nitinsanker

commonwealth Games is becoming such a farce what is the purpose of any multigame event ...... I believe it is to foster sports , participation and interest in all the countries which form the nations which are part of the nations involved .... There are 70 odd participants to the games ( but look closely and you will find there are only53 countries in the commonwealth so all the rest are overseas territories or Ok adding isle of man and jersey as seperate team ) so lets look at the 53 countries an africa group which includes kenya , uganda , whose primary interest would be athletics a carribean group like jamaica, bahamas etc whose primary interest would be athletics so possibly 15 -20 odd countries who would have a wider interest in a multigames program which would be divided into the core dominion countries - UK , Australia , canada and NZ Large african countries - Nigeria , SA South asian cluster - India, Pakistan , bangladesh srilanka SEA cluster - singapore , malaysia now let us look at the sports they have increased medals in or cut in the last 20 years ( last 5 games ) They have cut shooting 40 to 0 where india dominated , but also the sole medal winner for bangladesh They have cut wrestling from 14 to 0 where it was a sport where india dominated and nigeria did well and so did pakistan ( this took a lot of effort as they had to change the whole framework as they have reduced the weightlifting medals from 45 to 15 a sport where india dominates but the smaller oceanic countries like soma, fiji , etc did well in, also pakistan and srilanka get a majority of their medals . I am seeing this as the next target as this is a sport the dominion do badly at and other countries somoa , india and nigeria do well at so cut a 100 medals here what sports have they increased or added aquatics gone up from 48 to an incredible 66 ...... this event is almost wholly dominated by the dominion 4 and SA cycling gone up from 15 to 26 ...... the event is almost wholely dominated by the dominion 4 lawn bowls gone up from 6 to 11 again a sport dominated by the dominion 4 gymnastics gone up from 15 to 20 odd adding rhythmic gymnastics again a sport dominated by the dominion 4 + cyprus judo has been added by UK and dropped by Aus every time a desperate ping pong in sport of 14 medals again dominated by UK \ Para atheletics around 10-12 events carefully selected to reflect the dominion 4 only 11 /12 medals only by them triatholon and squash with 10 or so medals have been added which are events where all the gold medals are won by the dominion 4 so added a 80 odd medals here so if you add the athletics program of 60 or so , , almost 200 medals out of 270 or so ( 75% comes in just 6 sports .with the new changes l ) ...... 5 out of these 6 sports almost exclusively the dominion of the 5 dominion countries .........and you cut a 100 medals in sports like weightlifting , wrestling and shooting where non dominion countries did well in and completely dropped shooting and wrestling pretty much mainstay programs if india protests it is a fair protest ....... this is turning into a dominion games.... of interest of only the 4 dominion countries and possibly SA ........ so go ahead you are killing interest in the CWG in all countries except the 4 dominion countries and SA ............ anyway commonwealth para games , commonwealth youth games , cCWG winter games are already killed .......very soon the main CWG will die or you convert them into a quadrilateral games and drop the multigames tag

Technically if everyone doing alpine sking catches COVID and only the indian is left ....... We can technically win a medal 😂😂

Karma is a bitch ....ain't she ....

On the opening day of the AIBA World Boxing Championships, AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev met with referees and judges who have been specially selected, trained and screened prior to officiating the tournament. President Kremlev vowed to ensure a great event for all participants, with fair fights for boxers at its core...... let us wait and see .....

Looks like we need a ton of Indonesian fans to travel to all AIBA events 😂😂

Harmilan Bains breaks the national record in 1500 metres ......

The president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Narinder Batra said on Friday that the participation of India’s hockey teams in next year’s Commonwealth Games is ‘doubtful’. Batra, who is the chief of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and was a former Hockey India president, said the Indian hockey teams' priority is to achieve their peak at the Asian Games, which starts just 35 days after the CWG. The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15.

The president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Narinder Batra said on Friday that the participation of India’s hockey teams in next year’s Commonwealth Games is ‘doubtful’. Batra, who is the chief of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and was a former Hockey India president, said the Indian hockey teams' priority is to achieve their peak at the Asian Games, which starts just 35 days after the CWG. The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15. Looks like India is losing interest in 2022 commonwealth games ..... This is in part due to the issues we have had with shooting I think because batra was talking about a boycott earlier after the shooting imbroglio

Great day of India 2G , 2S and 1B ......... Brings us into top 25 of the medal table , a rarified level India has never been at ...

Great 3 medals , 10 top 8 places ....... Great for India considering in the last 17 editions or so have had only 4 medals 🔥🔥🔥

Great Sindo .....this is awesome

Nokhodilarimi was really good ...... Maybe he will make your senior team ....Team title seems to be Iran's for sure

Great job by Canada ...... I think one of your best finishes ...... Also you guys avoided the problem of too few gold's this time .....

Woooooow ...... Was it a dream or did India just beat australia in Women Hockey ......... One of the biggest upsets ever

India can truly dream of hockey greatness once again ...... Regardless of what they do in the semis ......thank you for this one shining moment ....

Sindhu .....5 world championship medals , 2 Olympic medals ........ Pusarla truly the most consistent woman's player in recent times ......a rare Indian GOAT in an Olympic sports ......thank you from the whole of India

In my opinion .....a great performance unlike part time fans Non TO people I mean , who only look at medals is to so your personal best ....Manika you are a heroine to come so far , you brightened the genuine indian sports fans ....

And demolish a castle to get to their flag

Tajikistani did not wear mask ..... Tajikistan does not believe in Covid

Is the order due to Japanese language order ?

So 5 sports people same flight ..... That's terrible ..... Covid can run through an entire countries team and derail all of them ....

*Indian at the Tokyo Olympics ……..3 days to Olympics ……….post 8 of 10 by nitin sanker* We have looked at 6 out of the 8 medal possible sports of India and today we look at *Wrestling* Wrestling was a part of Olympic history right from the ancient Olympics , In modern olympics it started with a single Greco roman event in 1896, and has been a part of every Olympics ( except 1900). Amongst the combat sports wrestling stands out as a combination of strength , stamina and technique that makes it a dazzling sport to watch. The current Olympic program consists of 18 events , 6 in mens Greco roman ( where you do cannot attack the opponents legs or use your legs ) , 6 in mens free style and 6 in womens freestyle. In India wrestling is one of the true grass root sports especially in the rural districts of Haryana , UP , Punjab and Rajasthan. It is a sport deeply etched in Indian ethos, first codified in the 13th century text the Malla Purana , it was always popular with wrestlers like the Great Gama and Rustom-e-hind Dara Singh commanding a super hero status in yesteryears. While we have scant rewards at the Olympics this has been a big sport for India at the asian games ( 59 medals ) and commonwealth games ( 102 medals ) At the Olympics Wrestling is the one sport after Hockey where India has garnered the maximum medals(5). KD Jadhav started the wrestling medals for India having won a bronze in the bantamweight category in 1952. In recent years we have won a medal at each of the Olympics beginning with 2008. Now lets look towards Tokyo. In recent times Indian Wrestlers have done very well culminating in a record 4 medals at the previous UWW world championships in 2019 ( we have been averaging one per championship before that ). We have 7 wrestlers in this sport at Tokyo ( 3 in Mens Free and 4 in Womens free, none in Greco ) of which six I believe are medal prospects. *57 Kgs Men* : Ravi Kumar Dahiya is one of the world championship medalists with a bronze in 2019. A really strong wrestlers with tremendous stamina , Definitely a *likely* *65 Kgs Men* : Bajrang Punia , trained by Yogeshwar Dutt initially , he is 3 time world championship medallist. Bajji is known for a relentless attacking style and also has a weaker leg defence but often comes from behind for his victories. Definitely the most storied wrestler in India’s squad , definitely a *likely* *86 Kg Men* : Deepak punia is that very rare commodity in Indian wrestling , a good heavyweight wrestler. Deepak has come up from the ranks , winning a gold in both the cadet and youth championships and successfully graduated to the seniors with a resounding silver at the world championships . But due to his youth I am keeping him as a *possible* only *53 kg women* : Vinesh Phogat is from probably the best women wrestler to come from the iconic Phogat Family ( of Dangal Fame ) she is a niece of Mahavir Phogat of dangal fame , and may be the member who brings to the family of fabulous wrestlers the coveted Olympic medal. She is favoured to win a medal having won a world championship bronze. Definitely a *likely* * 57 Kg women and 62 kg women* :Anshu Malik and Sonam Malik . I have clubbed these two together because their stories run parallel , born 30 km apart in Haryana , a few months apart to famous wrestling families ( yes there are famous wrestling families in Haryana ). They were fierce competitors in juniors ( even their fathers had a fight because of a controversial result amongst the two ) and then decided to be in parallel weight classes and are now best of friends and roommates when they travel. Both have come through the junior ranks together at the global level. Anshu winning gold and two bronzes at the cadet level and then a gold and a silver at the junior level , Sonam winning two golds and a bronze at the cadet level. Both then beat very storied wrestlers Pooja Dandha and Sakshi Malik to qualify for the national team and then won the quotas in the same event. Both because of their youth are *Possibles* not likely in Tokyo *Medal Prediction in wrestling* : 2 to 4

Be warned ..... If you pass by the tennis venue during Tokyo olympics and are carrying a tennis racket ..... You may be press ganged into playing tennis at the Olympics . .................by order of ATP

Can we look at events/ results country by country ....on any app or olympics site .....

My prediction in WS : Sindhu , Chen, inthanon ...... Basically I feel ratchanok will beat TTY