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5 hours ago, sanjaydas said:

is this thread going to stay for the four years to tokyo 2020...

Medal or no medal, I will continue supporting our athletes. Frequency may decline in the lean periods, but would try my level best to ensure that this thread remains active always. 

1 minute ago, Agger said:

 

Meaning in case of 3 teams, it's only their H2H matches or all?

I think all matches. But since all three teams defeated Poland 2-0, it shouldn't matter. I think DEN is out as they have worst game difference. 

3 minutes ago, Agger said:

Does anybody know the tiebreaking rules?

Between two teams H2H. More teams game difference followed by point difference 

Mairaj finishes at 121. Worst case, he will be in shoot-off for Finals. 

Lalita qualifies for Finals 

14 minutes ago, Govind said:

very hard for  SINGH Gurpreet ...he is at 8th position now

He finished 7th

Massive NR for Lalita Babar. 9:19.76. She finishes 4th in heat. Still has chance to qualify as fastest losers

Just now, gvaisakh said:

Superb performance. Would rate this as the best performance of this Olympics for India so far

 

I hope he gets proper training in coming months & years and keep on improving unlike Sawarn who is off the radar due to injuries

If only, Rowing Federation sheds its ego and ended its turf war with Army. 

Dattu wins Final C and betters Sawarn's performance from London. He finishes 13th overall 

Good start for Mairaj 25 in series 4

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I expected a whole lot more of Chand considering those 2015 hyperandrogenism rules.. 

While fighting at CAS also, Dutee Chand (and lot of us) knew that she was never going to compete for medals at elite level like Semenya. Her fight was for a chance to compete. She reached her peak in trying to qualify for Olympics. Here, quite possibly occasion got to her and she couldn't come close to her best. Hopefully, she will be allowed to compete in future and she will come back stronger after this. 

Vikash reaches Qurter Finals 

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna win their match. We reach Semifinals. 

1 minute ago, Govind said:

 

I agree

 

One more question.. Just Hypothetical, Suppose we are ending up with out any medal in Shooting after send 13 member team. How govt will ensure federation is responsible for it. And what kind of changed they will make in federation to make this sports better.. I just saw your posting in My mornining .. Just Curious to know

Govt. CANNOT make any changes in any federation. If it is found that govt. is not allowing any NSF to function independently, then that NSF can/will be suspended by the parent world body. 

The only way govt. can influence the federation is through grants. If govt. is not satisfied by performance of a NOC, it can reduce its grants. But, doing so for Shooting would be foolish. Despite, sub-optimal performance here, Shooting still remains one of our best medal hopes for CWG/Asian/Olympics. 

Just now, sanjaydas said:

he is not in medal reckoning

I know. This is for classification places 13-18. That was my target for Dattu before Olympics began. He has achieved it. Hence,

1 hour ago, Майкл said:

 

Five sets?

my mistake. Meant 3 sets. Good work Johnson:) 

 Scott Evans has defeated Marc Zweibler. Scott should now easily qualify for Round of 16 

Come on Johnson, take Murray to 5 sets and then lose so Murray is tired and not extra motivated for his XD match

Dattu qualifies for Final C. 

Everybody will have lower scores in 3rd series. You have 8 seconds to shoot 5 targets in Series 1, 6 seconds in Series 2 and 4 seconds in Series 3. He should be fighting for a place in finals tomorrow. By my reckoning, he would either be in top 6 or near top 6 by the end of the day. 

Big wins for Polish and British pairs today in XD. Group B is very nicely placed with all 4 teams with one win each. Winners tomorrow  vs  and  vs  will go through to Quarters

Mairaj and Gurpreet do well on day 1 of their qualifications. Mairaj shot 49/50 in skeet. Gurpreet shot 289/300 in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. 

Edit: They will shoot 3 series today in Skeet.