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Absolute loyalty is the main criteria for any job in dictatorship. (USA is not but Republican party is fully under Trump's control). Also, more tragicomic is the situation of Pro-Palestinian people who were angry with Biden-Harris and may have either switched sides or not voted. Trump is gonna have the most Pro-Israel Security Establishment in years. Edit: I absolutely disagree with the quoted tweet. We shouldn't expect the people who are fighting inflation to care about global events.

Try and see if you can access Disney+Hotstar with VPN. https://olympics.com/en/news/pro-kabaddi-league-pkl-2024-season-11-watch-live-streaming-telecast-india

After Zika, Covid and bed bugs we have found the new reason because of which Olympics are going to be cancelled. Brace for 3.5 years of updates on how Trump's X policy or Y statement will result in cancellation of LA Games.

Though I don't agree with Kho Kho and Yoga as Olympic games, I don't see why should we not put them on the long list as sports we are ready to drop. And if Lacrosse, Flag Football, Breaking can be Olympic sports, anything can be. Of course this all depends on us actually winning the right to host. There was much enthusiasm around bidding when Mumbai hosted IOC session but after that (and after Modi's reduced mandate in last elections) I am not sensing same commitment from government. And even if govt. was fully committed, winning the rights is not easy.

Big swing towards Republican across USA. Is there any state where Harris has done better than Biden?

ICC will devise the qualification rules in such a manner that there is very very high chance that India qualifies. I am expecting ranking based qualifications. And no host nation quota.

One suggestion. Reserve the first post for qualification details. PDF/Overview/Important dates, whatever format everyone agrees on. Personally, I see this change as a positive, as it reduces the clutter and athletes/fans anyway think more on the line of 4 year Olympic cycle rather than year.

One of them might have been deliberate but most were genuine foul throws wherein he lost balance.

But he was struggling. He had 5 foul throws. Its just his class that the 1 valid throw was enough to get Silver.

Neeraj Chopra! Best Indian athlete ever! In athletics, we used to struggle to qualify, now Silver feels like a loss. And you won Silver on a night where you were struggling, looking for that extra few meters.

When we won the Bronze in Tokyo, I was overwhelmed by emotion that finally I have seen Indian team win an Olympic medal. Post that, we have seen many ups and downs. There was doubt creeping up in me, was Tokyo an aberration? Coming into Olympics, I had very low hope that we will win a medal. Our first 3 games reinforced the belief. But then, we showed up. First we matched Belgium, then we exorcised our demons and defeated Australia (a win which was as memorable as any medal). The performance in these 2 matches gave us hope. Then when we went down to 10 men against GB, I thought, here we go again but boy was I wrong. The way we defended in that match was insane. After that match, I didn’t care if we medalled or not. I was proud of my team. And they didn’t let me down in the Semis as well. They gave everything they had but still came short. We lost on a golden opportunity but it didn’t matter. We were among the best. The whole mood in Indian contingent (& supporters) has been real bad since yesterday. Unlike me who didn’t believe that we would win a medal, these men came not for 4th place or Bronze or Silver. They came for Gold. They must have been devastated. But, they picked up themselves and won the bronze. They lifted the spirits of all Indian sports fans. In India, Hockey is not just a sport but an emotion. When we were under British rule, it was Hockey where we could defeat them. After independence, Hockey was one of the few things where we excelled. Now that we are much better in other sports, economically, once again it is Hockey which has given us relief. And special shout out to captain cool Harmanpreet and the LEGEND SREEJESH. Indian Hockey won’t be same without him. End of an era.

Actually, 2-day tournament is better for the health of the wrestlers as it gives them more time to recover between matches. Moreover, as UWW president said yesterday, they want wrestlers to compete closer to their natural body weight and not go for such drastic measures. Problem is that competing in a weight class that is 5-6kg below your natural body weight is the norm in wrestling. Situation becomes even more drastic when there are only 6 Olympic weight classes.

Situation is deteriorating fast. Multiple reports of attacks on Hindus and temples. Rioters are making lists of places to attack and loot. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy77vgmjlzo

Yaar everyone does it. Nikhat who is normally boxes in 52 kg class but in Olympics, she participated in 50kg. Ravi used to participate in 61kg in small tournaments but participated in 57kg in World Championships/Olympics. Sarita Devi went Till 2010, Mary would compete in 46kg and Sarita in 51kg but for London, Mary switched to 51kg and Sarita jumped up to 60kg. There are numerous more such cases.