is still at an early stage and we intend to keep the curve flat. Its not feasible to test everyone so only those who arrived from abroad or show symptoms are tested. We are trying to beat the pandemic by lockdown and most institutions like schools, colleges, banks and offices are closed. Our PM requested everyone to follow a virtual curfew on Sunday.
The roads of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India and has the worst traffic in the world, has sparse traffic nowadays and its surreal to see so few cars on the road

I would propose a multi-sport of sports which are indigenous and popular to a country or region and have potential to have mass popularity like Kabaddi from Indian subcontinent, Australian rules football, hurling, sepaktakraw etc.
Since most of them are team sports, the quotas can be handed as follows - four best teams and one each from Asia/Oceania, Africa, Europe and Americas; so each sport shall feature 8 NOCs.
NOCs may not be ranked by medal tally but by cumulative points earned in sport. The points earned shall be earned by combination of final standing and a weightage factor decided by whether the sport is indigenous in that region. For example, in hurling Ireland shall have a lower weightage factor then, lets say Kenya.
 
Probable List of sports
American football
Basque pelota
Hurling
Kabaddi
Sepaktakraw
Wushu
Sambo
Netball
Lawn bowls
Australian rules football

I would propose a multi-sport of sports which are indigenous and popular to a country or region and have potential to have mass popularity like Kabaddi from Indian subcontinent, Australian rules football, hurling, sepaktakraw etc.
Since most of them are team sports, the quotas can be handed as follows - four best teams and one each from Asia/Oceania, Africa, Europe and Americas; so each sport shall feature 8 NOCs.
NOCs may not be ranked by medal tally but by cumulative points earned in sport. The points earned shall be earned by combination of final standing and a weightage factor decided by whether the sport is indigenous in that region. For example, in hurling Ireland shall have a lower weightage factor then, lets say Kenya.
 
Probable List of sports
American football
Basque pelota
Hurling
Kabaddi
Sepaktakraw
Wushu
Sambo
Netball
Lawn bowls
Australian rules football

Yes India won, Arjun-Dhruv won 21-18 22-20, Lakshya Sen won 21-19 21-18 and Kidambi-Shetty won 21-15 16-21 21-15
Even I had given up when Praneeth and Kidambi lost