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16 hours ago, hckošice said:

What those pictures/pictograms means exactly ? that bike for example ?

As others have pointed out, the pictures/pictograms are the election symbols that are allocated to the parties. Honestly, it is the biggest asset of any party. For example, I am a supporter of Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (though my support for BJP predates Modi's rise) and there have been times when I didn't even know the name of the candidate till I entered the polling booth as I knew I had to press the button next to BJP's symbol: Lotus.

There have been various curious things relating to symbols in Indian politics. For example, in 2014, Modi started using Lotus brooch in his public appearances to make the association between Modi and Lotus even more visible. Mayawati, as CM of UP, had erected large statues of elephants everywhere in the state as it was her election symbol. Couple of parties have cycle as their symbol and hence they would hold big cycle rallies. Also, whenever a party splits biggest point of contention between warring factions is who gets the election symbol. 

12 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Everything that's electronic can be hacked, so I'm honestly glad we don't use any machines here  

Of course everything that's electronic can be hacked, but there are enough checkmarks, atleast in India, to ensure that such hacking doesn't take place.

Manufacturer level hacking/foul play is eliminated with help of double randomization: first level which machine is going to be used in which constituency is randomly selected and second level where the position of each candidate in a constituency is also randomized. So, any foul play on the part of manufacturer or at the time of storage/transportation is simply not possible. 

Now, once the machine reaches the booth and candidates are assigned, machines are tested in presence of all the candidates and can be used only if all give consent that the machine is working properly. After this, machine is kept in strict security. During elections, randomly some units are equiped with VVPAT, where there along with the electronic vote, the voter gets a paper confirmation of the vote and that paper confirmation is also stored in a safe box. No large scale discrepancies have been found while tallying votes from the machine and paper votes till now. 

Of course there is still always a possibility that there are ways of foul play that I am missing, but at present I, in my capacity as an amateur political enthusiast and electronics engineer, don't think there is any reason to believe that EVMs are not giving correct results. 

Would write a more detailed post soon but what an amazing performance by team India. Though, we have had bigger medal and Gold tallies in CWG before, this one is more spread across disciplines and without Shooting.  

Just now, orangeman said:

Yeah, he did a great job.  So nice to hear after the attacks in other sports (looking at you beach volleyball).  

 

I believe it's Matthew Mitcham doing the diving and he's also doing a great job, even though the coverage is still decidedly very lopsided towards England/Scotland.  

I wasn't talking about the male commentator but the female one. Male commentator is also good but Gill is A LEGEND. 

P.S. Its possible that we are hearing different set of commentators. 

43 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Li put up a good fight, but Pusarla was too strong.  It was nice to listen to a match that involved a Canadian and not hear the broadcaster continually shit on the Canadian all game for once, though.  GG India.  

Gill Clark, is among the best commentators, across all sports that I watch. 

Good game by Li but Sindhu's big match temperament was the difference in the end. Now onto Lakshya Sen and Sat-Chi. 

Results website and App 

19 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

10-10 with two ends to go.

 

 12-10 last end.  

You are missing one end. 

 has 15-10 lead going in the final end. Historic Gold medal loading....

BTW don't see Cricket making it to games. Negligible following in key areas, not much interest from Cricket federations, expensive infrastructure (That is why Cricket has better chance in 2032), no depth and need for 15x8x2 = 240 athletes at the minimum. 

The positives: Huge and concentrated following in some areas (Indian subcontinent, Caribbean), Quite different to other team sports. 

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

It´s already the second time I mixed the two different sports until I googled it and found out the thing I thought is called Croquet and Cricket is completely different

Croquet with a Q is played by Queen of Hearts.

Cricket with an I is the most popular game in India. 

1 minute ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

 V  Match in badminton mixed team event has started. Singapore are the favourites . I'm expecting a 5-0 victory for Singapore. 

My prediction: Singapore will win Singles. Lauren Smith will win her doubles. MD will decide the tie. 

2 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

It seems very pointless to play the dead rubbers in the Team Badminton. Anyway, England beat 5-0 without losing a game as expected

The reason that dead rubbers are played in group stage is that they may provide the necessary tiebreak. Also, it gives the lesser teams more matches to play and give the reserves of the top teams to get some game time as well. 

Just now, Grassmarket said:

Must be an unofficial extra stream I think.  

This is a screen grab from the official stream in India 

2 hours ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

In the 100m I can see someone medalling with a time over 10 seconds, so if he can reach anywhere near his PB and SB he'll medal.  The long jumper seems to pull it out the bag when it comes to these games so if he does the same again he stands a chance. Due to lack of numbers in Wrestling and other combat sports,  might be able to medal if they pick up a sneaky win or 2.  

IIRC 100m Gold winning time has been over 10s in last couple of CWG. 

Neeraj Chopra has withdrawn from the CWG due to fitness issues. 

On 7/24/2022 at 1:30 PM, Fly_like_a_don said:

It's difficult to lose 2-3s in 50m events cuz it's like 7-8s for the shortest distance. Other events it's possible. Then we hear 17-18 year old winning world championships or finishing top 30.

Is Apeksha capable of matching Sajan/Srihari in fighting for Olympic qualification. Not enough data.

But, our NRs are so bad that if a decent athlete comes, they can rewrite our NR multiple times and shave off a lot of time. For example, look at how much time Lalita Babar and Avinash Sable have lost in 3000m SC. 

That awkward moment when Ahmedabad is cooler than half of Europe. 

Neeraj Chopra wins Silver. India’s second ever WC medal. 

Really nice World Championships for India. Multiple players progressing beyond group stage. Bhavani Devi narrowly losing in R32. Small steps but atleast steps in right direction. 

10 hours ago, LDOG said:

India a big disappointment like usual, PC % basement-low all tournament which is surprising because I thought they were one of the best at that.   

  

Confident Germany and Argentina will be in semis. Netherlands should too but something is a bit off in their game and Belgium can run them close (even if I don't think they can get the win or a draw).  

Australia-Spain is 51/49 in my view.

The way I see it is we are essentially in the third tier. We had a big tournament in Tokyo, where we overachieved and got to 4th place. This should be an eye opener for all of us that there is still a long way before we can be considered a medal hopeful at world stage. We are good defensively and have improved our fitness levels but need to work a lot on open play goals and PC conversion rate. 

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled his official residence, as protestors stormed his official residence. Sri Lanka has already declared bankruptcy and there are widespread protests across the island nation. 

Shinzo Abe is among the few political leaders I really admire, and possibly the only non-Indian one. Sayonara Abesan. Arigato for being a true friend of India. Om Shanti. 

1 hour ago, Prakash said:

India's Athletics Squad for CWG 2022

 

Women:

 

100m - Dhanalakshmi

100m Hurdles - Jyothi Yarraji

Shot Put - Manpreet Kaur

Discus Throw - Navjeet Kaur, Seema Punia

Javelin Throw - Annu Rani, Shilpa Rani

Hammer Throw - Manju Bala Devi, Sarita R Singh

Long Jump - Aiswarya B, Ancy Sojan

Triple Jump - Aiswarya B

10Km Walk - Bhavana Jat, Priyanka Goswamy

4x100m Relay - Dhanalakshmi, Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Jilna MV, Simi NS

 

Men:

 

3000m Steeplechase - Avinash Sable

Marathon - Nitender Rawat

Shot Put- Tejender Singh Toor

Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra, Manu Dp, Rohit Yadav

Long Jump - Sreeshankar, Muhmmed Anees

Triple Jump - Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chitravel, Eldhose Paul

10Km Walk - Sandeep Kumar, Amit

4x400m Relay- Amoj Jacob, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Remesh

Surprising that Tejaswin Shankar and Jeswin Aldrin were dropped. 

1) I propose either @Prashanthor @Fly_like_a_donas the owner of the club.

2) For Club Name: I like Khelo India, Blue Tigers, The Peacock Club, Bharat Army, The Blue Army

Meanwhile situation in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate. Here is PM of SL telling how grave the situation is

25 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

Well you know… Thou shalt not use psywar tricks, win, and celebrate after winning against their Lord and Saviour Sukamuljo. Only the chosen one has access to such privileges  Chirag Shetty was guilty of breaking that law yesterday.

 

This is a problem with newer fans, they are just like a mob.

Aah, fans being salty after a tough loss is a problem across sports and countries. I am sure a lot of Indians would have been abusing Indonesians if we lost. No need to give the trolls importance.