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I do hope that Chopra wins again, that was certainly such a special moment in Indian Olympic sport, and the growth of Olympics viewership in India 

Sujeet had his chances today, I mean for a moment I thought he threw the Mongolian and jumped from my chair  (unfortunately the Mongolian escaped it)
he has to win two matches tomorrow, the first one will be the hardest against Kudiev/Retherford , if he wins this, the next one will be 50/50 . Retherford will be the favorite IMO
 
as for Jaideep, he wins the 1st match, I think he has a chance against Demirtas. something like 40% and then if it's Valiev he can try to tire him down.
 
so in short I think they have a realastic chance but they are clearly not the favorite (or not even the 2nd favorite) to take it.

I have to give credit to Rafiq Huseynov for winning the quota. he won 4 hard matches at this old age to do so. and that was my prediction too 
 
but he had some helps from the refs in all 4 matches, some small helps and some big big helps like the India match, to me Sunil Kumar clearly got robbed in the last second. 
Sunil also got robbed in Asian Qualifiers against Berdimuratov. poor guy 

@MHSN    your analysis as usual awaited now that draws are out 

@MHSN    your analysis as usual awaited now that draws are out 

@MHSN    your analysis as usual awaited now that draws are out 

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India for quite a long time has monopolised the South Asia qualifiers.... As we won a team quota in both men and women it really opens the way for our neighbours to really get into the Olympics for the first time.... I guess we may have some male qualifier from nepal and woman from srilanka 

India for quite a long time has monopolised the South Asia qualifiers.... As we won a team quota in both men and women it really opens the way for our neighbours to really get into the Olympics for the first time.... I guess we may have some male qualifier from nepal and woman from srilanka 

Great news for India 🇮🇳... 
 
The men's relay team for India who had finished 5th at the world Championship and broken the 3 minute mark several times was expected to qualify .. The only uncertainty was that Rajesh ramesh who does the anchor leg often had pulled out  in the prelims of men's ( he had run the mixed). So it was a relief to get through 
 
 
The women's was going to be iffy.... So it was great news for India.... 
 
We did not take part in the mixed to ensure these qualifications... Do not understand the logic of world athletics..... 

Great news for India 🇮🇳... 
 
The men's relay team for India who had finished 5th at the world Championship and broken the 3 minute mark several times was expected to qualify .. The only uncertainty was that Rajesh ramesh who does the anchor leg often had pulled out  in the prelims of men's ( he had run the mixed). So it was a relief to get through 
 
 
The women's was going to be iffy.... So it was great news for India.... 
 
We did not take part in the mixed to ensure these qualifications... Do not understand the logic of world athletics..... 

I was actually expecting a surreptitious mail .... Pssst TO has been raided, come down the street to turtlely olympics..... ( like it happens when my bar gets shut down by the police) 
 
But so happy with Olympics round the corner that TO is back.... Thanks Sindo must not have been easy ro reset so fast.... You rock bro 🤜

start of March ranking
the next ranking they publish right after this competition

I think it may be our first semi final in a super 300 or above by a women other than the twosome but need to check on that ....

got the quotas

When Nadeem got his medal in javelin in Budapest 2023 athletics WCH, he was the only one who didn't get a natonal flag from his buddies to cherish the moment with. It was so sad to look at this. It wasn't a totally unexpected medal tbh, so why didn't they prepare sth for him??? We were sitting very close to the javelin inrun, so if we only have green pencils and a piece of white material, we would make it for him. Sad.

First qualification and then medal hopes
 
Pakistan is not in Tripartite Commission so no wild cards this time except in athletics and swimming
Qualification
Athletics - 3. Arshad Nadeem (already qualified) and Muhammad Yasir in javelin throw. One additional quota for female athlete
Swimming - 2 wild card entries
Judo - 0. Two time Olympian Shah Hussain Shah is injured and hasn't participated in this Olympic cycle.
Hockey - 0. With Olympic qualifiers being moved from Pakistan to Oman, its highly unlikely they can qualify
Equestrian - 1. Usman Khan has virtually qualified from Group F in eventing. He shall qualify if he attains MER till next year
Shooting - 3. Gulfam Joseph and Ghulam Bashir already qualified. Kishmala Talat came close in World Championships
Wrestling/Weightlifting - 0
 
So team size - 9
Expected medalists
Arshad Nadeem - Silver/Bronze. If he remains fit and has a good season he could be a huge medal contender
Shooters are also a medal contender if they have a decent day

Can we do Pakistan... It is a country I follow closely 

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Thanks and also congrats on your great performance overall specially in shooting
 
he is not the most popular athlete here mostly because of what he did and said outside of his career but he is/was indeed our best ever athlete in this sport. it's always sad to see a great athlete like him retires with tears running down his face. I believe he never lost a competition in Asia until today 
 

Harmilan Bains of India won silver yesterday in 1500m This is her second  1500 m in Asiad. Once when she was in her mother's womb in 1998 and yesterday when she won 🥈 in 1500 m Hunagzhou Asian Games.
Her mother also won 🥈 for India in 2002 Busan Asian Games when Harmilan was 4 years old

@MHSN....many congrats on discus performance , finally finally ehsan was pushed to second place ( I remember vikas gowda was always behind him at asian games) but luckily for Iran the guy who beat was also Iranian but 5 golds and now a silver .....what a great athelete he has been for Iran 

@MHSN....many congrats on discus performance , finally finally ehsan was pushed to second place ( I remember vikas gowda was always behind him at asian games) but luckily for Iran the guy who beat was also Iranian but 5 golds and now a silver .....what a great athelete he has been for Iran 

I agree Iran has been just about ok on total medals but low on golds ....