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Also the absolutely ridiculous thing they have done in not having  compound mens and womens individual , dropping team events in shooting ...... I am convinced that they have decided they must come at least 4th or 5th  and the only way is to reduce medals for people like India and Iran who woudl otherwise compete for these positions 

wow amazing job by Omar ...... he is brillaint

For 2022, there will be a qualification system for each sport.
 
My suggestions:
 
-Athletics - Use the IAAF rankings to determine qualifiers and limit field size to certain numbers using past participation as the standard.
-Basketball (3x3): Top 8 teams per gender (including hosts) in the FIBA Rankings
-Badminton: Top 16 teams in the rankings qualified. Limit the singles/doubles fields as well. 
-Boxing: Top 12 athletes in the world rankings per event should qualify, with 16 wild cards to be awarded equally among men/women.
-Judo: Top 9 in the world rankings + 1 wild card per event. 
-Diving: I don't think diving needs a system, the numbers are good enough atm. Maybe a minimum score to qualify?
-Cycling: Use a similar system as the Olympics, but adjust qualified numbers, 
-Swimming: A/B Standard qualification times, invite 8 teams for each relay only. Also limit each individual event to a max 2 athletes from one country.
-Gymnastics: The number is adequate enough across both disciplines. Not sure what to suggest here.
-Triathlon: 28 athlete fields per event. 26 spots reserved for the world rankings + 2 wild cards. 
-Lawn Bowls: Max 20 per event, using a world rankings/qualification event.
-Netball/Rugby sevens: Same system as in 2018.
-Weightlifting: Same system as in 2018
-Squash: Max 32 in singles draws and 16 in the doubles draws. 
-Table tennis: Max 12 teams per team event. All other countries can enter a max 1 male and 1 female. 
-Wrestling: Top 9 in world rankings + 1 wild card per event.
 
Parasports- Plan ahead and choose events which have the most representation. It was ridiculous too see many events here with just 1 or 2 medals awarded.
-If a country fails it can enter 2 track and field athletes/2 swimmers (just like the Olympics)
 

I'd bet that shooting will be added as the 18th sport like beach volleyball was here. This sport allows many small nations to compete. Dumb decision to omit it completely. THough I would prefer beach volleyball be added too. 17 seems like a low number for this event.

Manika currently ranked 58th in the world, and 37th in Asia... Asia is too good. But the rankings aren't always accurate, Mo Zhang (Canada) is rank 26 atm and I wouldn't put her near that high

yeah , i also like Aruna , despite the fact he's the main rival for our player Omar Assar in Africa , i t think he's such player that u can put your money on 

I would back aruna .... He is in my opinion ... the best man by far in this contest 

super exciting ...... India fought back hard 

wow wow ........... Indias first medal in Atheletics looks like high probability ...neeraj throws a 85 m 

why do you say that ? ....... I am enjoying these games and so are most of the sports fans in the commonwealth .... for our atheletes it is a great place to showcase their skills in a milieu other than olympics and the asian games 

Because LaxmiRani Majhi is constantly hitting six just like the batsmen hit at the Lords

\that is true. But should take one round at a time. Mexicans are no pushovers in Archery. 

Guys 
 
to get a detailed times of all indian events all you need to do is go to google ( type India rio schedule and this will give you a detailed pop up which gives the exact accurate details ( done by the good people at google ) and also a day by day schedule 
 
you can also look at the option of atheletes click on whoever and  you get when they will be in action ( this is a mind blowing feature ) 
 
 
 
also the site https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results-day which is the official site gives you detailed schedules of activities 
 
This link gives you http://time.unitarium.com/rio-2016/#time   the clock which gives you rio time and your local time 

Report on live streaming ( Only English ) on day minus2 of the olympics 
 
Yesterday ...Did a check on trying live stream videos for the Olympics as the womens football matches were on ( this was test for me as I am not planning to use TV at all and only use live streams )
 
Results 
 
1. Live TV - Does not need any DNS /VPN options .../gave a lot of links with different languages and quality is OK but not fantastic ......Try this link out ....this seems to be a good default option for live streaming for Rio ..was able to see the live stream from NBC which had  good english commentary , they do not have any specific arrangements for rio so at times you will have to search your event 
 
http://livetv.sx/en/allupcoming/
 
2.  CBC - Canadian broadcasting corporation - This is a truly excellent free to air channel was able to see the game / the video takes some time to load and video quality was good ...you would need a geoblocking software like hola ...I did it using hola and quality was good. what I loved was they seem to be having a lot of video of older events which can be watched - which is not available on other sites 
 
http://olympics.cbc.ca/
 
3. Cricfree - This site has live streaming video of all major streams ...only slight issue was some cluttering ads and did seem to call in some popups ...but if you maniacially clear all ads before they start playing it seems to work you can pick and chose the channel , I did not find a clear resize button so the video was showing in a small screen and could not resize it ...but the advantage seems to be you can really pick and choose the channels and they also seem to have seperate button specifically to for Rio ( but the button is not working now maybe will work from today ?)
 
http://www.cricfree.tv/
 
4. BBC - Open to air ... very good quality of video and great commentary in english ...probably may become my default site ..you need a VPN or DNS option to watch ..I use hola and got good results . also has a great sub portal just for the olympics 
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
 
5. Sky TV - NZ -  seems to require a seperate password so could not get through. I presume this channel is not free to air   ( by the way if someone really wants to get the NZ point of view - cricfree seems to have the 
 
6. Seven ( aus ) - official Australian free to air , could not get through live streaming but could see old videos 
 
7. NBC - requires a password but possibly you can watch a slightly poor mans version on cricfree 
 
some surprises -      did not find anything on youtube which was really sad ..............did not find anything on sportstream ( not sure why )  and also on batman stream may be I was missing out something 
 
 
guys if you have any more suggestions please add ( By the way i did not look at non english options - so I am sure there are many of them ) 
 
 
 
 
 

the weight shown was 51.92 which is impossible, I quite sure that it's fake, the way she lift is clear that she lose her weight, not gain 
to add on, she join the competition as extra athelete, not compete for the medals, that's why the weight can be manipulated
 
 
agree, even if we do not consider 200kg as serious, Sopita still be the biggest favorite
I think TAWA plan for year about Sopita weight class,
her weight is always 52+ until World Champ. 2015, it's down to 50.34, 2 kg drop but she book her new personal best at 210 kg
 
btw, this is just a prediction from the information I have, we'll find out in only 3 days, wait and see

Pavlo for rio 

hola doesn't work. try unblock-us.com, you have to start free trial for 7 days. than change e mail or change to some other free proxy which gives you free trial.

thanks ......

http://livetv.sx/rs/eventinfo/432052_sweden_south_africa/#webplayer_ifr|458885|432052|458885|1632|1|rs

You mean none live outside the Olympic village? How about the USA men's and women's basketball team living on their cruise ship?  

Thats Big bro ..................... significantly makes  a difference between a medal and coming 4th because any day the chinese would have beaten mirakhom ...............
 
Currently if you look at the last couple of years records comparing with mirakhoms olympic trial weight of 192 with the rest............... There is no PRK and CHN .. which means there are only two 48 kg weightlifters who have beaten that weight JPN hiroke( 194 )  and VIE  Voung ( 193) ...from that angle she is a medal hopful but the INA Agustiani ( 191 ) and TPE Chen with ( 191 ) are also lifting almost in the same range ........but the lady who worries me the most is Thanasan of THA she has come down from a 53 weight and has lifted 210 last year and thailand have preferred her over khamsri panida who has been lifting 194 herself ...so she is going to be I am sure in medal contention and more KAZ margarita also has come down one weight class she has been lifting 202 in 53 weight category but I am sure will come down at least 10-12 kgs so she will also be at 190 or so I feel and also UKR paratova whoi has lifted 200 but is coming down to the lower weight class which mean she would also lose at least 10-12 kgs and be at 185-190....
 
so this is the super pool ........IND, JPN, VIE, INA,TPE, THA, KAZ, UKR ................... it can be anybodies game , I feel that THA Thanasan may be the GOLD medal prospect unless she has last minute weight issues and is weak............The fact that the CHI removed their weightlofter is possibly they figure that thanasan may be lifting above theirs or very close where they may not win a gold...remember china get only 4 lifters in women and they would hope for 4 Gold ........................The rest will be depending on their performance on the day ....a medal upto silver is possible by Mirakhom now that the chinese has moved out  ...... I feel a 194-195 lift will medal her which is well within her capability ................
 
Interesting shiva s weigtht category is the slimmest with just 13 ...of course he cannot medal but he can look to come in the top 8 which is a good result for him .......KAZ, EGY, ARM, THA, PRK , CHN will surely beat him but he can beat the rest on his day so a top  8 is possible with this draw .......
 
good final list on the whole in weight lifiting ...............
 
 

I was looking at ranking across sports for our players/ teams . I think we can consider those in top 15 to have some chance of getting among medals at Rio, these are the players who are ranked within that range -

Shooting
Jitu Rai - 3rd in 10M air pistol, 2nd in 50 m pistol
Abhinav Bindra - 13th in 10M air rifle
Gagan Narang - 11th in 50M rifle 3 positions
Mairaj Ahmed Khan - 9th in Skeet

There are 2 more shooters - Sanjeev Rajput and Pooja Ghatkar who are among top 10 but are not part of Rio squad.

Archery
Womens team - 4th
Deepika Kumari - 12th
Laxmirani Manjhi - 15th

Badminton
Saina Nahwal -5th
PV Sindhu - 10th (9th among those qualified for Rio)
K Srikanth - 11th (9th among those qualified for Rio)

Tennis
Mixed doubles - there are no world rankings for mixed doubles. But if there were, I am sure Rohan-Sania would be among top 10.

Boxing
Shiva Thapa - 6th
Vikas Krishnan - 6th

Wrestling
Narsingh Yadav - 9th
Yogeshwar Dutt - 9th
Vinesh - 13th

Mens hockey team - 5th ( For a team event, I do not consider top 15 as having a chance of a medal , therefore not including 13th ranked Indian womens team)

That makes it a total of 17 events.

To this I would add -

Tennis mixed doubles- there are no rankings for those but if there were I am sure Rohan-Sania would be in top 10.
Gymnastics- Deepa Karmakar was 5th in the last world championships in vault
Weighlifitng - Meerabai Chani has the 4th best lift this year.
Archery - Atanu Das finished 4th and lost to the world champion Korean in the last world cup
Shooting - Gurpreet Singh in rapid fire and 10M pistol, Manavjeet Sandhu /Kynan Chenai in mens trap, Apurvi Chandela/Ayonika Paul in womens 10 M air rifle, Gagan Narang- 10M Air rifle, Heena Siddhu in 10 M air pistol - all have won medals in world level events in last couple of years. So, considering the variability of results in shooting, they can shine on a given day at Rio.

I am not including anyone in athletics despite some staggering results by mens relay ream and mens jumpers.

So, it would make a total of 28 in starting lists with a shot at a medal.

However, uncertain part is most of them would require to improve on their rankings/ current position and over perform to finish among medals. Our athletes did that in London where we had even lower medal contenders. If they do that again and about 1/4th of the above do that , we may be looking at improving our medal tally above the London tally of 6.
The downside is if everyone performs exactly as per their rankings, we may end with 2-3 medals too.
 
Realistically, we are looking at a range between 2-8 medals for us at Rio.
 
I hope the more optimistic scenario materialises.

The increase is primarily from athletics (where it will unfortunately still all be about achieving personal bests and breaking national records as opposed to striving for medals - hopefully we can do that in Tokyo) , and gymnastics if Dipa is counted as having 5 medal opportunites (4 apparatus + all-round). 
 
In medal prospect sports, medal opportunities have remained more or less constant
 
Wrestling - increased from 5 to 8
Shooting - increased from 15 to 18
Badminton - increased from 4 to 5
 
Archery - decreased from 8 to 5
Boxing - Decreased from 8 to 3
Tennis - Decreased from 6 to 3 (though 2 of the 6 from London which have decreased were singles which were definitely not medal prospects)
 
Medal longshots
 
Hockey - increased from 1 to 2
Gymanstics - increased from 0 to 5 (though realistically, only 1 medal opportunity - in the vault - is a true prospect)
Weightlifting - stayed the same at 2
Golf - increased from 0 to 3 (but special case as Golf was not part of London)
 
Other sports
Judo - stayed the same at 1
Swimming - increased from 1 to 2
Rowing - decreased from 2 to 1
Table tennis - increased from 2 to 4
Athletics - increased from 14 to a whopping 30 (as per wiki lists)
 
Total - increased from 69 to 92 (increase of 23; 16 in athletics + 5 in gymnastics + 3 in golf = 24)

The overall goal for Team GB set by Uk Sport/BOA has been the same since London 2012, become the first host country ever to get more medals at the following games than their home games - an abitious target that requires 66 medals or more in order to be achieved.
 
At London 2012 this was the medal breakdown: [Rio expectation]
 
Athletics - 6 [Similar]
Boxing - 5 [Less]
Canoe Slalom - 2 [Less]
Canoe Sprint - 2 [Similar]
Cycling Road - 3 [Similar]
Cycling Track - 9 [Less]
Diving - 1 [More]
Equestrian - 5 [Similar]
Gymnastics Artistic - 4 [Similar]
Hockey - 1 [Similar]
Judo - 2 [Less]
Modern Pentathlon - 1 [Similar]
Rowing - 9 [Less]
Sailing - 5 [Similar]
Shooting - 1 [Similar]
Swimming - 3 [More]
Taekwondo - 2 [Similar]
Tennis - 2 [Similar]
Triathlon - 2 [Similar]
 
Potential New Medal Sports:
Golf
Rugby Sevens
 

Guys, I've been thinking that it would be a lot of fun if we could watch the Olympics together, at least people living in the same cities. What do you guys think?
 
I'm a resident of Mumbai, @People in Mumbai: do you know of any place where there is a projector-screen arrangement which we could rent out for the duration of the Olympics?