Gollum Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) Surprised there was no thread. Today's shot put event compelled me to open one. Did you guys watch Tejinder Pal Singh's awesome gold medal winning feat? Maza aa gaya. Now the real fun starts with athletics and finishing stages of badminton, hockey, boxing etc. Personally looking forward to athletics, badminton and hockey. Put this thread in 'chit-chat' section because 'other sports' section remains by and large untouched. So you guys following the Games? Your standout performance and biggest disappointment? Any potential medal contenders for Tokyo 2020? Any trends you folks picking up? Today's winning moment: Edited August 25, 2018 by Gollum sscomp32 and Shunya 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscomp32 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Following very closely like CWG and Olympics. There can never be a bigger disappointment than Kabaddi. This was similar to Cricket team get humiliated in 07. Also Kidambi crashing out. Personally for me archery is huge disappointment. Started Liking after rio. Best would be Rowing team and Shot Put event today. Medal hopes in tokyo : Vinesh , Bajranj , Shuttlers and shooters as always. Gollum and randomGuy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Badminton and kabaddi disappointing. Rowing success was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutter Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 A bit disappointed by Silver for Himas Das & Mohd Anas, but surely bigger things to come in the future. Fantastic finish to get bronze in 10K for Govindan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutter Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Damn...Govindan Lakshmanan seems to be disqualified due to putting a step out of the track Gollum and sscomp32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, Stutter said: Damn...Govindan Lakshmanan seems to be disqualified due to putting a step out of the track I remember a similar incident in a women's event last Asian Games. That should have been a DQ but the sheikhs came and argued in favour of the athlete and ensured she got gold, can't remember the country but was definitely an African import representing a Gulf country, event was middle distance. Indian officials who accompanied the athletes must protest, there is precedence......about time the greedy bastards justify their allocation and facilities. We spend more on these thieving officials than the players, they only sit and steal the allowances of the athletes and go sightseeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Dutee Chand (100m women's) was magnificent, she had to endure so much mental torture the past few years...my most favorite moment of the Games was her feat, missed gold by a whisker. Shunya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 8 minutes ago, Gollum said: Dutee Chand (100m women's) was magnificent, she had to endure so much mental torture the past few years...my most favorite moment of the Games was her feat, missed gold by a whisker. I saw it live on Tv... Was dancing and shouting after her race. Great to see from Indian woman. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Just now, randomGuy said: I saw it live on Tv... Was dancing and shouting after her race. Great to see from Indian woman. Super pumped, damn I hate these Arab countries for importing African talent and distorting the playing field. Only considering Asian athletes our men and women are best in so many events. randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gollum Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Saina lost her SF, Sindhu won her's and will go for gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Saina lost her SF, Sindhu won her's and will go for gold. Thank God, Marin is not an Asian Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk beetle, Gollum, PBN and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, nikred said: Thank God, Marin is not an Asian Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Badminton medals in Asian games is equivalent to medals in Olympics. Infact it might be even tougher at times to reach top 3. Asian countries are powerhouses of badminton and you see new champion players rising every other year who will give tough fight in pre medal stages. Who knows Marin might not have survived fighting these Chinese, Japanes, koreans, etc. This has been record outing for badminton for India. 2 players in top 3 Asians is a huge achievement. beetle, Gollum, sscomp32 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 19 hours ago, Gollum said: Super pumped, damn I hate these Arab countries for importing African talent and distorting the playing field. Only considering Asian athletes our men and women are best in so many events. Completely agree. Just saw Vikas Krishnan boxing match vs Tanveer Ahmed (Pak). That guy looked African from all angles, though it did not make any difference as he had raw power but no brains. And Vikas did end up kicking his ass using smart defense moves. Gollum and sscomp32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Badminton medals in Asian games is equivalent to medals in Olympics. Infact it might be even tougher at times to reach top 3. Asian countries are powerhouses of badminton and you see new champion players rising every other year who will give tough fight in pre medal stages. Who knows Marin might not have survived fighting these Chinese, Japanes, koreans, etc. This has been record outing for badminton for India. 2 players in top 3 Asians is a huge achievement.That was just a tongue in cheek comment in view of the recent success of Marin against Sindhu. No way am I undermining her achievements. Super proud of her. Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Gollum, Shunya and beetle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 19 hours ago, Gollum said: Super pumped, damn I hate these Arab countries for importing African talent and distorting the playing field. Only considering Asian athletes our men and women are best in so many events. exactly , India missed out on 4 golds in athletes ( even counting the 10000m dq ) where only lost to African athletes . This already could have been our best outing in AGs . sscomp32 and Gollum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 46 minutes ago, nikred said: That was just a tongue in cheek comment in view of the recent success of Marin against Sindhu. No way am I undermining her achievements. Super proud of her. Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Got that part. Indeed Marin has a top hand in finals against both Sindhu and Saina. She does bring her A game in finals, which is commendable. But just wanted to point that lot of people misunderstand the level at which different games are played. Example, badminton in Asian games is as brutal as Olympics, hence the drought of medals. Winning in hockey and athletics will be easier in Asian games as compared to Olympics and hence we have lots of medals through these sports historically. sscomp32 and Gollum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Games record for Neeraj , that should be the gold My bad , hes just under AG record Edited August 27, 2018 by jusarrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Games record for Neeraj , that should be the gold My bad , hes just under AG record How much? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusarrived Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, nikred said: How much? Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk 88.06 , games record is 89.15 ..his personal best though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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