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sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics 800 metres afsal men 4 3. BRONZE Athletics decathalon tejaswin men 4 3. BRONZE Athletics 200metres jyothi women 3 5 3. BRONZE Athletics 400metres anjali women 3 4 3. BRONZE Athletics 800metres chanda women 3 5 3. BRONZE Athletics 5000metres parul women 3 3. BRONZE Athletics 400MH Vithya Ramraj women 4 3. BRONZE Athletics shot putt abha khatua women 6 3. BRONZE Athletics discus seema punia women 7 3. BRONZE Athletics 20km walk priyanka women 6 10 3. BRONZE Badminton Prannoy 3. BRONZE Boxing 57kg sanjay siwatch men 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 71kg nishant dev men 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 54kg preeti panwar women 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 57kg praveen hooda women 3 3. BRONZE Boxing 68Kg Arundati women 3 3. BRONZE Bridge mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Bridge mixed team India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Chess team India men 3 3. BRONZE Equestrian eventing team India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Esportss Dota2 India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Fencing womens Sabre individual bhavani devi women 3 3. BRONZE Golf womens individual aditi ashok women 3 3. BRONZE Golf mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Golf womens team India women 3 3. BRONZE Jujitsu 85kg amarjit lohan men 3 3. BRONZE Jujitsu 69Kg sidharth singh men 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 81kg kunal men 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 87kg Jyoti women 3 3. BRONZE Kurash 90kg rohit men 3 3. BRONZE Recurve archery mens team India men 3 3. BRONZE Recurve archery mens team India mixed 4 3. BRONZE Recurve archery womens team India women 4 3. BRONZE Rollerskating mens artistic Choksey men 3 3. BRONZE Rollerskating womens artistic samhita women 3 3. BRONZE Rowing Quaduple sculls India men 3 3. BRONZE Rowing double sculls India men 3 3. BRONZE Sailing Ilca 4 advait Men not available 3. BRONZE Sailing ilca 4 Neha Thakur women not available 3. BRONZE Sailing 49er varun and KC ganapathy men 2 3. BRONZE Sailing RSX women Ishwariya Ganesh women 3 3. BRONZE Sepak Takraw mens Regu India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 10m Air rifle Ramita women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 50m 3 Position men sift kaur women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Rapid pistol anish men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Pistol team India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 10m Pistol women rhythm women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting 25m Pistol women rhythm women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Skeet team India men 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Trap women shreyasi singh women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting Trap women team India women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting skeet women team India women 3 3. BRONZE Shooting skeet Pairs India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Squash Team women India women 3 3. BRONZE Table tennis Mixed doubles India mixed 3 3. BRONZE Weightlifting 55Kg bindyarani women 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 125kg men Sumit Malik men 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 57kg women mansi women 3 3. BRONZE Wrestling 62 Kg women sonam women 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 52 kg sanda onilu men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 60 kg mens sanda Surya bhanu Pratap men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu 70 kgs mens sanda suraj yadav men 3 3. BRONZE Wushu Mens 56 Kg sunil singh men 3 3. BRONZE

Then likely silvers by event sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics 3000 steeeplechase avinash men 1 2.SILVER Athletics 1500metres deeksha women 1 4 2.SILVER Athletics 100MH jyothi yerraji women 1 2.SILVER Athletics triple jump aboobacker men 2 3 2.SILVER Athletics discus kirpal men 2 2.SILVER Athletics 3000sc parul women 2 2.SILVER Athletics long jump shaili women 2 4 2.SILVER Athletics Heptathalon swapna barman women 2 2.SILVER Badminton Mens doubles team India men 2 2.SILVER Boxing 51kg deepak bhoria men 2 2.SILVER Chess rapid koneru humpy women 2 2.SILVER Chess team India women 2 2.SILVER Compound archery womens team India women 2 2.SILVER Kabaddi team India women 2 2.SILVER Kurash 52Kg Bharti women 2 2.SILVER Rowing lightweight double sculls arvind & arjun jat men 1 2.SILVER Rowing Eights India Men 2 2.SILVER Sailing 49 FX harshit and shital women 2 2.SILVER Sailing Laser radial/ Ilca 6 Netra women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Air rifle team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 50m 3 position team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Pistol team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 25m Pistol team India women 2 2.SILVER Shooting 10m Pistol mixed pairs India mixed 2 2.SILVER Shooting Trap Team India men 2 2.SILVER Shooting skeet women ganemat shekhon women 2 2.SILVER Squash singles men saurav ghoshal men 2 2.SILVER Weightlifting 49Kg Mirabai women 2 2.SILVER Tennis Mixed doubles India mixed 2 2.SILVER Wrestling 65 kg men Bajrang Punia men 2 2.SILVER Wushu womens 60 kg roshibina Devi women 2 2.SILVER

First likely gold by events sport event name gender top asian Ranking second asian ranking likely medal Athletics long jump murali/jeswin men 1 1.GOLD Athletics shot putt Tejinder men 1 4 1.GOLD Athletics javelin neeraj men 2 3 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 women indian women 3 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 Mixed indian mixed 1 1.GOLD Athletics 4*400 men indian men 2 1.GOLD Badminton mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Boxing 51kg nikhat zareen women 1 1.GOLD Boxing 75kg lovlina borgohain women 1 1.GOLD Bridge womens team India women 1 1.GOLD Chess rapid arjun men 1 1.GOLD Compound archery mens individual abhishek verma men 1 2 1.GOLD Compound archery womens indidvidual jyoti vennam women 1 2 1.GOLD Compound archery mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Compound archery mixed team India mixed 1 1.GOLD Cricket team India women 1 1.GOLD Cricket team India men 1 1.GOLD Field hockey Mens team India men 1 1.GOLD Field hockey Womens team India women 1 1.GOLD Kabaddi team India men 1 1.GOLD Rowing coxless fours India men 1 1.GOLD Sailing laser/ Ilca 7 vishnu saravanan men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle Rudransh men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 50m Air rifle Aishwary men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 50m Air rifle team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Air rifle Mixed India mixed 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Pistol men sarabjot men 1 1.GOLD Shooting 10m Pistol team India men 1 1.GOLD Shooting Trap Men Prithviraj men 1 1.GOLD Squash Team Men India men 1 1.GOLD Squash Mixed doubles India mixed 1 1.GOLD Tennis Mens doubles team India men 1 1.GOLD Wrestling 57 kg men Aman Sehrawat men 1 1.GOLD Wrestling 53kg women antim women 2 1.GOLD

2018 2023 broad predictions Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold total medals 1 Athletics 8 9 3 20 5-12 17-25 2 Shooting 2 4 3 9 4-9 10-20 3 Wrestling 2 0 1 3 0-3 2-5 4 Bridge 1 0 2 3 0-2 1-2 5 Lawn tennis 1 0 2 3 1-2 1-3 6 Rowing 1 0 2 3 0-1 4-6 7 Boxing 1 0 1 2 2-4 5-10 8 Archery 0 2 0 2 2-5 3-7 9 Equestrian 0 2 0 2 0 0-2 10 Squash 0 1 4 5 0-2 3-4 11 Sailing 0 1 2 3 0-2 3-8 12 Badminton 0 1 1 2 0-3 1-3 13 Hockey 0 1 1 2 1-2 1-2 14 Kabaddi 0 1 1 2 1-2 2 15 Kurash 0 1 1 2 0-1 1-3 16 Wushu 0 0 4 4 0 2-5 17 TT 0 0 2 2 0 1-3 18 Sepak 0 0 1 1 0 0-2 19 Cricket 1-2 2 20 Chess 0-2 1-4 21 Weightlifting 0 1-2 22 Ms(f,c,c,v,r,g,e) 0 1-5 Total 16 23 31 70 17-56 62-123

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 5 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* This part will I will summarize ,predict and give the final expected counts. Do give some love to this post as this is the last post before the asian games , I will return to give you a rundown on whether my calculations were right So quick recap of history , Indian performances in the last 6 asian games (ranking performance in the earlier games before this maybe little unfair as after the breakdown of the USSR , we had a few powerful sports countries joining in the 90s) *1998 7-11-17 Total 35 Rank 9* *2002 11-12-13 Total 36 Rank 7* *2006 10-17-26 Total 53 Rank 8* *2010 14-17-34 Total 65 Rank 6* *2014 11-10-36 Total 57 Rank 8* *2018 16-23-31 Total 70 Rank 8* So I started to look into the likely performance in 2023 and *I am seriously shocked*. Do these numbers look likely , have I had a sunstoke and is reality a bit warped. Well here goes my predictions Likely for India *gold in 2023 : 24-30*, medals in 2023 :80-95* . I normally am a bit optimistic in the likely predictions. But my friends especially batchmates know that I have never once got my eat my hat predictions wrong ( over at least 6 olympic , asian and commonwealth games ) , so if you want to see the *edifying sight of me eating my own hat if I get these wrong* you can check out these predictions. Eat my hat predictions for the asian games Prediction 1 : *20 or more gold medals* Prediction 2 : *75 or more medals* Prediction 3 : ranking between *4-6* If even the eat my hat predictions are done . This will be *the best ever performance in the Asiads at least since USSR collapsed*.

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 4 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* This part will complete all the sports , and tomorrow part 5 of 5 will summarize ,predict and give the final expected counts. Do give some love to this post and tomorrow the amazing conclusion *Martial arts – wushu , Kurash and ju jitsu -28* Comparitively little known sports so a bit difficult to predict. But In wushu, especially in the lower weights Of Sanda ( the mixed martial form) we should medal , but possibly not gold. Same in Kurash but possibly not in Jujitsu . In Roshabina and Surya pratap in wushu ( both were bronze medalists in 2018 we should have our best hopes ) last time we got 0-1-5 in martial with 4 medals in wushu and 2 in kurash. This time I believe our performance would be *Gold 0-1, medals 2-7* *Rowing-33* – This is one of the biggest team but with 14 events it is big sport , India has done well regularly getting 2-3 medals in most editions and a gold once in a while. But some rule changes have reduced our chances , earlier each nation would be allowed entry into only a fixed number of events. With China extremely strong it allowed Gold medal chances in some of the events for other countries. But now with china participating in all events it reduces our chances of gold. I believe in 6 of the 7 men rowing events we can medal( excepting single sculls ) , not much chances in women who will be participating I believe for the first time. . Gold medal chances are there though in mens fours and to a limited extent in LWM double sculls. Last time 1-0-2. This time *Gold 0-1, medals 4-6* *sports climbing , rugby 7s, soft tennis* - No chance *Sailing- 16* with 14 events , sailing is a mega sport this Asian games. There are five major types of boats windsurfs , kites , skiffs , multihulls and dinghys India has been doing well in sailing lately for example in the Asian sailing championships of 2022 we got 9 medals. Best chances are in Dinghy events ( ilca 4 and 7 and nacra mixed ). Less chances in the windsurf events which we are weak in. Best chances for gold are Vishnu saravanan in ilca 7 but some of the others can surprise. So last time 0-1-2. This time * gold 0-2, medals 3-8* *Sepak takraw-16* a fascinating sport , somewhat like volleyball but played with legs , the athleticism is crazy. India won its first medal in 2018 , a bronze . This time again mens regu may be our best event. likely *Gold-0, medals 0-2* *Squash-8* India has done well in squash in the past and this time though the womens section has a lower chances with both Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa aging. But mens team seems to be our best event , with saurav ghoshal in mens individual and mixed pair as likely medallist and maybe even gold . Last time we had 0-1-4. Likely this time 0-2 gold and 3-4 medals *Table tennis-10* - a sport where we have been improving steadily. I think for the asian games we may have a couple of medal chances primarily in doubles . last time we had surprised ourselves with 0-0-2. This time likely * Gold -0 , Medals 0-2* *Tennis* - This has been an event that we have won many medals in the past, This time it will be in the mens doubles ( likely gold ) and mixed doubles ( likely medal ) that we will be most competitive last time 1-0-2 . This time *likely gold 0-2, medals – 1-3* * volleyball-28* - a very long shot in mens event *weightlifting-2* - the smallest of teams with just 2 weightlufters , but the quality is good with both Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani likely to medal, unfortunately with the Chinese domination, no gold . so last time no medals This time likely *Gold-0 , medals 1-2* *wrestling-18* - this has always been a big sport for us at the Asian games. This time because of the political upheaval which ahs happened. The players are likely to be underprepared. But he best chances would be in freestyle with Aman ( 57 kgs) , Bajrang ( 65 kgs) , Deepak (86 Kgs) and in womens wrestling wih Antim ( 53 Kgs) , Sonam ( 62 Kgs ) being the best bet for medals , gold chances would be in my opinion restricted to Aman , Bajrang and Antim Last time 2-0-1 *This time Gold-0-3, medals 2-5. *Shooting -33* - I kept shooting for the end , last time it was our second best sport after atheletics with 2-4-3. So how many medals do I think we will get , according to me we should get between 4-9 gold medals and at least 15-18 or so medals . Now I know you may be throwing your hands up in disbelief. But let me explain why. In one off the best improvement reas for india, shooting has beside the traditional 15 olympic events added 12 team events in each of the Olympic individual categories and an extra trap pairs event. Plus I really think the Indian shooting has improved further since last time so hence due to this fortunate confluence last time 2-4-3 *this time gold 4-9 , medals 10-20*

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 3 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* Lets go through the remaining list of sports *Hockey -36* Hockey performance has been a bit of curates egg for us at the AG , we often do not do as much as I believe we can. But the current hockey teams are more steady. We are the highest ranked hockey teams in Asia in both mens and womens teams. So last time in 2018 we got 0-1-1. This time I believe our performance would be *Gold 1-2, medals 2* *Football(44), Judo(4), Handball (16),Gymnastics(1),Pentathalon(1)* – we have never medaled in handball , football ( in recent games), Judo( in recent games), Pentathlon( never), Gymnastics has been ruined by its federation ( when we were improving) so *no medals likely in these sports* *Golf-7* - really we have very little chances if you look at ranking but this is one sport in which the top golfers skip the asian games . Also aditi ashok has been in her best form of her life . so long shot chances in mens team , women teams and aditi may transalate to one medal. Likely *Gold-0, Medal 0-1* *Kabaddi-24* when you here the sport o kabaddi is going to be played you would assume that India would both medals in womens and mens team. Well in 2018 AG we lost both titles to Iran. So how will we do this time I would like to believe 2018 is an aberration and we will win both Gold medals at stake but still to hedge my bets I will say *Gold-1-2, Medals-2* *Mind sports- 43* - Mind sports includes a series of E, card and board games. Out of the 5 sports obviously we do not have any expertise in Go and Xiangqi. But then Chess , Bridge and Esports are sports we can medal in , we have been doing well in chess so in all four eventsR ( Mens Rapid ( Vidit , Arjun ) , Womens Rapid ( humpy , harika ) and mens and womens teams playing classical we will have gold medal chances but Chinese are also dominant in these events so I believe at least 1 Gold is possible for India. In bridge ( 3 events ) at the world level we have medalled so again I believe 1 Gold is possible . In Esports far east nations ( korea , Japan) are really good but maybe medal is possible . Likely *Gold 1-3, medals 5-8* *Roller skating-14* - again not a usual sport at the asian games , but it has been there earlier and we have won medals as well. But this time the focus is more on the speed sections rather artistic. I believe we can medal but gold very unlikely *Gold-0, medals 1-2*

*Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 2 of 5* *by Nitin Sanker* Lets go into the continuing list of sports , starting with the two that we have done very well in this year *Archery -16* With a dominant performance in compound archery at the world championship I feel despite archery being a fickle sport we should dominant in compound 5 events especially womens team , womens individual and mixed. But with significant chances in mens as well . In recurve we are very unlikely to get a gold , with possible medals in only mens and womens teams : *Likely Gold – 2-5 , likely medals-5-7*. But this will be our best performance3 ever *Boxing -13* -India will do very well in boxing , we did win the womens world championship this year and do well in mens. The womens team is completely *wow* according to me, with a possible medal from every single member , but likely gold is obviously Nikhat , Lovlina but I alsoabsoulutely love arundhati , praveen and Preeti , all can get gold medals with some luck. I do not think that much of Jaisimine but she has a fantastic reach. In men with Uzbeks and Kazaks currently dominating mens boxing, chance of gold is less but medal hopes cukd any of the seven but the draw would play a big part. Again probably our best performance ever in boxing with *Likely Gold – 2-4 , likely medals-5-10*. *Canoeing- 17* We have never medalled in canoeing. We do have some green shoots here and maybe just one medal in the sprint events *likely gold -0 , 0-1 medals* *Cricket-30* we are the favourite’s to win both men and definitely womens team. But it is B team in mens so I will say *likely Gold-1-2 , likely medals-2* *Cycling -13* again a sport in recent times at least have never won a medal. This time this team is young and has done well internationally in the youth circuit. Esow and ronaldo may be the best bet for a medal in sprint and keiren events. I hope we can break through here. *likely Gold-0 , medals 0-2* *Equestrian-10* , 2018 was a breakthrough double silver thanks to foaud mirza but this time foaud is not there and so go our medal hopes. I am still clinging on to hope But likely *Gold-0 , Medals 0-1* *Fencing-9* , Maybe the year we break through and finally win a medal in fencing , if Bhavani devi wins in sabre individual then hope to see more chennaites in Lames suits. *Likely Gold -0, medals 0-1*

Asian games – India’s likely performance. Part 1 of 5 *by Nitin Sanker* *quick intro* Indias performance in the last few games , Indias position has been mostly 8th ( 1994, 2006 , 2014, 2018) with a 6th in 2010 and a 9th in 2002 and a 7th in 1998. In terms of medals we have been getting between 10-16 gold medals and a total of 30-70 medals. Best performance in terms of medals has been in 2018 ( 16 Gold and total 70 medals ). So how are we going to do this time. First let me say this is a gargantuan squad really big 653 in 35 sports. So it will take some time to cover all the sports. I am going in alphabetical order. *Aquatics -23* We have been getting an occasional medal in swimming ( shout out to the great Khazan singh tokas ) but this time with the Asian countries improving their standard we are unlikely to take a medal in my opinion, possibly at best a couple of final performances by srihari or sajan or virdhawal . last edition 0 This edition : *Likely Gold – 0 , likely medals-0* *Atheletics-68 entries* - this sport always gives us a huge number of medals at the Asian games. India has been improving in athletics, but so has japan , china and the African stable of runners imported by Bahrain and Qatar. We are having 7 asia leading times: the three 4*400 relays , mens : javelin , triple , long jump and shot. We are having close competitors in each of these events , so no event is a lock for us. But equally we are having 2nd or third leading performers in all the women running events – 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000Sc, 5000, 100mH, 400mH also womens Long jump, heptathalon. Also in mens 800,1500, deca, 3000Sc. Also long shots in the racewalking cluster , mens hJ , mens400, womens :discus, jav and shotputt and 4*100. So in 2018 asians we had our very best performance ever in athletics _> 8-9-3. This edition *likely 5-12 Gold and 17-25 medals overall ,so possibly shade below the very best we have had in gold but I feel in the total medals in athletics will be the best ever. We really have athletes in around 25 events who will be competitive. *Badminton-19* - Badminton has been a very trying sport for us at the AGs , we have never won a gold and have only won 3 medals since 1994 ( 7 editions). This time though our best hope is sat-chi in mens doubles , mens team ( we are the Thomas cup champs) and mens singles ( prannoy). In 2018 we had our best ever performance with 0-1-1 (saina and Sindhu). But I am going to put this time *likely medal tally at 0-2 gold and likely 1-3 total medals *Basketball-20* No chance unless a meteor strikes the courts and they decide to settle the medals with friendly game of cricket. *Likely 0-0-0*

Always something i look forward to mohsain

As the Victorian Government announced that they wouldn't be hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the state will have to pay A$380 million as compensation to CGF. The other terms of the agreement were kept confidential..... I did not know that you have to pay such a huge amount if you backout .... I do not think that there is any interest for India to take up the event .... first there is a lot of anti colonial sentiment...... then there was the entire argument over dropping of key Indian sports at Birmingham... where it seemed we would boycott the games What's the future .....a permanent British location ? ..... because Canada has also dropped out ? ....did they have to pay a settlement too i wonder ...

Wow .....great seeing the latest list of 2023 world championship results ..... India at 16th position on the 2023 list is unbelievable .... above Jamaica and Kenya .... pinch me am I awake .... .... it is not unusually large in terms of total medals (10) but the 4 golds are rocketing India up ....hope this will be sustained in Paris .....

Yes that would be conservative as the rights for a cricket world cup would be 500 million dollars .... so if it is somewhat equally popular I would say at least 300 million more ,.now figure that you get at least 20% of that in Bangladesh , Pakistan and sreelanka .... less of an impact in other countries but again South Africa or Zimbabwe would go up as well So the question whether cricket would pay for itself in the Olympics is moot ... the question is what preventive measures would icc do to ensure that cricket in Olympics does not overshadow their money spinners ( like only 3 over 21 players or something ) Also just the viewership of the Olympics would be hugely going up by a billion or so ... for countries like Bangladesh , srilanka and Pakistan give them genuine medal choices and teams to follow .... In my view a no brainer for IOC and the resistence would come from ICC ....

It would be crazy for the IOC not to push cricket .... it will earn huge amounts for the IOC on television rights in the sub continent alone ....the recent world cup of cricket television rights to cricket were sold for 3 billion dollars.... I am not sure in which sport the television rights sell for so much with the exception of football, And possibly tennis With the enormous diaspora in America / Canada of Indians , if they get a rare chance to see world class cricket in US they will buy tickets like crazy ..... I really find some of the comments that it is a difficult sport to understand or that it is not followed in Europe really limited in their world view. Cricket is not one of those sports followed by a few thousand or million. It is the second most followed sports in the world with over 2.5 billion viewers, second only to soccer . It is an extremely rich sport as well. I think the reason that it has not been in the Olympics already is that the cricket association is parochial and has not been open to the integration. With the board open now , it is only for IOC to benefit hugely by the inclusion.

Our wrestling preperation for this championship is really poor. There has been the terrible me too scandal with the president at the center. Our top wrestlers on the street. Then the federation election issues. Finally our federation suspended...with this drama our wrestlers have been without proper coaching , participation in any ranking tournaments and hence not ranked. It is total chaos. Also the experienced core team was at the center of this so ( bajrang , vinesh, Deepak punia our world medallists have opted out of the tournament , Ravi our tokyo Olympic silver lost the trials , anshu our world silver medallist is injured ) .. The Indian side for the world wrestling Greco-Roman Ajay - 55kg Manish - 60kg Vikram - 63kg Vinayak - 67kg Ankit Gulia - 72kg Gurpreet Singh - 77kg Sajan - 82kg Manoj Kumar - 87kg Shailesh - 97kg Mehar Singh - 130kg Women’s freestyle Neelam Sirohi - 50kg Antim Panghal - 53kg Neha - 55kg Sarita Mor - 57kg Anjali - 59kg Manisha Bhanwala - 62kg Antim Kundu - 65kg Priyanka - 68kg Jyoti Berwal - 72kg Divya Kakran - 76kg Men’s freestyle Aman Sherawat - 57kg Akash Dahiya - 61kg Anuj Kumar - 65kg Abhimanyu - 70kg Naveen Malik - 74kg Sachin More - 79kg Sandeep Mann - 86kg Pruthviraj Patil - 92kg Sahil - 97kg Sumit Malik - 125kg FREESTYLE Our hopes will rest on Aman sherawat who is after all the Asian and u23 gold medallist in 57 Naveen in 74 came 5th last year so may be a long shot .... Sachin More is a cadet gold medallist from last year and pruthviraj is cadet bronze from 2021 so are very young but we need see how they make their transition to senior ranks GRECO No hopes realistically but gurpreet (77) and sajan (82) may be our best bets. WOMEN Two youngsters are our best bet here Obviously antim pangal who is a double gold medallist in the under 20 world championship and a silver in the senior Asian championship can be our best bet in 53 KG Antim kundu is a silver medallist from the same under 20 edition in 65 would be a long shot Sarita mor is the only existing world championship medallist in this bunch so hasa chance along with Divya kakran, an asian games bronze and u23 world bronze ... But with no preperation or ranking this may be a tough road for us, I am hoping a couple of wrestlers from this may still break through

I think the fact that it is very different from the rest is its charm .... Else you will have more and more fight sports ( boxing , taekwondo , karate , judo, wrestling etc ) which while understandable are not very different in essence ....

@Sindo the medal sequence seems disturbed for example South Korea is showing 6 golds but is ranked lower ,

India's 3rd in these championship

Sui not poland

This is a 28 member squad with 5 who qualified not there ( 2 injured and 3 preferring to focus on asian games and opting out ) ..... This is our biggest squad ever .... ( Narrowly crossing the 25 at London 2017 ) ..... This is our best squad ever .... ( 3serious medal contenders .... Javelin - neeraj ( world no 3 in season world leading ) , long jump - murali and Aldrin ( 1,2 in world leading times) and one long shot in Praveen at Triple- ( 5th in world leading times) ..... The rest may hope for PB or final appearance

First time ever India finished in top 10 ( 7th) in worldwide multigames .... So great for us .... India is on a roll ... Thrashed china in shooting which also was a first .....so yaaah....thanks Chengdu .....

Retelling the David and Goliath legend.... by *nitin sanker* Since 1995 for 14 world championships , there was one country which won every championship , beyond all sports, the pride of korea was her archery team unmatched , unrivalled , unbeaten , a synonym for metronomic excellence , supported by the best coaching system in the world and with unmatched budgets .... Then there was this team which never had won a gold medal in archery in 92 years. They were famous for having the most nervous hands in archery, faltering at the last leg time and again, with 7 silvers and 2 bronzes over 40 odd championships .... many of them were trained at satara by a constable and former ward boy pravin sawant at a small archery center set up with pawned jewellery from his wife ... But come 2023 when the dust settled in Berlin the shining resplendent truth was revealed ...... Yes yes yes ...korea was in second place for the first time around 30 years .... India finished first at the 2023 world archery championship .. *Remember this day* ....

The full story of this academy reads like a Bollywood movie .... World champion archers Aditi and Deotale products of same academy built on sugarcane farmland in Satara Pravin Sawant, a police constable in Satara in Maharashtra, now hopes his archery training academy, built on one-acre sugarcane farmland, will finally get due recognition, after producing India's two world champions Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale. Both Aditi and Deotale trained under Sawant at the Drushti Academy in Satara's Wadhe Phata area before becoming world champions. Hailing from Satara, Aditi on Saturday became the youngest senior world champion at 17 when she secured India's first-ever individual title at the World Archery Championships with compound women's gold in Berlin. Later in the day, Ojas Deotale also became the world champion when he bagged the compound men's title with a perfect score of 150. Aditi learnt the sport under Sawant. Nagpur's Deotale honed his skills after joining Sawant's academy exactly a year ago. "Aditi was really unimpressive, an emaciated 10-year-old when she came to the Stadium where I used to train. But her stubbornness caught my eyes and the journey began," Sawant recalled, in a conversation with PTI. "She was really hardworking, would not take any break after a competition and train here for hours. I knew she is a champion in the making." Nagpur's Deotale heard about Sawant's newly-launched academy from his friend who trained there and came under the coach's wings in 2022. "His shooting was unorthodox but impactful. I just had to motivate him and tune him mentally. He did the rest," he said about Deotale. The journey to become an archery coach has come with a lot of failures and hardships for Sawant, who is now an NIS certificate holder. The 32-year-old had won a silver medal at the school Nationals in Jharkhand but he failed to make it big and worked as a part-time ward boy at a private hospital to make ends meet from 2009-11. In the day time, he did his hospital duty and in the evening he would practice archery for long hours at the stadium. Seeing his passion for the sport, Manabendra Kadam, a medicine shop owner at the same hospital, became curious about him. "I was coaching kids as well as doing my shooting to take part in tournaments. Aditi had joined by then and started winning too," said Sawant. "But lack of a proper facility was a hinderance as I used to teach them at the stadium and then at another makeshift facility." Kadam then came to Sawant's rescue and decided to gift him one-acre farmland where he used to grow sugarcane. But getting a land was not enough, Sawant needed money to build walls, give the land a shape. His wife and mother came to his rescue and agreed to mortgage their jewellery. "I got Rs 2 lakh in exchange of the jewelleries, which are still mortgaged to a bank. Parents too chip in with their contributions and Drushti Academy came on it own," he recalled. "Last year we have installed floodlights and there is accommodation facilities for about 15 people. I mostly stay here with the kids, and it helps in training," he said. But the facilities are still lacking. "We still don't have lack proper equipment. I've written to the Zila Parishad, but the files have not moved till now. "But I'm sure people will take notice of the archery academy now after their (Aditi and Deotale's) success and hoping it would be given the status of a centre."

Crazy good performance by India .... 92 years not a single gold ....then 3 over 2 days 🔥..... And a 17 year old in her maiden appearance figures in 2 . She is the youngest ever world champion .... Aditi Gopichand what an amazing performance a gold in women's compound individual and team.... The men's individual compound gold medallist is just 21 and this is his first appearance ...... Ojas Deotale 💥...... Incidentally they both are from a tiny academy in a small Indian town satara ....

But doesn't cover all events in women properly . India is taking 10 in women so Iran taking 8 means they are not taking a full team in women at least ....