Gollum Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) 51 minutes ago, sandeep said: "Silver" Sindhu comes up short once again. ANybody watch the match? What happened, did she choke or she got genuinely out-played? Ability wise her F opponent is the greatest modern era female badminton player and when she gets her bearings right no one can compete with her, not even Marin. I have followed Tai Tzu for quite some time and IMO her talent is out of the world...kinda like the badminton equivalent of 2004-07 Federer. She routinely chokes in the big matches but this tournament there was no choking. Beat Okuhara and the 2 Indians all in straight sets....well deserved gold. Sindhu is extremely consistent but doesn't have a very high ceiling which means she often comes up short against peaking players, and in summit clashes every time she has to play an in form high quality player. But take nothing away from her consistency, making finals in all big events is an incredible feat. I won't judge Sindhu harshly today, I have seen the Taiwanese thrash peak Marin much worse. There was nothing she could do today tbh. Anyhow Tai Tzu is 9-3 against Sindhu and 11-5 against Saina.....so clearly the gulf in class and match up issue is apparent. Now that she has overcome her mental block won't be surprised if she gets into rampage mode in future big events. Most experts believe she has the quality to become the GOAT female badminton player. Edited August 28, 2018 by Gollum sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) btw, youtube streams. you can go back and watch the earlier events of the day if you missed them. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7oWYw9vZbkDwCi81hJpZTQ Edited August 28, 2018 by PBN Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 2018 Asian Games medal table Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China (CHN) 97 64 45 206 2 Japan (JPN) 43 38 61 142 3 South Korea (KOR) 32 40 46 118 4 Indonesia (INA)* 24 19 29 72 5 Iran (IRI) 17 16 16 49 6 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 13 14 20 47 7 North Korea (PRK) 12 8 7 27 8 India (IND) 9 19 22 50 9 Uzbekistan (UZB) 9 15 14 38 10 Thailand (THA) 9 11 33 53 11–36 Remaining NOCs 55 76 141 272 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gollum Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Asian Games 2018 Day 10 Highlights: India win 1 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze; Medal tally at 50 India's medal tally goes up to 50 after winning one gold, six silver and two bronze medals. Manjit Singh clinched India's only gold medal of the day with a phenomenal run in the Men's 800m. Jinson Johnson (Men's 800m), Pincky Balhara (Kurash Women -52 kg), PV Sindhu (Women's Single Badminton), Archery (Men's and Women's Compound Teams), Muhammed Anas, MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv (Mixed 4x400m relay) won the silver medals for India. The bronze medals came in via the Men's Table Tennis team and Malaprabha Jadhav (Kurash Women 52 kg). LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Gollum said: 2018 Asian Games medal table Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China (CHN) 97 64 45 206 2 Japan (JPN) 43 38 61 142 3 South Korea (KOR) 32 40 46 118 4 Indonesia (INA)* 24 19 29 72 5 Iran (IRI) 17 16 16 49 6 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 13 14 20 47 7 North Korea (PRK) 12 8 7 27 8 India (IND) 9 19 22 50 9 Uzbekistan (UZB) 9 15 14 38 10 Thailand (THA) 9 11 33 53 11–36 Remaining NOCs 55 76 141 272 India at 50 medals with 4 more days to go. I am sensing we will clear or end up near 64 record mark set in 2010. Would call it best ever outing even if we cross 60. Athletics 19 medals remaining - We will be participating in 12 events 6-8 medal expectation out of: - 1500m Men (Manjit, Jinson) - Women 200m (Dutee) - Men 5000m (Govindan) - Men triple jump (Arpindar) - Women discuss throw (Seema punia) - Women heptathlon - 4x400 Men relay - 4x400 Women relay - 1500 Women Boxing - 4 more Indian participants remain in QFs - 2 medals expected, hopefully Gold in Vikas Krishnan. Hockey - 2 medals expected, hopefully both Gold. Kurash - 7 Indian participants remain - 1/2 medals expected Squash - 2 Indian participants remain - 2 medals expected. We are almost in semis. Table Tennis - 6 Indian participants remain - 1/2 medals - mostly bronze involving Manika Batra Bridge, Canoeing, Judo, Sailing, Soft Tennis, Skating All combined about 30 Indian participants remain - 0 expectations - 1/2 unexpected medals are always possible. PBN and The Dark Horse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Missing 2 gold in Kabbadi and all those athletic golds lost of qatar and UAE because of african import athletes from Nigeria kenya etc. Its quite something that North Korea is able to get more Gold than India. India should be a bit above Iran if we truely talk about availability/opportunity and size of following for sport achieving a gold. Shunya and sandeep 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 6 hours ago, jusarrived said: Another silver in 4*400m relay . This could have been our 10th gold if not for MEs oil money ? Medals dont tell how much we have improved in Athletics . it means Indians need to set their bar high, and train with african origin atheletes and compete with them. sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 India is still underperforming considering its vast potential as a nation. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 anyone catch sepak takraw. what a crazy game...like volleyball but using only feet..karate kicks sscomp32 and sandeep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 neeraj chopra rkt.india and Stradlater 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) women's heptathlon, Swapna Barman threw a PB in javelin and is now leading going into the final 800m event. atm favourite to lift the gold..it's her for the taking. Purnima Hembram is in 4th position Edited August 29, 2018 by PBN typo Shunya and sandeep 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, PBN said: women's heptathlon, Swapna Barman threw a PB in javelin and is now leading going into the final 800m event. atm favourite to lift the gold..it's her for the talking. Purnima Hembram is in 4th position Nice performance this. Hope we get 1 more 1-2 in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 14 hours ago, Shunya said: Table Tennis - 6 Indian participants remain - 1/2 medals - mostly bronze involving Manika Batra Another historic medal assured in TT as expected. Achanta/Manika in semis of mixed doubles. First TT female Indian medallist ever. This is so good. Another revolutionary like Saina. TT like Badminton is completely dominated by Asian countries, so these are almost as good as olympic medals. Loving it !!! sandeep, PBN, sscomp32 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 women's heptathlon, Swapna Barman threw a PB in javelin and is now leading going into the final 800m event. atm favourite to lift the gold..it's her for the talking. Purnima Hembram is in 4th position Are some events still left or is it done? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, nikred said: Are some events still left or is it done? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Last one - 800m is about to start in some time. PBN and nikred 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 is it a gold in mens Triple jump ? Silver for Dutee chand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 14 hours ago, FischerTal said: India is still underperforming considering its vast potential as a nation. True enough, but its undeniable that things are looking a lot better in the last 10 years or so. And the trendline is in the right direction. I like how the focus on Shooting is paying dividends. Wonder why we can't get competitive in Archery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 manjit wasn't in a good position for most of the race in the 1500m..but makes it up in the end and qualifies. was a pretty slow heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, jusarrived said: is it a gold in mens Triple jump ? Silver for Dutee chand I guess not , 5 attempts in total ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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