Jump to content

Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

bharathh

By bharathh
in Cricket Talk

Recommended Posts

Gollum Grand Master

Gollum

Posted
Posted
Just now, New guy said:

Wow, Lakshya is losing.

Christie is world number 3 (Lakshya is #22), current All England Open champion. Was always going to be an uphill task.  

Gollum Grand Master

Gollum

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

5th final for India in Shooting!

Swapnil Kusale qualifies for final in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men

Russia's absence helped but still very good redemption story by the shooters. 

Gollum Grand Master

Gollum

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Jonathan Christie is a beast. No chance for Lakshya

Chance hai, but he is the underdog no doubt. 

neel roy Grand Master

neel roy

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Chance hai, but he is the underdog no doubt. 

Christies best thing is he never tires. Duracell. Time and again he has won the decider. Kind of djokovic aura. 

Kron Grand Master

Kron

Posted
Posted

Post by a former aspirant for the Olympics. 

Indian selections are *kkked

 

 

 

I was a national level athlete during my U17/19 days. Let me give you the ground reality.

 

The selection of athletes in group sports is majorly flawed in India. The selection process is completely biased based on the coach doing the selection. Out of 6 people, the coach will select atleast 3 of his/her students even if they are average over someone who is excellent.

 

I started competing in sports from U14 days.I was in group sports during U14 days. During the zonal meets, there would be so many students so each of us would get only couple of minutes to showcase our talents. Some people can perform immediately but most of them, including me, would take at least 10 mins to get into the rhythm but by the time we get into the rhythm they would replace us with the next person waiting in the line. And in the end, the selection is done by certain coaches who will always prefer his/her students over any of us.

 

This **** kept on happening for 3 years and I couldn't even go beyond zonal level. I was frustrated at this point and pivoted to athletics when I was in U17 category. I went to Nationals in the first try and got 3rd place in a particular event because in athletics the coaches can't cheat to the extent they can on group sports.

 

And to make things worse, Indian PT teachers don't know how to train students. There are certain exceptionally talented students at every nook and corner but these students are lost due to incompetency of the PT teachers. I had set the national record in my school and only then the PT teacher took me seriously. But that idiot would make me practice that particular event the whole day and didn't give me any extra training. There was no gym facility nor proper diet (I was in a hostel).

 

Basically, there are so many issues at grassroot level. Only the best and lucky ones manage to cross these incompetent coaches and end up competing in Olympics.

 

 

neel roy Grand Master

neel roy

Posted
Posted

We need a good start from Lakshya in second game. Time and again i have seen Christie suddenly ups his game in second and third games. Fingers x

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...