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  1. 6 minutes ago, MHSN said:

    but if they want to have a proper ranking like Judo and Taekwondo they have to make top wrestlers to compete in more than 1-2 events per year which is not possible at the moment since everybody cuts a lot of weight. (at least 6-7 kilos) that will be revolutionary change in wrestling . Lalovic once said he is thinking about such an idea to force wrestlers to not cut weight.

    I think another issue would be regarding nations with huge bench strength. For example, Iran may send 3 different wrestlers in same weight category to World Championships, Asian Championships and World Cup. All 3 wrestlers might perform really well, but still all 3 might be ranked below a wrestler who participates in all 3 events and does only okay. 

  2. 4 hours ago, hckosice said:

    Updated as of July 29th, 2016

     

     

     

    btw anyone know whats the situation with the Indian guy in the under 74 freestyle ? will he compete or just another Indian will replace him ? or India will lost the quota ?

     

    Also I removed Lebedev and add the BLR flag with TBD in the name, anyone know wich belarussian wrestler will use the spot ?

     

    Thanks

    UWW has clarified that India will not lose the quota even if Yadav is banned. NADA is going to give its decision either today or on Monday. If it clears Yadav, he will participate. If he is not cleared, Parveen Rana will participate. 

  3. As usual, good work @gvaisakh. I hope you will continue to give daily predictions/assessments at least. :)

     

    Regarding arguments, completely agree. With the huge increase in members, some friction is bound to happen. Already we had some heated discussions regarding Tennis and Wrestling. During Olympics, passion would be higher, so number and level of arguments is bound to increase. 

     

    I, personally, follow some rules to minimize the arguments I am part of. I am sharing them here, so others may follow it if they want.

     

    1) Ignore users who I find biased, bigoted, silly or just looking for trouble. Luckily, I don't find any such users in Indian community but there are a couple in the forum. So, I only reply to them with fact and never with opinion. I even try and avoid posting about those users' countries as much as possible. 

     

    2) Limit number of posts on a particular topic. If I find that an argument is going on for a long time, I tend to stop posting about it even if the discussion has been civil.

     

    3) Assume that other users are not idiots, are genuine sports fans and have no malice. 

     

    4) When in a real bad mood, just log off. 

     

    I follow these rules because I don't see any benefit from participating in arguments here from a strictly Return On Investment point of view. 

     

    Also, I would like to give one more advice to some of the new users, post in other threads as well. It will improve your experience here. 

  4. 27 minutes ago, tirtha22 said:

    Two more Indian athletes accused of doping. But federation has not disclosed the name and keeping the news low profile to avoid tainted image. Rumors are that the two athletes are Seema Poonia and Nirmala Sheoran.

    I remember there were reports some time back about AFI not knowing where Seema was. It was later revealed that she was training in Russia. So, sadly, won't be surprised if she fails the test. :( 

     

    Similarly, for Nirmala, with Yuri Ogorodnik as coach, it is quite possible. :(

  5. 43 minutes ago, Joseph said:

    Neeraj Chopra's news?anyone?signed the petition

    Sorry for being negative, but I am disappointed in AFI. They should know that there is no concept of wild card in Athletics. There is just Universality quotas (1 per gender) for those NOCs who have qualified 0 athletes. India, luckily, is not eligible for Universality quota in Athletics. IAAF is not going to open a pandora's box by making an exception for Neeraj Chopra. If Neeraj deserves it, then so does every other athlete who has achieved the quota after the deadline. If Neeraj is allowed, IAAF has to allow all the champions from Junior World Championships. Once, they allow champions, someone will ask for exception for other medal winners from JWC. There is no way IAAF is going to create this unnecessary mess. Also, I am pretty sure IAAF doesn't (and shouldn't) care for petitions. Fans are allowed to be irrational and let emotions get better of them. There is no harm in fans starting and signing petitions. But, AFI should have steered clear of this. It is just wasting its time, giving false hope to fans and making a mockery of itself in international community. 

  6. 15 hours ago, dcro said:

    I think Vesely's and Federer's quotas will go to Khachanov (RUS) and Stakhovsky (UKR), though I'm not sure how it works. Can a nation get two "ITF places" in a same event? Khachanov would be the second Russian with ITF place.

    What about MD? Wawinka is the only Swiss man in the draw, and as he is not ranked in top 10 of doubles, Switzerland has to leave that quota. Any idea who could be next?

  7. My initial assessment regarding Badminton Draws:

     

    WD: Gutta/Ponappa are in Group A along with top seed Japanese pair, Dutch pair and Thai pair. At present Gutta/Ponappa are lowest ranked among the 4 pairs. But, they have defeated Thai pair twice this year and have split 4 matches with Dutch pair 2-2 over the last two years. Of course, they have no chance against Japanese but they have a decent chance of winning the remaining 2 matches and reaching Semis. Dream draw. 

     

    MD: Attri/Reddy are in Group D along with 2nd seed Indonesian pair, Chinese pair and Japanese pair. All three pairs are in top 10. Don't expect them to win a single match (though they did defeat Chinese pair in the only past meeting, Chinese in Olympics are a different beast). Absolute worst draw.

     

    WS: Saina should have no problem in reaching Round of 16. Sindhu has a tricky encounter in Group stage with Li Michelle but I am sure Sindhu would win. Round of 16 is pretty straightforward for Saina (vs Porntip). Sindhu has once again a more difficult match against Tai Tzu Ying. She trails Tai in H2H but,  among the top 8, after Hyun Ji Sung, I think Sindhu has maximum win chance against Tai, so no complaints. You can't have easy matches quarter onwards. If you want to win medal, you have to defeat the best, so of course in Quarter, Saina and Sindhu will face top players like Li and Yihan. If we didnt draw those two, we would have drawn Marin and Intanon. For, Saina it is bad as she has a mental block against Li but as I said, if she wants a medal, she needs to overcome it. No complaints. Considering depth of the field and our rankings, good draw.

     

    MS: Srikanth should win his group easily. In Rd of 16, he faces Jorgensen. Without doubt a tough match. Jorgensen is a class player. But, like Sindhu, considering he is seeded 9th he could not expect an easy match. It could have been slightly better (Chou?) or much worse (Lin Dan, LCW or Chen Long). Final verdict: neutral

  8. 12 minutes ago, Rakesh Ray said:

     

    Prashanth, Its already clear that its a sabotage. That doesn't mean Sushil can be named directly. This probably be an activity of a disturbed well-wisher of Sushil such as small time wrestler or a cleaner or cook etc. He also came up and said that he had stopped training already and had no intention for trial after High-court verdict in Narsingh Favour. Now the debate should be based on whether he will be able to go to Rio if the sabotage angle is proved. What are the rules or any exception can be granted to him. 

    Sportspersons are supposed to be cautious about these things. They have to monitor everything they eat to avoid these things. Still, if sabotage or ignorance is proved, normally doping authorities are a bit lenient. But this leniency is normally in terms of reduced ban, lesser sanctions on training with national teams, etc. But, once you fail a dope test, ban is almost guaranteed. If Narsingh's B sample comes back positive, there is no chance of him going to Rio. 

     

    As pointed by others, UWW will allow India to replace Narsingh (if he is banned). I think, considering the bad blood between Narsingh and Sushil/Satpal, it won't be a bad idea to select someone other than Sushil to replace Narsingh. 

  9. 7 minutes ago, shrikant said:

    As per my understanding egyptian javelin throw champion Ihab abdelrehman who qualified for RIO found his dope test positive ... is there a chance for Neeraj to sneak in,...

    1) I think Ihab's B sample is yet to be tested. At present, we don't even know if he will be banned or not.

     

    2) According to Road to Rio website, 38 athletes (including Ihab, excluding Russians) achieved the Olympic standard in Javelin throw against Target number of 32. Neeraj is ranked 5th among the athletes not qualified giving him effective ranking of 43. So, for him to qualify atleast 11 athletes above him have to test positive or decline the quota. 

     

    3) Even then, it is possible that IAAF will not invite anyone new, citing deadline for team nominations is over. 

  10. 3 hours ago, Prashanth said:

    Can understand Narsingh doping, why will the other wrestler also dope....That strongly supports sabotage story, because even his spare partner too is caught in it. So its clear that the supplement has been tampered. Now remains to see who.

    I am reading Sandeep Tulsi Yadav's name as the other wrestler who tested positive. Are you sure about him being Narsingh's spare partner? Or is he the Greco-Roman Wrestler who had won a World Champiosnhips Bronze couple of years ago?

  11. 4 hours ago, Prashanth said:

    There they have 3 places and hence no chance for them...But India don't have any person, hence possible if they want.

    There are no Wild Cards at all in Athletics. There are only qualified athletes (by meeting standards or via ranking) and universality quotas. IAAF is not going to create an exception for Neeraj or any other athlete. If they allow Neeraj, it will open a pandora's box as all junior champions will also ask to be included, there are a number of athletes who met Rio standard after deadline, they will also cry foul (rightly). So, AFI should not waste their time in trying to get a wild card for Neeraj because IAAF will not agree. 

  12. 28 minutes ago, kunal456k said:

    As russian federation is banned will the qouta places obatained by russia be redistibuted?.....if yes...any qouta increase for india

    Too many unknowns. Russia is not banned yet. Deadline for Rio nominations is already over. Quota place redistribution for some sports is easy (ranking based like Badminton/Tennis etc.) but for some it could be nightmare (for example Shooting). So, for the time being, I am assuming that there will be no more quotas for India via reallocations. If we get some, consider them bonus. 

  13. Hopefully, his B sample would be found clean. I hope it is a mistake by someone, as the two other alternatives are really sad. If he did dope, it puts a question mark over almost the whole team as majority of them train together. If there is deliberate foul, it has to be from Sushil camp and I don't want to lose respect for India's only 2 time individual Olympic medallist. :cry:

  14. What temperament from Neeraj! He must have been devastated at missing out on Olympics but bounced back in tremendous form. 

     

    P.S. Dont compare his throw with Olympic standard and London throws as here Javelin would have been lighter 

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