Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Record 19 medals thus far!!!! Amazing

[Gollum]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Japs look okay in Volleyball.  Btw what's the level of India in men's Volleyball.  Surely we can't be far off from Olympic qualification

Lost to Pakistan in 2018 Asian Games. So yeah best limit to South Asia's kachra level.

 

Once upon a time we were good, at least for Asian standards, 50-60 years ago lol. We were good in football as well.

 

Only team sports we have now are cricket and hockey. 

[Gollum]

Not feeling excited about the test series starting tomorrow. Anyone else on the same boat?

 

Already spent so much time watching Olympics, great highs as well as lows, now screen fatigue, sleep debt and also need to make up for lost time at work. 

[deathmonger]

9 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Not feeling excited about the test series starting tomorrow. Anyone else on the same boat?

 

Already spent so much time watching Olympics, great highs as well as lows, now screen fatigue, sleep debt and also need to make up for lost time at work. 

yup. maybe later on in the series.

 

but one thing i have to say - india is a fun team to support in the olympics. as in you look at the prospects everyday and they are exciting. still more losses than wins but i think around 2028-32 would be really good from a uspporting pov. good enough to win a decent chunk of medals but not so good to be extremely dominant.

 

like usa and china supporters no longer care about individual medals, just wanna be no 1.

[New guy]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

When we had the momentum in 1st half, 2-1 up, rattled Bel, clear PC not awarded, instead we lost a referral. Fine margins in the game, lot of scope for umpires to get the desired outcomes. 

 

We will play many KOs against these goras, umpires will always be fellow goras, all important calls will go against us in all matches. I prefer Pakistani officials tbh, no one but goras can be this blatant and still shut down any discussion/protests, worse they pretend to be morally superior. 3rd major tournament in a row where we have been shafted by nonsense umpiring, same Aussie ump involved all 3 times. 

 

People who watched India's last two games (in fact 3, including women's one yesterday) and still pretending that these were fair contests, get your heads examined. 

I think this is where the government can help by pushing their soft power. They need to back our Olympic committe and give real tooth to it. And then start bringing it up in different forums etc where other discussions with these countries are happening. 

 

I think we do have the soft power, we are not using it correctly. If something like this had happened in cricket we would have raised a huge stink and government would have supported completely 

 

I believe in olympics terms, we are currently in the cricket equivalent of late 80s, we need to start raising issues and having balls and not let people walk all over us 

[Stutter]

Repechage chance lost for Sonam Malik, as the Mongolian wrestler has promptly lost in the next round 

But excellent display by the teenager and too bad that she had a lapse in the last few seconds of the fight. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Not feeling excited about the test series starting tomorrow. Anyone else on the same boat?

 

Already spent so much time watching Olympics, great highs as well as lows, now screen fatigue, sleep debt and also need to make up for lost time at work. 

Same here. Hopefully we finish the Olympics on a high. 

 

Only thing that may pull me back to cricket half heartedly is clown and his clownish tactics

[Gollum]

Sonam was never expected to make a deep run. But very talented, highly rated in the juniors circuit, she controlled the match till final 30 seconds. Hope she enjoyed and learnt from this experience, just 19 yo, her time will come. Not worried about our emerging wrestling prospects, in fact system is overflowing with talent, if properly backed we can aim for 5-6 medals instead of 2-3 in Paris/LA. 

[SujitPrakash]

Indian women's hockey is on the rise, just watched the replay on CH7. What a wonderful win by the Indian women, awesome defense, they were unbreakable in defense. Australia wasted a lot of the dominance they had, but didn't take anything away from the Indian women's hockey team.  

 

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by SujitPrakash

[SujitPrakash]

Australia ranks 19th in medal bonuses for athletes at Tokyo Olympics

 

Asian nations offer their gold medal winning athletes the most for Olympic success.

 

US-based news website SwimSwam analysed medal bonuses paid by Olympic committees ahead of the Tokyo Games and found the astounding difference paid to athletes between competing nations at this year's event in Japan.

 

Asian countries are at the top of the list as the most generous, with Singapore awarding the single-highest bonus, SGD$1 million (AUD$1,003,027) for winning an Olympic gold medal.

 

Hong Kong isn't far behind, offering $875,000 for gold, while Indonesia and Thailand both offer more than $400,000.

 

Australia isn't anywhere to be found at the top of the list, with the AOC rewarding athletes $20,000 for a gold medal, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.

 

Kaylee McKeown will take home $110,000 in medal bonuses. (Getty)

 

 

While any financial reward is a good one, Australia's medal bonus ranks 19th among other countries on the list. Some athletes are privately sponsored like Australia's best rowers, who are given financial assistance by billionaire Gina Rinehart, who pays a $525-a-week wage for the top 50 competitors in the sport.

 

The United States more than doubles Australia's reward for gold with $50,000, as well as $30,000 for silver and $20,000 for bronze.

 

Japan offers more than $60,000 for gold, France more than $85,000, while Italy increased its reward by 30 per cent this year to $288,000. Italian 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs' gold medal couldn't have come at a better time.

 

Gold medalist Emma McKeon of Team Australia poses during the medal ceremony for the Women's 50m Freestyle Final. (Getty)

 

 

Other countries offer different types of rewards for the athletes like avoiding military service or luxury vehicles or even houses.

 

In addition to the medal bonus, the Australian Institute of Sport offers means-tested grants of up to $17,500 to help athletes in their pursuit for gold and a further $8,000 for travel and training expenses.

 

The federal government allocated $50.6 million in "high performance grants" for both Olympians and Paralympians in the latest budget.

 

Gold medal bonuses by country (AUD):

Singapore — $1,003,027

Hong Kong — $875,000

Indonesia — $470,000

Thailand — $420,000

Kazakhstan — $340,000

Azerbaijan — $337,000

Malaysia — $237,000*

Italy — $288,000

Hungary — $228,000

France — $88,000

Russia — $83,000

Brazil — $65,000

Japan — $61,000

USA — $50,000

South Africa — $50,000

Netherlands — $48,000

Germany — $30,000

Canada — $22,000

Australia — $20,000

 

https://wwos.nine.com.au/olympics/tokyo-olympics-2021-australia-ranks-19th-medal-bonuses/b2368b4b-1edd-4187-9ebc-7b592a5a22e1

[Gambit]

Disappointing that neither Sakshi Malik or Saina Nehwal qualified. We could have had two solid medal prospects there. Maybe even Sushil Kumar if only he wasn't in Tihar!

[deathmonger]

19 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Sonam was never expected to make a deep run. But very talented, highly rated in the juniors circuit, she controlled the match till final 30 seconds. Hope she enjoyed and learnt from this experience, just 19 yo, her time will come. Not worried about our emerging wrestling prospects, in fact system is overflowing with talent, if properly backed we can aim for 5-6 medals instead of 2-3 in Paris/LA. 

also should look to build up the infrastructure and capabilities for Greco Roman so it starts lying divends 10-20 years later. Wrestling has around 70 medals

[Gollum]

1 minute ago, Gambit said:

Disappointing that neither Sakshi Malik or Saina Nehwal qualified. We could have had two solid medal prospects there. Maybe even Sushil Kumar if only he wasn't in Tihar!

No.

 

Saina stopped being a contender in these kind of competitions 3 years back. Her knee has also kind of given up, tough to compete after that. 

 

Sakshi hasn't done much since Rio, maybe she lost motivation. Sonam being here is good for us in the long run, potential star for the next 10 odd years. 

 

Sushil is too old, hasn't faced this level of competition for a long time. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

8 minutes ago, Gambit said:

Disappointing that neither Sakshi Malik or Saina Nehwal qualified. We could have had two solid medal prospects there. Maybe even Sushil Kumar if only he wasn't in Tihar!

Both of them have been below par for the last 2-3 years, Sania due to injuries and Sakshi most likely due to lack of motivation. 

[sage]

14 minutes ago, SujitPrakash said:

Australia ranks 19th in medal bonuses for athletes at Tokyo Olympics

 

Asian nations offer their gold medal winning athletes the most for Olympic success.

 

US-based news website SwimSwam analysed medal bonuses paid by Olympic committees ahead of the Tokyo Games and found the astounding difference paid to athletes between competing nations at this year's event in Japan.

 

Asian countries are at the top of the list as the most generous, with Singapore awarding the single-highest bonus, SGD$1 million (AUD$1,003,027) for winning an Olympic gold medal.

 

Hong Kong isn't far behind, offering $875,000 for gold, while Indonesia and Thailand both offer more than $400,000.

 

Australia isn't anywhere to be found at the top of the list, with the AOC rewarding athletes $20,000 for a gold medal, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.

 

Kaylee McKeown will take home $110,000 in medal bonuses. (Getty)

 

 

While any financial reward is a good one, Australia's medal bonus ranks 19th among other countries on the list. Some athletes are privately sponsored like Australia's best rowers, who are given financial assistance by billionaire Gina Rinehart, who pays a $525-a-week wage for the top 50 competitors in the sport.

 

The United States more than doubles Australia's reward for gold with $50,000, as well as $30,000 for silver and $20,000 for bronze.

 

Japan offers more than $60,000 for gold, France more than $85,000, while Italy increased its reward by 30 per cent this year to $288,000. Italian 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs' gold medal couldn't have come at a better time.

 

Gold medalist Emma McKeon of Team Australia poses during the medal ceremony for the Women's 50m Freestyle Final. (Getty)

 

 

Other countries offer different types of rewards for the athletes like avoiding military service or luxury vehicles or even houses.

 

In addition to the medal bonus, the Australian Institute of Sport offers means-tested grants of up to $17,500 to help athletes in their pursuit for gold and a further $8,000 for travel and training expenses.

 

The federal government allocated $50.6 million in "high performance grants" for both Olympians and Paralympians in the latest budget.

 

Gold medal bonuses by country (AUD):

Singapore — $1,003,027

Hong Kong — $875,000

Indonesia — $470,000

Thailand — $420,000

Kazakhstan — $340,000

Azerbaijan — $337,000

Malaysia — $237,000*

Italy — $288,000

Hungary — $228,000

France — $88,000

Russia — $83,000

Brazil — $65,000

Japan — $61,000

USA — $50,000

South Africa — $50,000

Netherlands — $48,000

Germany — $30,000

Canada — $22,000

Australia — $20,000

 

https://wwos.nine.com.au/olympics/tokyo-olympics-2021-australia-ranks-19th-medal-bonuses/b2368b4b-1edd-4187-9ebc-7b592a5a22e1

Gb doesn't give anything?

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

also should look to build up the infrastructure and capabilities for Greco Roman so it starts lying divends 10-20 years later. Wrestling has around 70 medals

For some reason we struggle a lot in Greco-Roman, maybe traditional kushti's limits? GR involves just upper body, can't do this

[SujitPrakash]

3 minutes ago, sage said:

Gb doesn't give anything?

 

Not sure I am sure they do, but probably below Australia or just above Australia.

[sage]

1 minute ago, SujitPrakash said:

 

Not sure I am sure they do, but probably below Australia or just above Australia.

No awards from the looks of things 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/2020-tokyo-olympics-medals-worth-24663061

 

According to The Independent, Team GB athletes do not win any money if they claim a medal.

 

[SujitPrakash]

1 minute ago, sage said:

No awards from the looks of things 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/2020-tokyo-olympics-medals-worth-24663061

 

According to The Independent, Team GB athletes do not win any money if they claim a medal.

 

 

Wow, didn't know that, does this debunk the rich nations give more money to their Olympics athletes?

Edited August 3, 2021 by SujitPrakash

[Number]

Olympics again.

Belgium again.

We take lead again.

We blow it away again.

This time in SFs last time in QFs.

 

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by Number

[Lone Wolf]

Digging through Volleyball past events..  Kinda breaks my heart.   Massive massive potential in India.  Pro Volleyball league is a good start though.  VFI also signed in a trio of foreigners for coach, physio-training and physiotherapist positions. This definitely would give our players facilities on par with other top teams. 

Like Hockey needs more investment & proper marketing.  Hidden talent will come through.  U23 team did well in Asian Championship in 2019 beating higher ranked teams.   Qualifying for Paris 2024 should be the major target.