Purav /Divj have moved into the finals of the Los Cabos ATP 250 Tour...Hope my bet for 2020 does it.....
I search for the new talent and next big thing out and later people take over...
Its too sad that we want every indian participating in olympics win gold while nobody is even interested how these sportsperson have qualified for Olympics... Nobody follows sports till olympics except cricket where the cricketers servant is getting higher salary than some of our sportsperson... Check Saina then Indian men Hockey... they got some push and they are doing good... while deepika kumari win world cup ... creates world record .. at that time somewhere near obituary we find this news and she may be given Rs 50000 as inaaam.... suddenly in olympics billion eyes will focus on this poor girl who never got importance for her past work and now we want her to get only gold...
Anyways point is simple and easy... in this forum too I have seen sports lover posting indian athletes updates irrespective of events and are regularly updated ... This also helps us to monitor our sportsperson progress... while some are here only for olympics... Olympics is not everything and if we need to make it everything then give importance to all of there success too...
if only all our athletes get same attention in national level and other events they could have taken pressure like cricketers... somehow badminton and hockey is getting good importance and viewership ... we are able to see the positive in these sports....shooting archery and other sports hardly matter for indians... they are considered once in 4 years... they are bound to crumble in pressure
Just to add to the discussion going on about participation numbers, we had 83 participants in London. If the women's 4x400 relay team qualifies and the golfers qualify and a couple more boxers qualify, we'll get to something like 106-108. That is an increase of 23-25 participants.
Now, that number of 23-25 may look large, but remember that 16 of that is contributed by the women's hockey team and 5 by the women's relay team - both of them sure to be also-rans at the olympics. So, realistically, those 21 athletes actually translate to just 2 quotas, just 2 more events we will be participating in. Further, 2-3 spots will be contributed by Golf which was not a part of London to begin with.
Is that really such an improvement over London, even in participation terms, let alone medal terms ?? Dont think so..Given a choice, I personally would have preferred a contingent of, say, 87, which included the men's archery team than a contingent of 106 which includes 2 also-ran teams.
So, realistically, the strength of this contingent is very similar to the London contingent. Even in terms of medal prospects, I predict we'll end up with 5-7 medals, as opposed to the lofty prediction of 10 by the babus.
I feel Jitu and Narsingh are the top level medal prospects and I expect a medal from each of them.
Narsingh proved his pedigree at the world champs (and I read somewhere that at world champs, Jordan Borroughs seeked Narsingh out and said that Narsingh was the only one Borroughs was worried about. If true, that is a huge endorsement).
Jitu's sport is a highly unpredictable sport but he is just an extremely consistent shooter. Even when he doesn't qualify for finals in world cups, he is always at least in the top 15 and within touching distance of qualifying. At the Olympics, where the size of the field will be much smaller, I expect him to make both finals and hopefully return with at least one medal.
Then we have the strong medal contenders - Bindra, Gagan, Women Archery Team, Yogeshwar, Saina, Shiva Thapa - I feel the medal chances for this bunch is around 50% - so let's say we get 3 medals from among these 6.
And then we have the medal hopefuls - all other shooters (including 2nd medal for Jitu), Sandeep Tomar, the 3 female wrestlers, whichever boxers qualify, Dipa, Sindhu, Srikanth, Deepika, Atanu, Bops/Sania, Bops/Paes, Mirabai, men's hockey team - these athletes need to have the performance of their lives at Rio to snatch a medal (just like Vijay Kumar had at London and Joydeep Karmarkar almost did) - not all of them are at the same level (Sindhu has more of a chance than Bops/Paes for example) but hoping for 1 surprise medal from this group
INDIA AT 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
OVERVIEW
#
SPORT
QUOTAS
ATHLETES
EVENTS
1
Archery
5
4
3
2
Artistic Gymnastics
1
1
5
3
Athletics
26
34
19
4
Badminton
5
7
4
5
Boxing
3
3
3
6
Field Hockey
2
32
2
7
Golf
3
3
2
8
Judo
1
1
1
9
Rowing
1
1
1
10
Shooting
12
12
11
11
Swimming
2
2
2
12
Table Tennis
4
4
2
13
Tennis
2
4
3
14
Weightlifting
2
2
2
15
Wrestling
7
7
7
TOTAL
15 SPORTS
76
117
67
DETAILED LIST
Sport
Event
Athlete
Actual Quota Winner
Qualification Date & Tournament
No. of Quotas
No. Of Athletes
No. Of Events
Archery
Men's Individual
Atanu Das
Mangal Singh Champia
Date: 30th July 2015
2015 World Archery Championships, Copenhagen
1
1
1
Women's Individual
Deepika Kumari
Deepika Kumari
Date: 28th July 2015
2015 World Archery Championships, Copenhagen
1
3
1
Bombayla Devi
Rimil Buriuly
Date: 28th July 2015
2015 World Archery Championships, Copenhagen
1
Laxmirani Majhi
Laxmirani Majhi
Date: 28th July 2015
2015 World Archery Championships, Copenhagen
1
Women's Team
Laxmirani Majhi
Bombayla Devi
Deepika Kumari
Laxmirani Majhi
Rimil Buriuly
Deepika Kumari
Date: 28th July 2015
2015 World Archery Championships, Copenhagen
1
1
Artistic Gymnastics
Women's Individual All-Around
Dipa Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar
Date: 17th April 2016
2016 Olympic Test Event, Rio de Janeiro
1
1
5
Women's Balance Beam
Women's Floor Exercise
Women's Uneven Bars
Women's Vault
Athletics
Men's 400m
Muhammad Anas
Muhammad Anas
Date: 25th June 2016
2016 Polish Athletics Championships, Bydgoszcz
1
1
1
Men's 800m
Jinson Johnson
Jinson Johnson
Date: 11th July 2016
2016 Indian Athletics Grand Prix, Bangalore
1
1
1
Men's Marathon
Nitendra Singh Rawat
Nitendra Singh Rawat
Date: 11th October 2015
2015 World Military Games, Mungyeong
1
1
1
Thonakal Gopi
Thonakal Gopi
Date: 17th January 2016
2016 Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai
1
1
Kheta Ram
Kheta Ram
Date: 17th January 2016
2016 Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai
1
1
Men's 20km Walk
Manish Singh Rawat
Manish Singh Rawat
Date: 18th April 2015
2015 IAAF Permit Race Walking Meeting, Rio Maior
1
1
1
Gurmeet Singh
Gurmeet Singh
Date: 15th March 2015
2015 Asian Race Walking Championships, Nomi
1
1
Ganapathi Krishnan
Ganapathi Krishnan
Date: 20th March 2016
2016 Asian Race Walking Championships, Nomi
1
1
Men's 50km Walk
Sandeep Kumar
Sandeep Kumar
Date: 29th August 2015
2015 IAAF World Championship, Beijing
1
1
1
Men's Long Jump
Ankit Sharma
Ankit Sharma
Date: 26th June 2016
2016 G Kosanov Memorial Meet, Almaty
1
1
1
Men's Triple Jump
Renjith Maheshwary
Renjith Maheshwary
Date: 11th July 2016
2016 Indian Athletics Grand Prix, Bangalore
1
1
1
Men's Discuss Throw
Vikas Gowda
Vikas Gowda
Date: 9th May 2015
2015 IAAF World Challenge Meetings, Kingston
1
1
1
Men's 4*400m Relay
Lalith Mathur
Muhammed Kunhu
Arokia Rajiv
Mohankumar Raja
Dharun Ayyasamy
Muhammad Anas
Lalith Mathur
Muhammed Kunhu
Arokia Rajiv
Mohankumar Raja
Dharun Ayyasamy
Muhammad Anas
Date: 12th July 2016
2016 IAAF World Ranking List
1
5
1
Women's 100m
Dutee Chand
Dutee Chand
Date: 25th June 2016
2016 G Kosanov Memorial Meet, Almaty
1
1
1
Women's 200m
Srabani Nanda
Srabani Nanda
Date: 25th June 2016
2016 G Kosanov Memorial Meet, Almaty
1
1
1
Women's 400m
Nirmala Sheoran
Nirmala Sheoran
Date: 1st July 2016
2016 Inter State Senior Championship, Hyderabad
1
1
1
Women's 800m
Tintu Luka
Tintu Luka
Date: 26th August 2015
2015 IAAF World Championship, Beijing
1
1
1
Women's 3000m Steeplechase
Lalita Babar
Lalita Babar
Date: 6th June 2015
2015 Asian Championship, Wuhan
1
1
1
Sudha Singh
Sudha Singh
Date: 29th April 2016
2016 Indian Federation, New Delhi
1
1
Women's Marathon
O P Jaisha
O P Jaisha
Date: 18th January 2015
2015 Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai
1
1
1
Kavita Raut
Kavita Raut
Date: 12th February 2016
2016 South Asian Games, Guwahati
1
1
Women's 20km Walk
Khushbir Kaur
Khushbir Kaur
Date: 18th April 2015
2015 IAAF Permit Race Walking Meeting, Rio Maior
1
1
1
Sapna Punia
Sapna Punia
Date: 15th March 2015
2015 Asian Race Walking Championships, Nomi
1
1
Women's Shot Put
Manpreet Kaur
Manpreet Kaur
Date: 16th September 2015
2015 National Open Championship, Kolkata
1
1
1
Women's Discuss Throw
Seema Antil
Seema Antil
Date: 28th May 2016
2016 Pat Young’s Throwers Classic, Salinas
1
1
1
Women's 4*400m Relay
Anilda Thomas
Nirmala Sheoran
M. R. Poovamma
Jisna Mathew
Debashree Majumdar
Ashwini Akkunji
Anilda Thomas
Nirmala Sheoran
M. R. Poovamma
Jisna Mathew
Debashree Majumdar
Ashwini Akkunji
Date: 12th July 2016
2016 IAAF World Ranking List
1
5
1
Badminton
Men's Singles
Kidambi Srikanth
Kidambi Srikanth
Date: 5th May, 2016
BWF World Rankings
1
1
1
Women's Singles
Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal
1
1
1
P V Sindhu
P V Sindhu
1
1
Men's Doubles
Sumeeth Reddy
Manu Attri
Sumeeth Reddy
Manu Attri
1
2
1
Women's Doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Jwala Gutta
1
2
1
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (56kg)
Shiva Thapa
Shiva Thapa
Date: 31st March 2016
2016 Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualifying Event, Qian'an
1
1
1
Men's Light Welterweight (64kg)
Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar
Date: 23rd June 2016
2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
1
1
1
Men's Middleweight (75kg)
Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav
Date: 23rd June 2016
2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
1
1
1
Field Hockey
Men's Team
Men's Team
Men's Team
Date: 2nd October 2014
2014 Asian Games, Incheon
1
16
1
Women's Team
Women's Team
Women's Team
Date: 30th August 2015
2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
1
16
1
Golf
Men's Golf
Anirban Lahiri
Anirban Lahiri
Date: 11th July, 2016
IGF World Rankings
1
1
1
SSP Chawrasia
SSP Chawrasia
Date: 11th July, 2016
IGF World Rankings
1
1
Women's Golf
Aditi Ashok
Aditi Ashok
Date: 11th July, 2016
IGF World Rankings
1
1
1
Judo
Men's Middleweight (90kg)
Avtar Singh
Avtar Singh
Date: 16th May 2016
IJF Continental Quota
1
1
1
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
Dattu Baban Bhokanal
Dattu Baban Bhokanal
Date: 24th April 2016
2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta, Chungju
1
1
1
Shooting
Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Chain Singh
Chain Singh
Date: 14th August 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Gabala
1
1
1
Gagan Narang
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
Men's 50m Rifle Prone
Gagan Narang
Gagan Narang
Date: 15th May 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Fort Benning
1
1
1
Chain Singh
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
Men's 10m Air Rifle
Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra
Date: 28th May 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Munich
1
1
1
Gagan Narang
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
Men's 50m Pistol
Jitu Rai
Jitu Rai
Date: 9th September 2014
2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships, Granada
1
1
1
Prakash Nanjappa
Prakash Nanjappa
Date: 11th August 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Gabala
1
1
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Gurpreet Singh
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
1
Men's 10m Air Pistol
Gurpreet Singh
Gurpreet Singh
Date: 31st May 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Munich
1
1
1
Jitu Rai
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
Men's Trap
Kynan Chenai
Kynan Chenai
Date: 28th January 2016
2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi
1
1
1
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Sanjeev Rajput
Exchange of Quota won by Sanjeev Rajput in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Postion at 2016 Asian OQT
1
1
Men's Skeet
Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Date: 17th September 2015
2015 ISSF World Shotgun Championships, Lonato
1
1
1
Womem's 10m Air Rifle
Apurvi Chandela
Apurvi Chandela
Date: 11th April 2015
2015 ISSF World Cup, Changwon
1
1
1
Ayonika Paul
Ayonika Paul
Date: 29th January 2016
2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi
1
1
Women's 25m Pistol
Heena Sidhu
Eligible via winning the quota in other event
-
-
1
Women's 10m Air Pistol
Heena Sidhu
Heena Sidhu
Date: 27th January 2016
2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi
1
1
1
Swimming
Men's 200m Butterfly
Sajan Prakash
Sajan Prakash
Date: 3rd July 2016
FINA Universality Invitation
1
1
1
Women's 200m Freestyle
Shivani Kataria
Shivani Kataria
Date: 3rd July 2016
FINA Universality Invitation
1
1
1
Table Tennis
Men's Singles
Soumyajit Ghosh
Soumyajit Ghosh
Date: 13th April 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Hong Kong
1
1
1
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Date: 16th April 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Hong Kong
1
1
Women's Singles
Manika Batra
Manika Batra
Date: 13th April 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Hong Kong
1
1
1
Mouma Das
Mouma Das
Date: 16th April 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Hong Kong
1
1
Tennis
Men's Doubles
Leander Paes
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Date: 6th June 2016
2016 ATP Doubles Ranking (Top 10)
1
2
1
Women's Doubles
Prarthana Thombare
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Date: 6th June 2016
2016 WTA Doubles Ranking (Top 10)
1
2
1
Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza
Rohan Bopanna
-
Date: 6th June 2016
2016 Combined ATP & WTA Ranking
-
-
1
Weightlifting
Men -77kg
Sivalingam Sathish Kumar
Men's Team
Date: 30th April, 2016
2016 Asian Championships, Samarkand
1
1
1
Women -48kg
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Women's Team
Date: 30th April, 2016
2016 Asian Championships, Samarkand
1
1
1
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle -57kg
Sandeep Tomar
Sandeep Tomar
Date: 24th April 2016
2016 1st OG World Qualification Tournament, Ulaanbaatar
1
1
1
Men's Freestyle -65kg
Yogeshwar Dutt
Yogeshwar Dutt
Date: 19th March 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Astana
1
1
1
Men's Greco-Roman -85kg
Ravinder Khatri
Ravinder Khatri
Date: 11th May 2016
Quota reallocated to due to wrestler caught doping in 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Astana
1
1
1
Men's Greco-Roman -98kg
Hardeep Singh
Hardeep Singh
Date: 20th March 2016
2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, Astana
1
1
1
Women's Freestyle -48kg
Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat
Date: 7th May 2016
2016 2nd OG World Qualification Tournament, Istanbul
1
1
1
Women's Freestyle -53kg
Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
Date: 11th May 2016
Quota reallocated to due to wrestler caught doping in 2016 Asian QT, Astana
1
1
1
Women's Freestyle -58kg
Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik
Date: 7th May 2016
2016 2nd OG World Qualification Tournament, Istanbul
1
1
1
TOTAL
15 SPORTS