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But wuhan had the most extreme lockdown.... Not sure if Italy is doing half that...

Why is Italy not coming down? ..... I would expect fresh cases to come down after the lockdown

To all the doctors in this group..... Hats off to you guys........ Where many of us are working from home where the worst may be watching a bad netfix episode... This is world War 3 and you are in the trenches in blood and grime..... Stay strong..... Without a doubt this will turn

Mexico ?? seems to be in full corona mode

I think Indian approach is 1. Do a stringent control at entry points.... . We stopped entry of foreigners very fast . I think we introduced all visa entry stop as soon as possible : almalmost two weeks ago Testing at least temperature and quarantine of visitors also 2. Test and check all contacts of any case as fast as possible 3. Do social distancing to the best of ability -ves There are some stupidos propagating cow urine etc.... But this is an aberration Indians hate govt agencies so a few lied and tried to enter..... But luckily this is less now God knows what will happen

So in US the right wing buy guns... The left wing smoke cannabis....... Talk about guns and tokes... ?

Postpone.... I think planning for 2021 a little late September..... Most of the postponed qualifiers can be completed in 2 months..... We lost two Olympics due to ww2..... So one being postponed by a year is not the biggest loss for Olympic sport

US has gone into stage 3 ( widespread localised transmission) ....... No signs of reduction in Europe ..... Countries like Canada, Brazil., Pakistan, Malaysia, seem likely to go into stage 3 ..... Corona seems king right now

World Champion Hassan Yazdani’s father has been tested positive for Coronavirus as the pandemic continues to play havoc globally including Iran. Hossein Yazdani has been quarantined for a few days after he was diagnosed positive for the deadly virus. Hossein is now recovering well and will be discharged from the hospital in the coming days. Since Hasan has been living with his father at his Juybar, Mazandaran Province, reports suggest that the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist might also be infected with COVID-19. An official update on Hassan’s health, however, is yet to be announced. The 74kg Men’s Freestyle World No.1 has been living with his father ever since Iran Wrestling Federation had cancelled its national camp big blow for the greatest

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-panic-buying-guns-ammo-nra-a9403886.html Don't worry about corona virus any longer folks..... America is now well armed ?

Faroe Islands.... 30 cases? ..... What's happening....

India 15 cases yesterday.....some significant growth in numbers but still second stage.......m( on. Mostly people coming from western Europe...... Just hoping we can keep it capped....... If India goes into stage 3 .....you can expect huge numbers......

Decent analysis..... I think in boxing I would add Manish and Gaurav to the possible mens boxers without changing the total possibilities as 2:1;..... I think in wrestling deepak punia should be added to the possible medallists but keep the total as 2:1 Same in women added divya karan and ashu to the possible medallists but keep the total to 2:1 ..... Also we do have a long shot in javelin especially as now we have two qualifiers.... And mirabai I would like to put as a sure shot so that may be moving to 19 best .......7 worst

I think Taekwondo and canoeing are sports where we have started to get Asian level medals in the last couple of years albeit in non Olympic categories.... I think we can improve further In canoeing Gaurav tomar and Namita Chandel are doing well, I think C-2 ( gaurav with salam) may be a good bet for us with some improvement Latika and Naveen have medalled at the Asian level..... Latika had been a top 25 in the world taekwondo athelete ( in 53 a non Olympic category and a top 50 athelete in 57) .Rudali is also doing well .. I feel that if we improve further we can get a top 25 player in an Olympic category in which case we should have a quota place......

This is the best possible guesstimate.....

I was guessing about atheletics..... What does the group feel

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Yes actually we should be talking about the size of the olympic Squad of India by now with just 4 months left ...... I think In 2016 we had the largest olympic team of all time ....This time I feel we will have more ............... The good thing is India is active in over 272 events ....... ( when I say active we have at least a top 100 individual player or a top 30 team in the following sports )( left out completely those we are not so active in, I believe by Paris 2024 we will definitely have quota places in those marked black like track cycling or sprint canoeing ) The variance tells us sports we have got better in or worse in ( except atheletics where I believe the lowered number is because of a reduction in quotas ) Events 2016 2020 variance Swimming 37 2 2 0 Archery 5 4 6 2 Atheletics 48 34 20 -14 Badminton 5 7 7 0 Womens Boxing 5 0 5 5 Mens Boxing 8 3 7 4 Canoeing Sprint 12 0 Cycling Track 12 0 Equistrian 6 0 1 1 Fencing 12 0 1 1 field Hockey 2 32 32 0 Golf 2 3 3 0 Gymnastics 14 1 0 -1 Judo 15 1 1 0 Rowing 14 1 2 1 Sailing 10 0 1 1 Rifle shooting 5 5 7 2 Pistol Shooting 5 4 7 3 Shotgun Shooting 5 3 2 -1 Table tennis 5 4 4 0 Taekwondo 8 0 Tennis 5 4 2 -2 weightlifting 14 2 2 0 Freestyle Men Wrestling 6 2 5 3 Freestyle women Wrestling 6 3 5 2 Greco Men wrestling 6 2 3 1 272 117 125 8

I think you can look at the outbreak in five distinct phases...... First only Wuhan and hubei...... Second rest of China Third South Korea / Japan and diamond princess Fourth Iran and Italy Fifth - core western Europe ( France / Germany / Switzerland /UK / Spain / Netherlands / Belgium) It is clear than china seems to have contained the virus reporting less than 20-30 cases daily Then Korea - japan seem to have also contained the outbreak..... Just 150-200 cases I think right now the outbreak is rampant in Italy / Iran with more than 4000 plus cases today The cases in Western Europe are again close to 4500 cases between these countries..... Most of the other countries are mostly getting travels from the outbreak regions which is totalling the last 1000 odd..... If we are able to cut the cases in Iran + western Europe the rest will fall in place...... Provided US or Scandinavia does not get into the explosive growth phase .... Both seem to going there.... ?.....

I think UK is being rather brave or dumb depending on your point of view ..... Two major sports events..... Boxing European qualifier and badmintons all England both on........ Stuff upper lip ??

I was not getting through to totallympics since morning ( tried 3-4 times) and I felt this is it..... Sindo has got corona........ ?..... Luckily totallympics came back ?

Yes iran is kind of just keep on going on corona

The only positive I see currently is that far East as a region has really tapered the outbreak..... Around 140 fresh cases reported till now today ( I think given the time difference this is it for the day) in China + S Korea + Japan..... Which is remarkable as they were doing around 4000 cases daily themselves.... The problem is that Western Europe has started reporting those kind of numbers now.... If it can be controlled there we can taper Carona

Sorry to hear that bro...... Also being a training facing a lot of cancellations, still not a complete ban in India as of now ?

Well India have a chance to make history.... No country ( after the women's have been added) has ever qualified a full 13 member team..... Kaz in 2016 got 12 and US in 2012 had qualified 12 .... Can India do 13 .. ... In my opinion we can easily qualify the two lighter weights in both woman ( sonia instead if sakshi) and men ( gaurav) ... It is the 81 and 91 men which is tough...... Sumit Sangwan ( in place of Naman) and? ...... Exciting prospect is Vijender ( Olympic bronze medallist of beijing) who turned pro and is now one of the leading middle weights in the world...... He has said that he is interested and has said if he is given exemption from camps he will be happy to fight for national selection....... Wow hope that happens as this is a chance to make history for India......