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why I did not put them I feel Mayookha was injured in the fed cup and she may not recover in time to reach the A standard ... arpinder has not shown any improvement in the last 2 years and has been at a lower level , Renjith is a possibility but I feel he may have less chance to reach the given the standard of 16.85...... his best has been around 16.4 this year so has a huge ground to cover OP Jaisha / sini has to improve a really big amount to qualify within 2:01:50 , doing 2.05 is pretty average , for example lili das as a junior did it arokhya rajiv and anilda and poovama could have done it but they and the coaches are all focussing on the 4*400 which I think is a good option as they can with some improvement and some luck be in the final in that event while in the individual they will never be able to even come close to the semis I have no clue what suriya is doing and as she seems to be not in the race at all Neeraj seems to have lost all confidence and his scores are coming down unless there is a surprise improvement I have lost confidence in him as of now 50 km walk I think Basant Rana and jitender singh and Chandan singh have a chance but again there is no improvement in their last performance and the jaipur track where they did well is I feel not a very standard track ( had a few downhill segments ) so their time could be over estimated , also 50km event is not common so I do not know how many events they have left till July 11th But I will add long shot chances are Neeraj ( if he regains confidence ) , Mayookha ( if she regains from injury ) , Renjith , srabani and basant / jitender with also 4*100 meter women who I feel can go much faster but they need to get their act together and they need to do a sub 44 ( twice ) which is why it is unlikely.

LIST OF MOST LIKELY QUOTA PLACES IN ATHLETICS FOR RIO In athletics we have reached 19 quota places ......... we have less than a month more ....................can we cross 24 quota places to make it an all time record for india in terms of quota places ( we achieved 24 in 2000 Sydney ) .... who do you feel will cross the magical A qualification level . In my view the following should do it 1. Womens 4*400 meter team ( 5 quota places ) - They are currently 13th in the world - top 16 qualify , it is possible that 2-3 countries may cross India but Indian team is also going to keep improving I feel as they just had one international event ( this season ) in which they did well and came first ..........................with competition they would do even better 2. Krishna Poonia ( Discus W ) - She is a world class athlete - she had retired but has come back , she recently posted a 59.3 .........with a personal best of 64 plus , i think she will achieve the 61 mark 3. Sidhanth thilangaya ( 110 m h ) - he has broken the national record twice , in a wind assisted meet he crossed the qualification mark . His season best is 13.54 just 0.07 seconds , I saw the wind assisted race where he broke the quota level ...he had tripped over the second last hurdle - I think he will achieve the mark 4. Duttee chand - she has not been action for the last month , I am not clear why but she has the ability to hit the mark recently her national record at the fed games was just 0.01 behind the quota mark 11.32 5. Mens 4*400 ( 5 quota Places ) - They shattered the NR recently , the mark they made , if they achieve just the same level they will be at 12-13th level in the world and qualify . I feel they will not only reach this , they will also beat it and make it to the olympics

This year we have had a mega bag of NR in athletics in the last 3 months alone ELEVEN by my count - showing that our atheletes are rapidly improving 3000m Steeple ( W) - 2 records 100mh ( M ) - 2 records 100 ( M ) - 1 record 100( W ) - 1 record 400( M ) - 1 record Javlein ( M ) - 1 record 4*100 ( W ) - 1 record 4*400 ( M ) - 1 record 20Km ( M ) - 1 record

Two good athletic performances National record - A month after breaking his own National record, Mumbai sprint hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya bettered it again at the Grand Canyon State Games in Arizona, United States, on Sunday. The ONGC star clocked 13.54s to win the men’s 110m hurdles, eclipsing the 13.59s which he had run at Clermont, Florida, on May 14. Siddhanth, who is chasing the Rio Olympics qualification standard of 13.47s, missed by just .07 seconds Seasons Best - 2010 Commonwealth Games discus throw champion Krishna Poonia produced her season-best 59.39m at the Claremont Field of Dreams invitational meet in California on Sunday, according to coach and husband Virendar Poonia. Five of her six throws were above 58m with her best coming on her last attempt and taking her close to the Rio Olympics entry standard of 61m.

Futsal is the secret of brazils soccer success and with the small court size .....I think this is a great game for India too.................

I personally based on the break score pattern as well as Mangal Champia recent record feel it is better choice

But why don't they wait till the end of the official tournament if it is at all possible ................. and see who shoots better in the team and individual

Are you sure as the official world archery entry lists are showing rahul not mangal ...Can they change the list - I think they can ? I checked the score swings Rahul had a break score of ............... 329/327 Mangal had a break score of ..............320/331 which means that Mangal scored very well in the second part compared to the first part while rahul was more even ........ so it makes sense to go with Mangal ( also mangal had a shocker 5 somewhere in the first part not clear why )

Rahul is long term member and would do his very best I am sure ........Mangal won an individual quota ( not based on Federation ) but once a country wins a team quota ( the federation can select any 3 people as the team quota supersedes individual quota .so they will have a final trial I am sure ....................... but the third member score is very much weaker than the other two a Atanu 681 jayanta 671 but Rahul 656 which is very weak - I hope he can buck up ....if you see his pattern of play I was a little concerned as he seems to play one round rreally well and then follow it up with 8s in the next round he needs more focus, as this can be the difference in a close fought match

also you can see the overwhelming superiority of korea here 2050 points by the mens team compared to the next USA 2027 ........

The draw seems to be favorable ...except that we are meeting the host ( so obviously home advantage ) but overall TUR are not at all strong in mens recurve........................... besides that the only strong side we have in our half is Russia ( who we would meet only in the semis if it goes by the seeding ) ..... In the other half are most of the tough countries like Mexico , GBR , Japan , France , Kaz , GER ...................................

if this is going to be used for the pairings for the olympic qualifiers then amongst the non qualified nations India -1st Mexico - 2nd germany - 3rd Russia -4th finland - 5th Japan - 6th Kazakh - 7th brazil ( are they competing in the qualifier ? ) - 8th

I think the opening round is over ...... India finish 4th overall and first amongst the olympic qualifier great show by atanu and jayanta ..... not a great first round by rahul ..................... but still that is awesome .

is there any live streaming link for archery

Canada are no rollovers ...they are a good side ( ranked just 2 below India in worldranking ) ...... Indonesia / belarus do not have a great reputation so that may be easier ....In fact out of mexico / Russia ...... Russia may be more difficult to beat........................ The olympic qualifier may be from thurs day I believe ? also atanu finished 2nd amongst individuals

actually I was not questioning the authenticity but I was hoping there was some youtube link for this run as it is a significant NR...................................... In fact when I went to road to rio for men 4*400....and at 3.02.17 if they can achieve it again would place them 13th in the 4*400 list on the average score so that is amazing ..... I am hoping they can have another such run As far as the womens 4*400 it seems really good as we would also add 5 athletes to our quota list .........................................but as my calculations it seems they are 13th not 12th ?....but either way they seem to have put a decent margin in the margin to be at rio

thats awesome news .....is there any live link for this

GREAT JOB by SAINA and good mental prep for her for rio

in which event ...because I could not find the participation in the golden leiden event ...though the earlier start list did show this ...did they not participate ........................ Indian athletes are struggling to reach individual qualification ....maybe relay teams can do well

Yes I think the WS would be a cracker of an event .......................... If I had a preference would prefer Saina not to meet Li xuerui or Marin till the finals ........ In the current performance standards ...... Ratchanok and Marin may be favorites but now sanias recent performances in both the uber cup and australian open have been really good and Tai recent indonesian open was great so both of them would be the next group of possible winners ......................any of the players would hate to run into Sindhu especailly the chinese so she would be a dangerous sleeper as long as she does not come in Sainas group !!!!! I just wish Sindhu Form would jump in the next couple of grand prix but i do not see her participating

Good analysis which came true .......giving you a well deserved reputation for this post

........................When this is in the first page of our thread it really helps all of us follow all the events .....also thanks @tirtha22 for adding hockey and table tennis events .... we seem to have a huge portfolio of key olympic events ( Boxing , swimming ,athletics, archery etc ) over the next ten days so hoping to see awesome performances ...... already saina is showing why she is a true medal prospect with the way she is performing in the australia open and also a glimmer of hope with kidambi ............................ also can we add gouden spike meet 11 june for athletics @Prashanth for showing the number of participants

especially good as we have some of the seniors like sardar rested

theres time for me still ... ...................... if I can just myself out of this couch

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