Madhusudhan

I thought finally we have got a gold medal winning performance after vinesh reaching finals and neeraj topping the qualification throw with Season Best and with India’s hockey semi-finals to go.
 
But we got is ill fate/mismanagement thundering on indian medal chances:
·         First India lost the semis in spite of playing good attacking hockey…still not sure of medal
·         The worst part is vinesh is disqualified due to overweight (which probably 1 billion people including me never thought of)
·         Neeraj finals is yet to come (may be this could be only one event which I would like to watch if time and mood permits)
 
After such a terrific day yesterday we are back to square i.e. 3 bronze medals thanks to shooting (again am emphasising this time shooting events happened without Russian contingent)
 
I have no qualms in admitting in advance that this Olympics performance is the worst even compared to Rio...even after 8 years of rio we are at 3 bronze and loosing medals in badminton, boxing and may be wrestling/weightlifting.
 
We should have anticipated this
·         When India has sent delegation of 117 athletes but support staff/officials of 140 (more than athletes)
·         When many federations/players are busier in ensuring their support/personal troupe to be in paris rather than planning/practicing….. like in wrestling there were news reports antim pangal and anshu malik are busier in accommodating their support staff rather than practicing
·         Before Olympics started there were news that Indian Archery korean coach was not accommodated and instead accommodated with a physio. We know how important will be a Korean coach at Olympics and still went ahead with his non inclusion.
 
Even with so much supporting staff (including best coaches, physios, doctors, psychologists, sleeping specialists etc) we don’t have solutions for real time problems like
 
·         Vinesh unable to reduce 2 kgs weight before finals (unfortunately this has become the news of wrestling world rather than vinesh defeating the unbeatable Japanese wrestler Yui Susaki)
·         Lakshya mid match slump in crucial semis and bronze medal match (definitely it could have been avoided in bronze medal match by counselling/coaching considering the semis slump)
·         Satwik and Chirag mid match slump in QF
·         So many slip ups from medal winning positions to 4th place finishes
·         Indian archers shooting 7’s and 8’s though out 10 days of Olympics
·         No instructions from coach to nisha to feign no injury at the first instance and manage remaining 30 to 40 seconds (maybe I could be wrong here …but I felt injury to her at first instance was minor and it was aggravated after north Korean pounced on the injured hand)
 
Day after day we are hearing heart breaking stories of Indian contingent…. May be I cannot take it more…
 
To lighten up the mood now I have decided not to follow this Olympics seriously except Neeraj chopra event (just for the sake how genuine and hard worker he is).
 
I know for damn sure the sports enthusiasm in me will not keep me out for long time from following India more particularly at the multilateral games like Commonwealth, Asiad and Olympics.
 
I know this group is amazing and you people will cheer upon the Indain contingent until the end of olympics…. All the best to the group and Indian contingent… wishing more medals from the remaining events.
 
Further am damn sure that Indian contingent will come out of the mess of this Olympics (due to various reasons like under performance, mis-management, bad luck, injuries etc) and come out with flying colours in future by better management of Sports federations, improving mental toughness and better preparation.

Even though this is not the right forum to post this am posting this as todays wrestling result of vinesh has triggered these feelings to me.
 
I thought finally we have got a gold medal winning performance after vinesh reaching finals and neeraj topping the qualification throw with Season Best and with India’s hockey semi-finals to go.
 
But we got is ill fate/mismanagement thundering on indian medal chances:
·         First India lost the semis in spite of playing good attacking hockey…still not sure of medal
·         The worst part is vinesh is disqualified due to overweight (which probably 1 billion people including me never thought of)
·         Neeraj finals is yet to come (may be this could be only one event which I would like to watch if time and mood permits)
 
After such a terrific day yesterday we are back to square i.e. 3 bronze medals thanks to shooting (again am emphasising this time shooting events happened without Russian contingent)
 
I have no qualms in admitting in advance that this Olympics performance is the worst even compared to Rio...even after 8 years of rio we are at 3 bronze and loosing medals in badminton, boxing and may be wrestling/weightlifting.
 
We should have anticipated this
·         When India has sent delegation of 117 athletes but support staff/officials of 140 (more than athletes)
·         When many federations/players are busier in ensuring their support/personal troupe to be in paris rather than planning/practicing….. like in wrestling there were news reports antim pangal and anshu malik are busier in accommodating their support staff rather than practicing
·         Before Olympics started there were news that Indian Archery korean coach was not accommodated and instead accommodated with a physio. We know how important will be a Korean coach at Olympics and still went ahead with his non inclusion.
 
Even with so much supporting staff (including best coaches, physios, doctors, psychologists, sleeping specialists etc) we don’t have solutions for real time problems like
 
·         Vinesh unable to reduce 2 kgs weight before finals (unfortunately this has become the news of wrestling world rather than vinesh defeating the unbeatable Japanese wrestler Yui Susaki)
·         Lakshya mid match slump in crucial semis and bronze medal match (definitely it could have been avoided in bronze medal match by counselling/coaching considering the semis slump)
·         Satwik and Chirag mid match slump in QF
·         So many slip ups from medal winning positions to 4th place finishes
·         Indian archers shooting 7’s and 8’s though out 10 days of Olympics
·         No instructions from coach to nisha to feign no injury at the first instance and manage remaining 30 to 40 seconds (maybe I could be wrong here …but I felt injury to her at first instance was minor and it was aggravated after north Korean pounced on the injured hand)
 
Day after day we are hearing heart breaking stories of Indian contingent…. May be I cannot take it more…
 
To lighten up the mood now I have decided not to follow this Olympics seriously except Neeraj chopra event (just for the sake how genuine and hard worker he is).
 
I know for damn sure the sports enthusiasm in me will not keep me out for long time from following India more particularly at the multilateral games like Commonwealth, Asiad and Olympics.
 
I know this group is amazing and you people will cheer upon the Indain contingent until the end of olympics…. All the best to the group and Indian contingent… wishing more medals from the remaining events.
 
Further am damn sure that Indian contingent will come out of the mess of this Olympics (due to various reasons like under performance, mis-management, bad luck, injuries etc) and come out with flying colours in future by better management of Sports federations, improving mental toughness and better preparation.
 

Everything is fine but I dont understand why IOA will say "no further comments at this time". A whole nation wants answers and you just cannot stay "no further comments at this time". We understand that we must respect Vinesh's privacy but the IOA should come out and let the people know what exactly happened.

2 big good news from neeraj and vinesh almost at the same time
 
We were waiting for this...hope this gets translated into big medals

Neeraj qualifies for the final in the first shot itself - 89.34m

Almost similar feeling after injury to nisha.... thats why i said we need Gold medal to overcome these colossal disappointments

Bang on...well said
 
May be little harsh on Lakshya considering he is the player who has played most singles matches in this olympics (total 7 matches) that too with tough opponents. Again i would say luck has not favoured him as he was unable to travel to canada due to visa problems resulting i his ranking outside 16 and tough draw.
 
But medal was there for taking to Lakshya...somehow suddenly he completely lost the plot in bronze medal match and also match with Axelsen...initially i thought Axelsen was too good and mentally strong but lakhsya had the meltdown in bronze medal match indicating that its more of Lakshya fault rather than his opponents doing the right things.
 
But no excuses at all for other players more particularly Satwik and chirag... they were fresh and they won 1st set and was leading in 2nd/3rd sets in QF and gave away the match to Malaysians (who won bronze) by doing silly mistakes in service returns.
 
They will realise (both Sat-Chi and Lakshya) how one earth they lost the opportunity to win olympic medal in such a tough sport like Badmintion.
 
Only good thing is age is on their side to correct the things and hopefully they go in the right way. 

One more good news is chirag and satwik got the all important win over 3rd seed chinese taipei team...
 
It was very tough match where they came back in 3rd thrilling set
 
They need one more win to move to quarters !!!

if am right  she was projected to win medals in both london and rio olympics....but she failed miserably by not even reaching QF
 
Hopefully she takes the experience out of these and performs up to the expectations!!
 
Not playing in womens team format may help her as there will be less pressure.
 
Hopefully Atanu das tops qualifcation among indians mens team so that she gets paired with him as they are doing great as a mixed team !!!

Thanks for clarifying on Vinesha and also Amit.....I know that they are too good and thats why i kept them in good bets for olympic medal
 
Hopefully in one year time they will become more stronger in their new weight categories

Congrats Argentina.... What a year Delpo is having... With the way year has gone for Delpo it will be fitting that he gets Davis cup title

@Prashanth @Madhusudhan will be writing a blog about my experience. Will share the link here when it's done. Regarding Madhusudhan's question, yep the atmosphere is electric. But on tv you have the option of following everything. So pros and cons in both. I would definitely advise that being over there is much more fun!
 
Moreover, now you can carry a smart device with you and stream whatever you want to follow, a lot of people were doing that. Let's Tokyo 2020!

Congratulations to Brazil for historic football gold !!

Congratulations to Brazil for historic football gold !!

Congrats to Argentina for winning the Gold medal... If at all there is one team other than India which i wanted to win Gold, it is Argentina

Congratulations Argentina !!! I hope this win will makeup for the debacle of your football and womens hockey team