nitinsanker

I think we have total 8 ....6 women and 2 men

always loved the cubans .........but what about boxers like tischenko

Today we are at 41 medals next few days Badminton - 1 more is assured Atheletics as per my numbers we should get around 12 -13 more ( out of these 16 ) the three 4*400 relays , heptathalon ( 1 or 2 ) , Jinson both 800 and 1500, hima, duttee and anas in the 200s , chitra and sanjivini ( at least one in 1500 women ) , arpinder - triple , seema in the discus , kushbir - 20km walk , lakshmanan 5000 Boxing though I was hoping for 7 we may end up with 3-4 around ( this where we have dropped a few likely medals for me ) ....we have only 6 out of 10 left Squash - 2 more for both team medals Bridge we have the pairs - Not an event I know well but based on the teams performance there are three events more - maybe 1-2 Hockey - surely 2 medals sailing - 2 more we have 2 teams at medal position in 49ers archery compound - 2 more assured specifically possibly 1 expected medal from these sports put together - ( cycling keiran , mens tt, canoeing and kayaking, kurash and Judo ) 75 is max I feel we may end up around 70-71 .............. The slight drop for me is the boxers losing quickly - specifically shiva , solanki and mohd , also injuries to dipa , mirakhom , sania - with them there we could have got at least 4 more almost sure medals .......... if we do the above numbers - this would be the very best we have ever done in Asian games ( 65 is the highest ) still ....besides this is without the heavier weights in boxing where we would have definitely got at least 4 more medals , compound individual at least 2 more , team shooting at least 5 more I feel ....these are events dropped here but were there in previous editions and will be there in future asian games

Thats seems a little cynical to me ...... Russia has produced some real good boxers , and Kazaks and Thai also have a tradition in boxing .........

Actually medals have increased in shooting ( last time we had team events - this time we did not have ) 1. shooting - if you consider individual medals ( which is what the olympics is about ) - last time we won just 4 medals last time in olympic events at the asian games - 1 gold ( jitu ) , 3 bronzes - abhinav , chain and shweta ....... This time we have won 8 in olympics ( leave out the double trap medal ) ....... so we have doubled the medal prospects........... and also we have many 4 and 5s compared to last time and in most shooting events we had 2 finalists which is a good sign ...... 2. Wrestling though we have reduced the medals we have won two really high quality golds ....... at low weights these are truly world class because asian standards are high - so I would say our chances are same 3. Rowing - How are you saying we got less medals in rowing ? - last time we had just 3 bronzes , this time 1 gold and 2 bronzes it is a better performance , but this is not a sport where we have a hope in hell of an olympic medal 4. Atheletics - also the atheletics performances have been world class in this asian games - Hima 50.x would have been a 6th position in the last olympics and so would tejinders 20.7 ...both these are world class ......hoping for more in atheletics ....this time I am expecting not less than 6-7 golds in atheletics ...last time we jsut had 2 ...also it is not just the medla but it at what level the medla is ... this time many of our performances are of world standard in atheltics ...I feel we may have 5-6 world class atheletic perfomances especially in the 4*400 relays and hopefully neeraj 5. Badminton - Last time only one bronze - This time already both women in semis ...keeping my fingers crossed ...but both are world class and we never know when kidambis form would awaken 6. weightlifiting - mirakhom was injured but she is the reigning world champion so would be an olympic prospect 7. Hockey - both men and women are playing the best I have ever seen them play till now - so with improvement they can also do something 8. Boxing - This has been extremely saddening till now especially shiva and gauravs loss - I am still hoping that this is an aberration - so fingers crossed - maybe we can look at this towards the end of the games 9. archery - yes very poor , at this rate no realistic olympic chances 10. tennis doubles - mens - we did well here and this is the only event we have had an olympic chance - In mixed - Sania has been injured and not playing here otherwise a mixed doubles gold could have been on the cards , in the olympics though that is very dicey so 10 sports is not bad were we have some medals hopes Actually I have been thrilled with the performance of the olympic sports teams here - we will end up at closs to 75 medals overall and 15 golds I hope which would our best ever asian games performance

By the bye the way the Indian team is doing we should beat the very best in asin games we have done in total medal count at least , my prediction is more than 75 medals at least which is by far the best we have ever done

They give them nationality ....... similar cases for some of the European countries even in world cup football .... you have to be nationalised within a certain period of time

Great Afro-Asian Games In athletics ..in short sprints ... India loses 3 golds to Africa ....... But good run by Hima Das ( the world Junior Champion ) to break 51 sec barrier ...... Trust that she can do under 50 in a year or so as she is still around 18 years ..............and then she can be an Olympic finalist

Just little irritated by stupid Bahrain and Qatar ...... They just import people from Nigeria and Kenya and then win cheap medals .........

amazing start to the atheletics 2 NR in Shot and 400M women and mohd anas came close to another

Discovered further creativity in sport by Indonesia ....... They won 2 golds and a bronze in downhill cycling....... Indonesia has not ever won a medal in cycling as far as I remember ever , so besides adding ------- 16 medals in pencak................4 In jetski..................... 6 in paragliding .....9 in jujitsu ....... 6 in bridge .......4 in sambo......... 6 in kurash all to add to their medal tally except possibly the last 2 ...... They have also added absurd events like downhill cycling ( 2) , poomsae (4) ............. There should be a event called reinventing sports to maximise medals and the Indonesia host team would win it hands down ............

India doing well in AIBA youth world championships .... I think it was all three indians won their bouts

nice to see the womens gymnastics team trying hard ...they may finish 6th but still just 3-4 points beyond korea is not bad

Ok I agree ...but why did they then give the rankings for these events ..... must be just a glitch

has compound archery individual events been added back ????? ....I see in the official website they have an entry for both these events

but if you see the Thai shooter she was ahead twice and let Rahi sneak ahead ...... shooting is like that .......... Finals are about confidence and this is still npt manus favorite event ....hope she comes back in the 10m

also Catch up with the mighty China in the shooting total medals won - 7 each .....................WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I had said this during the game and it has come true .......

Really proud of indian shooters .... we caught up with the mighty china on Total Medals won - 7 .........

11-0 and not even the end of 2 quarter ..... maybe another Asian record in the reckoning

I was watching the hockey match India Vs HK ...... It was really like they were standing around taking shots at the goal ...it is 8-0

I think they are scared that if they get a single doping issue they may be out of olympics ....so they are not taking chances I feel .......mirakhom is injured so that was a sure medal lost ...... I am not sure about why Rahul is not there ... he was a possible medal chance I feel .....

I also see the same trend in trying to drop all the high weight events in Boxing , karate and weight lifting which would have hit Iran the worst .... but the succeeded in boxing which is shameful ...... a core event in a core sport ;-( .......... these guys are idiots and this will never help them become a good sporting nation ....... I estimate we lost at least 5 golds due to the changes , primarily in team sports in shooting as well as compound archery

seems fair ....people get to see a localised sport .... the host team gets extra few medals but the core events must be untouched to maintain continuity for a nation