randomGuy Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) Yes. Both coaches and players make tall claims and then get no medals. They can't control themselves in front of cameras or attention. Vinesh Phogat broke down into tears in one of her earlier interviews saying gold gold gold. Yogeshwar's coach was saying gold gold gold yesterday on zee news and look what happened today. The emphasis should be on performance, not medals. These people lack brains, put too much pressure on themselves by speaking and then look like fools afterwards. Edited August 21, 2016 by randomGuy velu and Singh bling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh bling Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 One of the worst Olympics for India, medal tally from 6 in 2012 to down to 2 .Indian media was hoping that India will win more medals than in 2012 Olympics but results are very dissappointing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 40 minutes ago, Singh bling said: One of the worst Olympics for India, medal tally from 6 in 2012 to down to 2 .Indian media was hoping that India will win more medals than in 2012 Olympics but results are very dissappointing No bling for the Singh... velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1 hour ago, randomGuy said: Vinesh Phogat broke down into tears in one of her earlier interviews saying gold gold gold Why did she breakdown? Disappointed at not getting gold or Was it the injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Nova said: Why did she breakdown? Disappointed at not getting gold or Was it the injury? It was before her olympics fight. She wanted the medal so badly that she broke down saying that she wanted it. Edited August 21, 2016 by randomGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEng Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Vinesh Phogat or Vinesh Phokat ? I believe they say these stuffs to motivate themselves. Edited August 22, 2016 by MechEng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 we dont really bother to prepare for Olympic sports .. i had seen 2 or 3 olympic academies in dusseldorf and its population might half of my homwtown.. also even in suwon ( 2 million ) i had seen couple of archery and takwondo academies for each randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh bling Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The biggest disappointment in India is wrestling . India had such rich heritage or wrestling with so many dangals happeing in various parts of nation.Why Indian wrestlers just fall flat is beyond my understanding.Thanks to repechage rule few bronze medals started coming from 2008 http://kushtiwrestling.blogspot.in velu and randomGuy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 It's only the wrestlers and boxers I guess you should excuse them ,they get hit on the head often. randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 someone shared this in FB .. 2008 - MMS - UPA1 - 4 medals2012 - MMS - UPA2 - 6 medals2015 - NaMo - NDA - 2 medlas Laaloo, Book_Worm and BlueBee 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh bling Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 India is the land of individual excellence despite the limitations of the system; in China, individual success is a product of the system. http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2006254/65-2-what-rio-olympics-medal-tally-says-about-china-india 70 to 2: What the Rio Olympics medal tally says about China-India comparisons A very honest assesment by Chinese newspaper Mariyam and MechEng 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 9 hours ago, Singh bling said: India is the land of individual excellence despite the limitations of the system; in China, individual success is a product of the system. http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2006254/65-2-what-rio-olympics-medal-tally-says-about-china-india 70 to 2: What the Rio Olympics medal tally says about China-India comparisons A very honest assesment by Chinese newspaper Communist nations of a history of doing well in the Olympics, many a times by not so fair means. East Germany, for eg. I have a theory for this. Its the communist nations who needed acceptance and needed to show the world that their way of life was just as good as that of the West. Hence the over emphasis on Olympics. China trains athletes in games which are at least traditionally not popular in China. The Soviets did the same. The writer of the article seems to think that performance in Olympics is some kind of a barometer for the 'success/failure' of a society. But that is not the case. Would prefer the all singing all dancing chaotic Bollywood over Beijing's perfectly choreographed opening ceremony any day. MechEng, Singh bling and randomGuy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 54 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Would prefer the all singing all dancing chaotic Bollywood over Beijing's perfectly choreographed opening ceremony any day. I don't know about China. They should also be having some grt music being such a large country. But India's music is very enjoyable. So much variety and so many good singers. India is great in this regard . Also, not many good movies in India. Only a few good movies. Chinese seem to have open minds regarding foreign movies because of which 3 idiots was appreciated there, breaking cultural n language barriers. Archiemiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEng Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Mariyam said: Communist nations of a history of doing well in the Olympics, many a times by not so fair means. East Germany, for eg. I have a theory for this. Its the communist nations who needed acceptance and needed to show the world that their way of life was just as good as that of the West. Hence the over emphasis on Olympics. China trains athletes in games which are at least traditionally not popular in China. The Soviets did the same. The writer of the article seems to think that performance in Olympics is some kind of a barometer for the 'success/failure' of a society. But that is not the case. Would prefer the all singing all dancing chaotic Bollywood over Beijing's perfectly choreographed opening ceremony any day. Spot on, China's olympic investment is more about world domination than passion for the game. It's a robotic society where the government is all knowing god, individual opinion is aggressively blunted. As for India, I'm not disappointed about lack of medals as much I am about lack of a sporting culture. Sports instils necessary life skills and makes you a better person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh bling Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 2 hours ago, MechEng said: Spot on, China's olympic investment is more about world domination than passion for the game. It's a robotic society where the government is all knowing god, individual opinion is aggressively blunted. As for India, I'm not disappointed about lack of medals as much I am about lack of a sporting culture. Sports instils necessary life skills and makes you a better person. At least we are very good at sport which most Indians love , cricket . China despite all its medals can't even qualify for Soccer world cup which chinese are crazy about .I would prefer Indian team winning over Olympics medals in sports which I barely understand MechEng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Singh bling said: At least we are very good at sport which most Indians love , cricket . China despite all its medals can't even qualify for Soccer world cup which chinese are crazy about .I would prefer Indian team winning over Olympics medals in sports which I barely understand I think the most popular sport in China is basketball but yes they are pretty bad at it even though they produced a couple of NBA stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 we can target some medals in archery and shooting .. korea concentrates only archery and takewondo randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi_91 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I have no problem with players saying gold gold gold as long as they mean it and not just play for a medal of any color. At least the mentality is to win gold, which should be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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