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Even I was surprised to see no Ajay Singh here. Till last year, our federation was trying to get Ajay Singh in various tournaments because they hoped that he would get Asian quota here but now nothing. It could mean either Ajay Singh is injured or suspected of doping.

Doping in weightlifting. I am shocked

Though they need to be careful losers may throw the coaches like coins.

That is the only certainty at this time. Apart from this, it is all conjectures and wishes.

There can be only one lifter per nation per weight. So, no chance for Jhili as we would prefer Mirabai. Jeremy should qualify.

I think he has one last chance remaining, after that “Pudhe chala Pune chala”

In Badminton, we have two chances: Sindhu with her big tournament temperament and dark horses Satwik/Chirag. So, I would say we have 30-50% chance of a badminton medal as well.

I am not seeing Kabita Devi and Lebanon in entry list.

Would be lucky if even one of them is competitive in the Semi

There is still World Qualification tournament

Gurpreet Singh

No free quotas for us

Agree about Laser events. 3 for Asia is high. Africa and Oceania have giveaways in a lot of sports. There is scope for improvement, merger of some continental quotas. We can’t compare with Canoe Sprint, which is basically European sport only.

One spot per continent is too much?

1 is confirmed: Laser Women 1 is more or less confirmed: 49er Men’s 1 is toss up: Laser Men

Yes, there are 2 quota places in Laser and Laser Radial but a NOC can win maximum one quota. No NOC can enter 2 boats in the same event.

No. Elavenil is going to participate in 10m in place of Anjum. The only way Apurvi, Elavenil and Anjum could have all been selected if they traded a quota in Pistol events for a quota in 50x3 Rifle. And honestly, nobody in Shotgun deserved the quota more than the three mentioned before.

Bhai not everything has to be written/said. Apurvi and her coaches are aware of the problem (loss of weight leading to ill-fitting gear) which has led to her dip in form. They are working on it. If she is not able to solve the problem and/or the solution doesn't lead to better scores, then federation has many levers to ensure that Apurvi herself withdraws in favour of reserve shooter. But, as of now, federation is backing Apurvi to regain the form. All our past shooting legends have time and again reiterated that one can't equate the scores in trials with that in WC or Olympics. Abhinav wasn't even shooting regularly in run up to Rio but we all knew he was a medal hopeful because of his experience. Apurvi was at top in 2019. So, backing her is not a wrong decision. Basically, we can make a case for Apurvi, Anjum and Elavenil all three. No matter which two were chosen, someone would have missed out. Same in 25m Pistol. In Air Rifle Men, Divyansh was sure selection but behind him Sandeep, Babuta, Aishwary were good in recent trials but were way behind Deepak in 2019.

There is still time for Olympics. She had some equipment issues which will be sorted by the time of Olympics. If her form doesn’t improve closer yo Olympics, then she can be replaced by reserve shooter then. She has shown that she has the temperament to be among the top shooters.

1) No. 2) You are free to try. Raninder Singh is there on Twitter and he does engage with fans. 3) Count me out of any such campaigns. I am happy with the team.

Personally speaking, I am happy with the squad. This was my pick before Covid. Anjum in Mixed team while Apurvi in Individual is a bit of compromise that was done, due to the fact that we had so many good shooters. Plus to accommodate Anjum in 50x3, we needed Manu to start two events. And Manu is the only one who can be expected to shoot 590+ in 25m Pistol. So, it was basically between Rahi and Chinki. Rahi’s experience won. Regarding Men’s Air Rifle, Deepak has been consistent for quite some time. Even in Delhi WC, he was not bad. Basically, if you want to dislodge the quota holder, you have to be consistently be better than quota winner. All tie-breaks go in favour of quota winner. Only Elavenil could achieve that domination.

Indian team for Olympics selected

Isn't the Colombian lifter provisionally suspended? Also, there is a chance CHN might skip this event. (They have a meagre 10kg lead here while they have 20kg lead in other weights).

Why do you want to give heart attack to @MHSN