Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Real McCoy]

6 minutes ago, neel roy said:

I dont even know. But i m sure she will face world no 5 or world no 2 some Chinese Japanese or kazakh woman ..

 

if the opponent looks like yokozuna's sister, i'm waving the white flag and watch something else

Edited August 5, 2024 by Real McCoy

[deepdynamo]

Just now, neel roy said:

Aur kuch hai kya aaj. Something strong

 

Avinash Sable steeplechase race - First Round

[Lone Wolf]

Lakshya is distraught... Reminds me of Bobzy the ling

[Kron]

4 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

3 medals just in shooting( 2 of them by one female athlete) literally the whole squad has regressed and filled with people who are nowhere near competitive at Olympic level.

 

Harsh as it is IOC should stop sending sailing, golfers, rowers etc and focus the investment in 2 or 3 sports. Better to send 20 athletes and win 5 medals than 150 and win 1 medal

we should forget about any of those 14 15 rich sports. we don have funds for that. you are right. just focus on what we can afford to fund given our corrupt government. 

[randomGuy]

Nisha's QF wrestling bout in 10 mins

[Vickydev]

2 medals in the space of 30 mins or so. Both lost. 

 

Just not happening for us

[Kron]

5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

I absolutely don't find anything wrong with his fitness. Infact Sen was moving better than that guy. Just that shot selection was poor. TOo many lobs with open court allowed Lee to come back.

problem is he is weak as fuk. thats the problem. 

[saransh]

2 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

Nikhat Zareen as well.

Hope this doesn't happen to our hockey team. Will be the most heart-breaking of all!

[Number]

Just now, randomGuy said:

Nisha's QF wrestling bout in 10 mins

Opponent kaun hai ? Big name ?

[Ultimate_Game]

2 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

3 medals just in shooting( 2 of them by one female athlete) literally the whole squad has regressed and filled with people who are nowhere near competitive at Olympic level.

 

Harsh as it is IOC should stop sending sailing, golfers, rowers etc and focus the investment in 2 or 3 sports. Better to send 20 athletes and win 5 medals than 150 and win 1 medal

 

Yup has been quite an underwhelming Olympics for sure. If by some miracle Neeraj  and Hockey team win golds, it can still be a successful campaign. But not too optimistic as it's extremely difficult to repeat in Olympics so Neeraj will find it very difficult to win again. And Hockey will need to overcome not just the opponents but also the refereeing which tends to be biased in favor of European/gora teams.

[bharathh]

1 minute ago, deepdynamo said:

 

Avinash Sable steeplechase race - First Round

Nisha in wrestling won her first round to reach the quarters. Let's see if she can get past a north korean for the semis. Don't think she will - but anyways. 

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

most of the losses we are calling disappointments were not top players, Like Lakshay they were mostly only outside chances needing luck to favor them which did not happen.   Kusale was a surprise medal. otherwise, we hardly had any real confident medal contender whom we could say yes he will win with 100% confidence, not even Manu.

100 M women's race was won by a someone who never won any gold medal in international stage in 100m before this Olympics.

 

It is sports upsets do happen, Indians IMO are not looking to win the whole thing in their sport .

 

Most of them are happy to get any medal by chance. That killer instinct in missing.

[neel roy]

1 minute ago, deepdynamo said:

 

Avinash Sable steeplechase race - First Round

Dekha nahi. Sunke achha laga

[Kron]

4 minutes ago, Number said:

4th place finish is not bad for Lakshya. He is WR12 and unseeded here. 

Disappointed as we are, beating Christie here was a big achievement. 

He needs to learn from it and move on.

 

 

looks like beating christie might have been a fluke after all. 

[G_B_]

This olympics started with a lot of promise with the shooting. It's becoming bit of a disaster. Not as bad as Rio, but I think with the potential promise I think it's a huge disappointment.

I see many 4th and qf finishes just outside the medals. Conversion issues.



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[Ultimate_Game]

Just now, saransh said:

Hope this doesn't happen to our hockey team. Will be the most heart-breaking of all!

 

In Hockey I'm scared more about the refereeing than the opponent

[Real McCoy]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

I reember playing table tennis in the final  with one of the state champion in my college contest. I was able to go 9-9, But then he brought his A game. I did not score a single point after that 21-9. THoroughly thrashed me. You can try all you want. BUt when the opponent plays a better game you have to play outside your capacity to beat a superior opponent.  So you need a bit of luck.

 

more like quick thinking on the fly. make a swot analysis in the mind. this is what great players do. for players of sachin's caliber, he will have the fielders map in his brain everytime he faces a ball and play appropriately

[Sgattick10]

Damn Lakshya lost? 

 

Just not the Olympics for us. 

[bharathh]

Nisha beat this Pak sol Gum lady in April this year. Let's see if she can repeat.

[deepdynamo]

Medals Missed ( 7)
Imagine if we have converted all, we would have been on 10 medals already 

 

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1. Arjuna Babuta Shooting 4th
2. Manu Bhaker Shooting 4th
3. Dhiraj/Ankita Archery  4th
4. Nishant Boxing QF
5. Lovelina Boxing QF
6. Lakshya Sen BADMINTON 4th
7. Maheshwari/Anant Shooting 4th