Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[coffee_rules]

14 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Circus in middle of Olympics is ok for you? Govt should have asked Nita Ambani to hold it at end of the Games. 

 

I never made any dig about Reliance's role in grassroots sports development, because I am not informed on that topic. But this timing is nonsense. 

You might not  know, she’s involved with IOC since 2016 (a member), this event was part of her cred as IOC member in India house in Paris. She’s done similar events in previous Olympics as well. You can call it PR, I don’t care so much for her to consider it as something to focus on more than the athletes. 
 

https://olympics.com/ioc/mrs-nita-ambani

 

Still better than Bajaj to use it as a PR without the medalists’ approval. They are the real hyenas or vultures

 

 

[Vickydev]

Marchand, the home favourite, beat the reigning Olympic Champ Milak from Hungary....unreal race

[Gollum]

1 minute ago, coffee_rules said:

You might not  know, she’s involved with IOC since 2016 (a member), this event was part of her cred as IOC member in India house in Paris. She’s done similar events in previous Olympics as well. You can call it PR, I don’t care so much for her to consider it as something to focus on more than the athletes. 
 

https://olympics.com/ioc/mrs-nita-ambani

 

Still better than Bajaj to use it as a PR without the medalists’ approval. They are the real hyenas or vultures

 

 

Every country has IOC representative. 

 

Don't divert the topic here or do whataboutery. 

 

5th day of the games and we have this. 

[coffee_rules]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Every country has IOC representative. 

 

Don't divert the topic here or do whataboutery. 

 

5th day of the games and we have this. 

You are the one focusing on something outside of the sport. IOC is not Indian Olympic Association. That site I cite  is from IOC  - International Olympic Committee 

[Gollum]

Just now, coffee_rules said:

You are the one focusing on something outside of the sport. IOC is not Indian Olympic Association. That site I cite  is from IOC  - International Olympic Committee 

What are you even saying? IOC is International Olympic Committee, who brought Indian assoc? 

[Gollum]

India's recent Olympics success owes a lot to Jindal's JSW group. Hope people recognize their contribution. 

[neel roy]

12 minutes ago, Gollum said:

India's recent Olympics success owes a lot to Jindal's JSW group. Hope people recognize their contribution. 

And hockey Odissa Government. They sponsored the whole team. Bhubaneshwar organised the hockey world cup

[Gollum]

Here’s India’s schedule for Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024:

11:00 AM - MEDAL EVENT

 

Athletics: Men's 20km racewalk Final - Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

12:00 PM

Badminton: Men's singles R16 - Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy

12:30 PM

Golf: Men's individual strokeplay R1 - Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Athletics: Women's racewalk Final - Priyanka Goswami

1:00 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Shooting: Men's 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

1:30 PM

Hockey: Men's Pool B match - India vs Belgium

Table Tennis: Women's singles quarter-finals - Sreeja Akula (if qualified)

2:30 PM

Boxing: Women's 50kg R16 - Nikhat Zareen

2:31 PM

Archery - Men's recurve individual R64 - Praveen Jadhav

3:10 PM

Shooting: Women's 50m rifle 3 position qualification - Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

3:45 PM

Sailing: Men's dinghy ILCA 7 - Race 1 and 2 - Vishnu Saravanan

4:30 PM

Badminton: Men's doubles quarter-finals - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

7:05 PM

Sailing: Women's dinghy ILCA 6 - Race 1 and 2 - Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM

Badminton: Women's singles R16 - PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio

 

[neel roy]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Here’s India’s schedule for Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024:

11:00 AM - MEDAL EVENT

 

Athletics: Men's 20km racewalk Final - Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

12:00 PM

Badminton: Men's singles R16 - Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy

12:30 PM

Golf: Men's individual strokeplay R1 - Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Athletics: Women's racewalk Final - Priyanka Goswami

1:00 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Shooting: Men's 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

1:30 PM

Hockey: Men's Pool B match - India vs Belgium

Table Tennis: Women's singles quarter-finals - Sreeja Akula (if qualified)

2:30 PM

Boxing: Women's 50kg R16 - Nikhat Zareen

2:31 PM

Archery - Men's recurve individual R64 - Praveen Jadhav

3:10 PM

Shooting: Women's 50m rifle 3 position qualification - Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

3:45 PM

Sailing: Men's dinghy ILCA 7 - Race 1 and 2 - Vishnu Saravanan

4:30 PM

Badminton: Men's doubles quarter-finals - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

7:05 PM

Sailing: Women's dinghy ILCA 6 - Race 1 and 2 - Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM

Badminton: Women's singles R16 - PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio

 

Heartbreak day tomorrow( i hope not though)

 

 

4 medal hopefuls

 

Sindhu

Sat Chi

Nikhat

Swapnil

 

Sreeja akula outside chance of winning

praveen jadhav very very good chance of shooting in thin air

 

priyanka goswami should finish in top ten

 

india 1 Belgium 3

[Sgattick10]

12 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Here’s India’s schedule for Day 6 of the Paris Olympics 2024:

11:00 AM - MEDAL EVENT

 

Athletics: Men's 20km racewalk Final - Akashdeep, Vikash, Paramjeet Singh

12:00 PM

Badminton: Men's singles R16 - Lakshya Sen vs HS Prannoy

12:30 PM

Golf: Men's individual strokeplay R1 - Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar

12:50 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Athletics: Women's racewalk Final - Priyanka Goswami

1:00 PM - MEDAL EVENT

Shooting: Men's 50m rifle 3 position Final- Swapnil Kusale

1:30 PM

Hockey: Men's Pool B match - India vs Belgium

Table Tennis: Women's singles quarter-finals - Sreeja Akula (if qualified)

2:30 PM

Boxing: Women's 50kg R16 - Nikhat Zareen

2:31 PM

Archery - Men's recurve individual R64 - Praveen Jadhav

3:10 PM

Shooting: Women's 50m rifle 3 position qualification - Sift Kaur Samra, Anjum Moudgil

3:45 PM

Sailing: Men's dinghy ILCA 7 - Race 1 and 2 - Vishnu Saravanan

4:30 PM

Badminton: Men's doubles quarter-finals - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

7:05 PM

Sailing: Women's dinghy ILCA 6 - Race 1 and 2 - Nethra Kumanan

10:00 PM

Badminton: Women's singles R16 - PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jaio

 

Big day tomorrow 

[Ultimate_Game]

Sreeja in Table Tennis had world no. 1 Chinese player on the ropes. Had 4 game points in the first game, and 5 game points in the 2nd and still managed to lose both the games and down 0-2!

[neel roy]

3 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Sreeja in Table Tennis had world no. 1 Chinese player on the ropes. Had 4 game points in the first game, and 5 game points in the 2nd and still managed to lose both the games and down 0-2!

Why do we only get those world no 1s and 2s i have no clue 

[Gollum]

Belgium fresh from 6-2 demolition job of Aussies. Will be intense today. 

[Ultimate_Game]

14 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Why do we only get those world no 1s and 2s i have no clue 

 

Sreeja was beating her but simply imploded whenever she had the game points. Leading the first game 10-6 and the second one 10-5! Lost 7 consecutive points to lose the 2nd game.

[neel roy]

9 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

Sreeja was beating her but simply imploded whenever she had the game points. Leading the first game 10-6 and the second one 10-5! Lost 7 consecutive points to lose the 2nd game.

Insane. I cant believe someone can lose 7 consecutive points unless she is making unforced errors. Thats pressure 

[Ultimate_Game]

12 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Insane. I cant believe someone can lose 7 consecutive points unless she is making unforced errors. Thats pressure 

 

It was pressure. Almost watching B'desh or SA implode in cricket. That's why we need to have psychologists an important part of training for tourneys. At the highest level, handling pressure is the key. I don't think our athletes are trained in mental aspects of the game.

[neel roy]

3 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

It was pressure. Almost watching B'desh or SA implode in cricket. That's why we need to have psychologists an important part of training for tourneys. At the highest level, handling pressure is the key. I don't think our athletes are trained in mental aspects of the game.

She is young but i guess it was also excitement. Mental conditioning is must. And we sent so many bekaar officials. We could easily send few guys like paddy upton

[Ultimate_Game]

25 minutes ago, neel roy said:

She is young but i guess it was also excitement. Mental conditioning is must. And we sent so many bekaar officials. We could easily send few guys like paddy upton

 

IMO we need to have a permanent mental conditioning coach/sports psychologist with the team. Not just for the event but throughout. I doubt any coach can make a difference at the last minute so they need to be working with the athletes throughout.

[vvvslaxman]

South Sudan vs USA baskebt ball

96-76 Lebron is chilling out there. Sudan is not bad.

[Number]

China winning gold 100 mtr freestyle swimming. 

What a big achievement for China. They sure are making a statement to the world and the US.

Edited July 31, 2024 by Number