kd2008

I believe folks should focus on number of events participating rather than number of athletes. 102 number already includes golf. Some people double count it in hopes of 120. Large number of events qualified are athletic events without any medal hopes. My guess is 4 to 6 medals this time. Actually disappointed in number of shooters qualified. We should be having a full slate of 22 men and 22 women qualifying.

I don't understand her pulling out of Singapore Open. It is a Superseries, and has one of the weakest draws as many top players are not playing it. Ratanon, Tai, Nozomi, Carolina are smart in playing it. Saina is in the draw for Bonny masters in China and for Dong Feng Asian Badminton Championships. Saina should get a grip on reality and up her ranking by exploiting weaker draws in tournaments.

I noticed that in Race to Rio list for badminton mixed doubles, http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=10880&category=2156&p=3&ps=25 India qualifies the pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan, ranked 52. yay! i hope they hang on till the end of qualification period. They have only played 8 tournaments. If they played more, they would be ranked higher as bwf counts 10 best tournaments. This is where I fault Gopichand dominated BAI for lack of planning and understanding of opportunities. Can Manu Atri and Ashwini Ponappa also play in Mixed doubles at the olympics as a pair as they may qualify thru' mens and womens doubles? or only the team that qualifies can play? Qualification rules are detailed here: http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=529944&dl=1