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

[Norman]

So how are things looking? 

 

Are we crossing the London tally this time? 

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, Norman said:

So how are things looking? 

 

Are we crossing the London tally this time? 

Can't say yet, decent chance but wish shooting hadn't disappointed. If we don't beat the 2012 tally, NRAI is responsible. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Gollum

[Gollum]

Sindhu vs local girl and #3 seed Yamaguchi in QF. Tough tough match, Sindhu leads the H2H 11-7 but form, home advantage, recent results in favor of the Japanese. 

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Gollum

[Gollum]

35 minutes ago, Number said:

 

Sounds completely castist but feel Jats of Haryana, Northern Rajasthan and Western UP are definitely a different race. 

So much difference between them and other Indian castes even in the same region when it comes to Physical sports like Boxing, Wrestling, Kabaddi.

 

Having grown up in this region I have seen some insanely strong people. Most work in fields and a lot of them join Indian army.

Aren't most Hindu Jats veg? Our wrestlers are mostly veg, incredible really in such a grueling sport. 

[Gollum]

Some boxers just one win away from medal, but will have huge obstacles in QF. 

[Number]

16 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Aren't most Hindu Jats veg? Our wrestlers are mostly veg, incredible really in such a grueling sport. 

Yes. Most of them are veg. 

Most rely on Milk and Curd only for protien. Some of them can drink very large amount of milk though even 3 ltrs in a day.  

I read a few years ago that Sushil Kumar's mother used to get up at 4 AM to milk their buffaloes coz early morning milk has less fat content. 

[Mariyam]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

green card is 2 min out.

And a lifetime of bragging to all the relatives back in India.

[Trichromatic]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

 

 

 

Har jagah politics 

[LordPrabhzy]

1 hour ago, bharathh said:

I don't get all these swimming events. They already have 4 types of strokes ... and then some random distances 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 etc. for each stroke. Then they have open swimming. Then they have team events. Swimming is meaningless IMO. Too many medals for one sport. That way in Weightlifting they should have 1 event for clean and jerk and another for snatch.

It’s for US to stat pad their wins and medals… no way you need 100 different types of events just for swimming.  It’s like having a cricket event in Olympics with T20, ODI and test format all in one each with a different medal. 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Aren't most Hindu Jats veg? Our wrestlers are mostly veg, incredible really in such a grueling sport. 

Jats do eat nonveg too

[G_B_]

As gollum said. Our boxers in qf are facing top seed opponents. Sindhu i am more confident in as her form has been good.

 

Whats the draw for atanu like? We know deepika is facing a korean which seems like a closed door.

 

 

 

 

[Jay]

I hope satish kumar can beat the Uzbek seeded guy. That dude is a champion boxer though. Satish is tough as *. Let's see. 

[Gollum]

12 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

Whats the draw for atanu like? We know deepika is facing a korean which seems like a closed door.

 

[Dery]

Is there any interesting history of match fixing in Olympics 

[Gollum]

Madness in field hockey in the other group!!!!

 

Netherlands-Great Britain draw 

 

Big upset: South Africa stunned Germany 4-3 (Ger was 3-2 ahead after 3 quarters)

 

Unpredictable now, no idea who India will face in QF among Neth, Ger, GBR. 

 

Group B

Pos	Team	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (A)	4	4	0	0	24	7	+17	12	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands (A)	4	2	1	1	12	10	+2	7
3	Great Britain (A)	4	2	1	1	9	9	0	7
4	Germany	4	2	0	2	16	9	+7	6
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	12	20	−8	3
6	Canada (E)	4	0	0	4	5	23	−18	0

 

 

Tomorrow:

Can vs RSA

Ger vs Neth

Bel vs GBR

 

Should India win the QF, 90% chance of meeting Belgium in the SF (probably 99% if NZ or ESP face Bel). Belgium won the last WC (2018) at Kalinga Stadium, beating the Dutch in the final. Also Rio silver medalist. On paper should be Aus-Bel final, but funnier things have happened in sport. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Gollum

[deepdynamo]

With Mary Com and Amit Phongal bouts still left and expected to win, we may have 5 boxers in QF and just a win away from a medal! 

 

Has that happen before???

[QuarantineTormentino]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Madness in field hockey in the other group!!!!

 

Netherlands-Great Britain draw 

 

Big upset: South Africa stunned Germany 4-3 (Ger was 3-2 ahead after 3 quarters)

 

Unpredictable now, no idea who India will face in QF among Neth, Ger, GBR. 

 

Group B

Pos	Team	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (A)	4	4	0	0	24	7	+17	12	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands (A)	4	2	1	1	12	10	+2	7
3	Great Britain (A)	4	2	1	1	9	9	0	7
4	Germany	4	2	0	2	16	9	+7	6
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	12	20	−8	3
6	Canada (E)	4	0	0	4	5	23	−18	0

 

 

Tomorrow:

Can vs RSA

Ger vs Neth

Bel vs GBR

 

Should India win the QF, 90% chance of meeting Belgium in the SF (probably 99% if NZ or ESP face Bel). Belgium won the last WC (2018) at Kalinga Stadium, beating the Dutch in the final. Also Rio silver medalist. On paper should be Aus-Bel final, but funnier things have happened in sport. 

Which means if Netherlands win tomorrow then we will get to face GBR regardless of whether they beat Belgium or not! I mean obviously they’re still a great team but I would much rather face them over Germany/Dutch 

[QuarantineTormentino]

16 minutes ago, Dery said:

Is there any interesting history of match fixing in Olympics 

Pakistan don’t send that many Athletes 

[Dery]

10 minutes ago, QuarantineTormentino said:

Pakistan don’t send that many Athletes 

Even 1 can do the impossible 

[bharathh]

51 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

As gollum said. Our boxers in qf are facing top seed opponents. Sindhu i am more confident in as her form has been good.

 

Whats the draw for atanu like? We know deepika is facing a korean which seems like a closed door.

 

 

 

 

Deepika has to get past a Russian first