anuj

We all are sad & devastated. I even planned my leave specifically for Olympics . In Rio I had the worst feeling & after Tokyo thought those dark days are gone. Even if we have bad olympics it would still be at Tokyo’s level & not Rio. 
After everything in Paris I still hold hope & maybe we will be closer to Tokyo but Yes, this Olympics have been filled with disappointment. I hope a proper post analysis is carried out & people are made accountable. We can’t keep spending crores of rupees & end up with no improvements. 4 years is a long time & with correct planning & proper people in charge we can definitely turn it around. What Prakash sir said is absolutely correct , players support staffs coaches everyone needs to be accountable. In successful nations if you don’t perform your funding is withdrawn. You have to stop rewarding failure & mediocrity & it starts with media. They need to stop hyping up athletes.  
Oh! & Finally we need to stop this hosting crap. We are simply not ready be it financially or sporting wise to even come in a conversation of hosting Olympics. The politicians just like another excuse to scam money in the name of hosting an event like in Commonwealth. We need people like Parth Jindal more involved who are passionate about sports unlike a certain lady for whom everything is a PR event! 

An epic month of Sports action is lined up in July 
 
https://thesportsgram.in/2022/06/26/sports-calendar-july-2022/

Athletics – Qualification system not out yet but perhaps it will be similar to 2020 with qualifying marks and ranking. Expecting 25-30 athletes to qualify
 
 
Archery – Team qualification changed from 2020. Now team quotas available via World Championships (3), Final Qualification Tournament (3), one each from Europe, Asia and Americas, 2 from Rankings. Pessimistic on team qualification but individual qualification should be a cakewalk
 
Badminton – Same as 2020. My expectations are Lakshya Sen and Kidambi in Men’s Singles, PV Sindhu in Women’s Singles, Satwik-Chirag in Men’s Doubles, Gayatri-Treesa in Women’s Doubles if they can reach top 25. No one expected in Mixed Doubles
 
Boxing – One weight class reduced to 7 among men and increase of one weight class to 6 among women. Reduction to overall quotas by 38. Minimum 10 quotas should qualify
 
Track Cycling – Qualification system not out yet, but hopeful for Esow Alben to qualify if he can maintain top 30 either in Sprint or Keirin
 
Equestrian Eventing – Top 2 individuals from Group G zone (South and South east Asia, Oceania) those who didn’t qualify in team. Fouaad Mirza should qualify, not sure how good riders in Dressage and Jumping
 
Fencing – Same as 2020. Top 2 individuals from Asia to qualify via ranking those not qualified in team, one to qualify via qualifying tournament. Bhavani Devi to qualify if she can be consistent. Dark horse could be young Taniksha Khatri in epee. She is just 18 and finished in 12th in recent Asian Championships
 
Hockey – 5 Continental Champions plus 6 to qualify via Qualifying Tournaments. Both men’s and women’s teams should qualify
 
 
Golf – Same as 2020. Two each from men and women should qualify
 
Judo – One quota reduction in each weight class. One judoka should qualify via Continental quota
 
Rowing - One boat should qualify via Continental quota
 
Sailing – 20 quotas reduction and change in events. The same of sailors who qualified in 2020 should qualify in 2024 again. Even if no sailor qualifies, India can qualify via the ‘Emerging Nations’ quota
 
Shooting – Significant change from 2020 where quotas no longer available in World Cups but in World Championships and Continental Championships. Another change is that only quota can be available per tournament per event. India can earn quotas in World Championships, 2 Asian tournaments, and one Olympic qualification tournament. My estimation is that 14-18 quotas
 
Table Tennis – Qualification system not out yet. Two male paddlers and Manika Batra should qualify. One more female paddler can qualify. Hopefully the federation mess clears out quickly. Hopefully team qualification can also occur
 
Tennis – Similar to 2020, but not sure if any player shall qualify
 
Weightlifting – Reduction in 76 quotas, with only 5 quotas per gender down from 7 each in 2020. There’s no change in Mirabai Chanu’s weight class 49kg. Jeremy Lalrinnunga’s weight class 67kg is no longer available and he either has to move to 61kg or 73kg. 
 
Wrestling – No major change in qualification process. Minimum 7 wrestlers should qualify
 
 

A sport apparel company made a short film about Eko Yuli Irawan, maybe some of you might be interested

Congrats on India's best ever Olympics!

Mirabai Chanu..the birth of a new star in Indian Sports.

Major drama in the Indian thread after today's qualifying I assume?  

Ok so if you have a VPN these are the options to follow live/on demand free coverage or in some cases just create an acount (free too) with your email
 
Basically all these broadcast have the rights for the Games so they will show I think everything live/on demand
 
Australia (Have to register)
Olympics: Watch & Stream 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games Online & Free in Australia on Channel 7 | 7plus
 
Canada (no need to register)
Olympics Live - Video | CBC.ca
 
France (Have to register and have a good VPN service to unblock)
https://www.france.tv/sport/les-jeux-olympiques/programme-par-jour/
 
Mexico & Latinamerica (no need to register)
https://olimpicos.marcaclaro.com/tokyo-2020/en-vivo/
 
 
 

We never had any "external help" when it came to developing either baseball/softball or cricket.
 
And while baseball/softball are as marginal as they can be regarding the media attention, they both have players and both have enjoyed some European success (men's baseball team is always able to qualify for the European Championships, men's softball team recently came home with a historic medal, while the women's team is improving as well).
 
Cricket, meanwhile, is just non-existent. I guess this shows which IF is more invested into global development.

No, but is certainly fitting for a typical Totallympics bashing masked under a pretense of "discussion".
 
Baseball/softball is like the only non-European-centric team sport at the Olympics. And it's here for one cycle. Just let it be.

She was in top form going into olympics, hopefully many more chances will come her away skeet shooters have long career.

Amber Hill world no.1 ranked skeet shooter has tested positive in the UK and is unable to travel to Tokyo

This should keep @Orangehair43 interested

This should keep @Orangehair43 interested

This should keep @Orangehair43 interested

Norah Milanesi heading to Tokyo in Cameroonian Style 

Here is some of the kit our guys will be wearing in competition and around the village:
 
 
Rugby Sevens:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Track Cycling Team:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Miscellaneous pics:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 

Mirza clear aboard Dajara too, and still holding 1st and 2nd! This competition is becoming history-making for India.
 
https://zawodykonne.com/zawody/199/tour/1/6?type=ranking

the old one but this is not final, results from the the Polish tournament will be counted too
 
https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/201214_ranking_fs_3.pdf
https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/201214_ranking_gr_0.pdf
https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/201214_ranking_ww_1.pdf

Yes. But, we can either exchange in Men or Women, not both.
 
It all depends on who is selected in 10m events. If Anjum is selected in 10m event (most likely case at present), Chinki’s quota will be swapped for a Shotgun quota. If Anjum is not selected in 10m, Chinki’s quota will be swapped for Anjum in 50x3. If Tomar is selected in 10m (unlikely), a Rifle quota will be swapped either in Trap or in 25m Pistol, if Anish/others fail to get the quota. But, in that case we will simply return Chinki’s quota. 
 
 

OK, now I am really in favour of cancelling the Games. The IOC is making such a farse.

February 7th results:(finals):
 
Under-20
 
Men
100m: 1. Ritik Malik (Delhi) 10.76 seconds; 2. Abhin B Devadiga (Karnataka) 10.78; 3. Rahul Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) 10.89 .
400m: 1. CR Abdul Razak (Kerala) 48.48; 2. Parveen Kumar (Haryana) 48.71; 3. Deepak Rohilla (Haryana) 48.73.
1500m: 1. Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) 3:48.46 (New Meet Record. Old: 3:48.52, Sunil Dawar, Guntur, 2019); 2. Harendra Kumar (Delhi) 3:50.06; 3. Sharavan Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 3:56.14.
10000m Race Walk: 1. Suraj Panwar (Uttarakhand) 41:17.40; 2. Paramdeep Mor (Haryana) 42.19.89; 3. Ningthou Khonga Willia (Manipur) 44:04.11.
Pole Vault: 1. Sunny (Haryana) 4.40m.
 
Women
100m: 1. Taranjeet Kaur (Delhi) 12.02 seconds ; 2. Tanushree Porel (West Bengal) 12.18; 3. Giridharani Ravikumar (Tamil Nadu) 12.18.
400m: 1. Deepanshi (Haryana) 56.46; 2. Jyotika (Karnataka) 56.71; 3. Himanshi Malik (Haryana) 57.06.
1500m: 1. Ankita Dhyani (Uttarakhand) 4:19.31; Pooja (Haryana) 4:19.58; 3. Megha (Haryana) 4:43.73.
High Jump: 1. Meera Shibu (Kerala) 1.68m; 2. SB Supriya (Karnataka) 1.65; 3. Manshi (Uttar Pradesh) 1.65.
Pole Vault: 1. Pooja (Haryana) 3.40m; 2. Pavithra Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu) 3.30; 3. Balanisha Balakrishna (Tamil Nadu) 3.30.
 
Under-18
 
Boys
100m: 1. Anshul (Delhi) 10.90 seconds; 2. BB Yashwanth (Tamil Nadu) 11.02; 3. J Mohamed Saad (Tamil Nadu) 11.03.
400m: 1. S Barath (Tamil Nadu) 47.71 seconds; 2. Kapil (Haryana) 47.86; 3. AJ Abhinesh (Tamil Nadu) 48.79.
Discus Throw: 1. Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 58.11m; 2. Shubhkarman Singh Ghotra (Punjab) 56.63; 3. Arvind Sharma (Delhi) 52.46.
 
Girls
100m: 1. Avantika Santosh Narale (Maharashtra) 11.98 seconds; 2. Jeevanji Deepthi (Telangana) 12.07; 3. Sudeshna Hanmant Shivankar (Maharashtra) 12.11.
400m: 1. Priya Habbathanahally Mohan (Karnataka) 55.29; 2. Summy (Haryana) 55.50; 3. Rupal (Uttar Pradesh) 56.76.
5000m Race Walk: 1. Reshma Patel (Uttarakhand) 23:38.37 (New National and Meet Records. Old National Record: 24:11.70, KT Neena, Bambolim, 2014; Old Meet Record: 24:32.30: Munita Prajapati, Guntur, 2019); 2. Rupali (Uttar Pradesh) 24:13.54; 3. Deepika Sharma (Rajasthan) 24:36.95.
Discus Throw: 1. Kiran (Rajasthan) 47.79; 2. Neetu Kumari (Rajasthan) 42.68; 3. Arshdeep Kaur (Punjab) 42.38.
 
Under-16
 
Boys
100m: 1.Dheeraj Kumar Pahadi (Jharkhand) 10.94 seconds; 2. Idul Hussain (Assam) 11.16; 3. Harsh Deepak Thakur (Maharashtra) 11.28
 
Girls:
100m: 1. Saniya Mahendra Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.61 seconds ; 2. Siya Abhijit Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.62; 3. Soumita Paul (West Bengal) 12.62.
Discus Throw: 1. Anisha (Delhi) 40.26m; 2. Ujjwal Kasana (Uttar Pradesh) 38.99; 3. Jessica (Haryana) 38.42.
 
Under-14
 
Boys
60m: 1. Deepak Toppo (Jharkhand) 7.30 seconds (New National Record. Old: 7.37, Ravindra Maurya, Ranchi, 2011); 2. Ayush Krishna (Kerala) 7.63; 3. Angshuman Bhagbati (Assam) 7.71.
High Jump: 1. M Ashok Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 1.79m; 2. Afroz Ahmad (Jharkhand) 1.69; 3. Prinshu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 1.63.
Long Jump: 1. Sahil Nunia (Haryana) 6.33m; 2. Killo Nand Kishor (Andhra Pradesh) 6.09; 3. Pritesh Oraon (Odisha) 5.93.
 
Girls:
60m: 1. Rujula Amol Bhonsle (Maharashtra) 7.96 seconds (New National & Meet records; Old: 8.29, KV Roshini, Ranchi, 2007); 2. Nancy (Haryana) 8.20; 3. Saanika Subhash Banger (Karnataka) 8.22.
Long Jump: 1. S Sainandhana (Kerala) 4.99m; 2. AV Yajaasvin (Tamil Nadu) 4.93; 3, Sankepalli Lavanya (Andhra Pradesh) 4.86.

February 6th results (all finals):
 
Under 20
 
Girls
5000m: 1. Ankita Dhyani (Uttarakhand) 16:21.19 (New National and Meet records. Old National Record: 16:21.59, Sunita Rani, Catania, 1997; Old Meet record: 17:02.00, Sanjeevani Jadhav, Ranchi, 2015); 2. Chatru Gumnaram (Rajasthan) 16:54.59; 3. Rebi Pal (Uttar Pradesh) 17:34.39.
Long Jump: 1. Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.20m; 2. Manisha Merel (Odisha) 5.63; 3. Tanushree Porel (West Bengal) 5.60.
 
Under 18
Boys
Javelin Throw: 1. Vivek Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 72.83m; 2. Utsav Tanwar (Rajasthan) 67.75; 3. Izhar Ahmad (Uttar Pradesh) 67.65.
 
Girls
Long Jump: 1. Agasara Nandini (Telangana) 5.80m; 2. Lakshmi Gemmela (Andhra Pradesh) 1.38; 3. M Kayva Manoharan (Tamil Nadu) 5.33.
 
Under 16
Boys
 
Shot Put: 1. Anurag Singh Kaler (UttarPradesh) 20.16m (New National & Meet Records; Old: 18.05m, Adhish Ghildiyal, Guntur, 2017) 2. Nikhlesh (Haryana) 19.13; 3. Mohammed Mohsin Qureshi (Telangana) 16.36.
Discus throw: 1. Ram Narayan Maurya (Delhi) 53.17; 2. Raman (Haryana) 51.91; 3. Avadhut Kumar Patil (Maharashtra) 49.77.
 
Girls
 
High Jump: 1. Pavana Nagaraj (Karnataka( 1.73m (New National and Meet Records. Old: 1.69m, Kavya Muthanna, Kollam, 2003); 2. Mohur Mukherjee (West Bengal) 1.71; 3. Bidisha Kundu (West Bengal) 1.63.
Long Jump: 1. Sabita Toppo (Odisha) 5.59m; 2. ES Sivapriya (Kerala) 5.45; 3. Neha Parvin (West Bengal) 5.42.
Shot Put: 1. Rubasri Krishnamoorthi (Tamil Nadu) 14.35m; 2. V Madhumitha (Tamil Nadu) 13.98; 3. Gurleen Kaur (Punjab) 13.71.
 
Under 14
 
Boys
Ball Throw: 1. Babulal Kumar Paswan (Jharkhand) 69.05m, 2. PKKP Vishnu (Kerala) 67.71; 3. CR Harish Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 66.70.