bharathh Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) Can we have all Paris related discussions here. Athlete/Team Profiles and a performance watch Our big medal hopes atm. Athletics Neeraj Chopra Badminton Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Boxing Nikhat Zareen Hockey Indian Mens Team Edited July 19 by Lord Vickydev, Gollum, Sandz and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment
Lord Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 I think @Gollum will open another thread when it starts. Maybe will merge them. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 14 minutes ago, Lord said: I think @Gollum will open another thread when it starts. Maybe will merge them. It's OK. I only asked @bharathh to open this thread since he already had one in chit chat for Olympics related discussion. Lord 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Chit chat threads we'll use for buildup, general discussion, other news related to the Games. Event by event commentary we can use this one, will have more visibility. Hope for a mega thread, Tokyo thread was 300+ pages iirc, let us beat that and let our heroes beat the Tokyo haul. Double digits medal count will be a dream come true. deepdynamo, Number, Lord and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment
bharathh Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 India's Olympics starts off on the 25th of July - one day ahead of the opening ceremony with the Archers shooting for seeding for their individual and team events (men's and women's). India has a full contingent of 6 archers (3 men and women each) 9.30 am local / 1 pm IST Women’s Individual Ranking Round and Men’s Individual Ranking Round Athletes in contention: Men Dhiraj Bommadevara Tarundeep Rai Pravin Ramesh Jadhav Women Bhajan Kaur Ankita Bhakat Deepika Kumari Recent form: Deepika won silver in the recent stage 1 of the archery world cup in Apr. The men's team with the same 3 also won gold beating Korea in the finals at the same stage in China. Dhiraj Bommadevara won bronze in stage 3 in June in the individuals The mixed team won bronze in both stage 1 and 3 this year - Dhiraj being part of both teams. No definite hopes for a medal - although if they keep to form - could surprise us pleasantly. Vickydev 1 Link to comment
bharathh Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 Unfortunately no compound archery in the Olympics - otherwise we should have 2-3 golds possible. Our compound archers have been killing it in world events for the past few years. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Number Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Hoping for a few medals from Shooting. It has been utter disappointing in last 2 Olympics. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Vickydev Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Sift is probably the most inform of our shooters so I guess we can expect a medal there. Don't really know the chances of the rest, maybe Bhaker Anyway the sport is about clutchness in the key moments rather than form, handling the pressure will be key Gollum 1 Link to comment
bharathh Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 13 minutes ago, Vickydev said: Sift is probably the most inform of our shooters so I guess we can expect a medal there. Don't really know the chances of the rest, maybe Bhaker Anyway the sport is about clutchness in the key moments rather than form, handling the pressure will be key True, we've had folks make world records in the first round only to fall apart in the finals too often. Gollum 1 Link to comment
neel roy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 3 hours ago, Gollum said: Chit chat threads we'll use for buildup, general discussion, other news related to the Games. Event by event commentary we can use this one, will have more visibility. Hope for a mega thread, Tokyo thread was 300+ pages iirc, let us beat that and let our heroes beat the Tokyo haul. Double digits medal count will be a dream come true. I ll be honoured if you open the thread on the day when it starts.. Gollum and Lord 2 Link to comment
Kron Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 3 hours ago, Gollum said: Chit chat threads we'll use for buildup, general discussion, other news related to the Games. Event by event commentary we can use this one, will have more visibility. Hope for a mega thread, Tokyo thread was 300+ pages iirc, let us beat that and let our heroes beat the Tokyo haul. Double digits medal count will be a dream come true. Olympics is about flexing a country's financial clout. Link to comment
neel roy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 23 minutes ago, Kron said: Olympics is about flexing a country's financial clout. Yes to a large extent, also the sports budget and economic indicator. the only exception to this rule is long distance running and to some extent athletics which kind of doesnt need initial investment. for any other sports like archery shooting canoeing and even swimming you need proper coaching ..to some extent genetics plays a part as well.. high endurance of kenyan long distance runners.. Kron and Gollum 2 Link to comment
neel roy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) Very good article. Poignant https://m.rediff.com/sports/report/indias-long-history-of-near-misses-at-the-olympics/20240719.htm?_gl=1*19cotln*_ga*NjUwNzM1NzA5LjE2NTc3ODYzODA.*_ga_3FM4PW27JR*MTcyMTM4NDg3Mi4yNjguMC4xNzIxMzg0ODc1LjU3LjAuMA.. which near miss hurt the most..personally for me it was the bronze medal match in athens After a long gap of 20 years, the curse of the fourth place returned to haunt the Indian contingent when the celebrated duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi missed out on the podium at the Athens Games. Arguably India's greatest doubles pair in tennis, Paes and Bhupathi missed out on a bronze medal after losing a marathon match to Croatia's Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-7, 6-4, 14-16 to end fourth. Edited July 19 by neel roy Sgattick10, deepdynamo and Gollum 3 Link to comment
Sgattick10 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Can we match/ go ahead of Tokyo Olympics? Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Shooting is the biggest hope, can't have three Olympics dud in a row! The trials had been strict and gruesome and the best shooters have been picked. India has representation in all categories in shooting. Expecting atleast 2 medals this time! Biggest prospect: Sift Kaur Samra and Manu Bhaskar. But expect some surprises too.... Gollum 1 Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 @Gollum @bharathh @neel roy How many Gold medals can we expect realistically. Maybe 3... Neeraj Chopra One of the Shooter Satwik-Chirag ( if they fire at right time) Gollum 1 Link to comment
neel roy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 3 minutes ago, deepdynamo said: @Gollum @bharathh @neel roy How many Gold medals can we expect realistically. Maybe 3... Neeraj Chopra One of the Shooter Satwik-Chirag ( if they fire at right time) Neeraj definitely shooting on a very good day maybe 1. I m expecting at least 1 silver and 2 bronzes Satwick Chirag : should go to semis. Best case silver. They have lost few close ones lately Gollum 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 27 minutes ago, deepdynamo said: @Gollum @bharathh @neel roy How many Gold medals can we expect realistically. Maybe 3... Neeraj Chopra One of the Shooter Satwik-Chirag ( if they fire at right time) No expectations bro. My heart can't take disappointments this time. Just hope for the best, hope to see us being world class in at least a couple of events every day of the Games. Edited July 19 by Gollum deepdynamo 1 Link to comment
Vickydev Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 36 minutes ago, deepdynamo said: @Gollum @bharathh @neel roy How many Gold medals can we expect realistically. Maybe 3... Neeraj Chopra One of the Shooter Satwik-Chirag ( if they fire at right time) We could end with none tbf.. Even Neeraj isn't a certainty this time Link to comment
bharathh Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, deepdynamo said: @Gollum @bharathh @neel roy How many Gold medals can we expect realistically. Maybe 3... Neeraj Chopra One of the Shooter Satwik-Chirag ( if they fire at right time) 1 would be expected IMO. 2+ would be amazing. All depends on the shooters. Have our strongest contingent this time and it looks like they have prepared well for it. All depends on the day. Badminton IMO - Chirag and Satwik have not done great since they have won - doubtful they will win. Neeraj will probably be our best bet on gold. Not sure if he will repeat, but he should def medal IMO. Nikhat Zareen is also a good contender for gold in boxing, IMO. Medals expected - Shooting 2-3 Badminton - 1 Athletics - 1 Boxing - 1 Don't see us winning more than these, to be honest. I would love to be proven wrong. Wrestling is in the doldrums atm and our Athletics team are not yet at world beating standard - although the standard has risen a lot in the last 10 yrs. Maybe in the next 2 olympics we should have more hopes of more winners. deepdynamo 1 Link to comment
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