The 2012 Olympics Thread

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 04 Aug 2012 21:57

we have a 3rd guy who is way behind.

irfan is also from armed forces.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:02

btw where is TSP in these olympics. usually they put up a sturdy pindi chana and gosht fed boxer or two who would get into the later rounds and sometimes get a medal even.
seems noticeably absent from any event worthy of note this time (prolly a good thing because we know the one activity TSP is known for)

HMG must have leaned hard on them to be in good books for olympics.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:02

er @ 10km Cheen has grabbed the lead 1-2 !!
they are tough these boys!

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 04 Aug 2012 22:03

kshatriya wrote:Leander/Sania lose their match.

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After all that naatak, they all crash out. I think it's time to get in the next gen.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 04 Aug 2012 22:07

interestingly, the chini who was at #2 at 8km has dropped behind. must be tactics to burn out the other athletes by starting H&D duels. irfan still within 2 sec of leader. if he has something in the tank come 18km + he is in with a chance. the other 2 desis have fallen way behind.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:08

12 km mark irfan #12, 0.05 s behind #1

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:10

amazing @12k there is the leader 4 secs ahead, then 9 people within same second, and then Irfan a second behind...the depth of competition is murderous in any event here.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:11

our perf in tennis has been the only major letdown here. lots of media hype and zero progress.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:14

chen ding in the lead now by 20mts

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 22:15

The weather may be making it more competitive. I recall seeing racewalking in Beijing and it was a bit more strung out because the heat and humidity was killing the racewalkers. Some became so disoriented that they were carded for having their feet off ground and DQed, including the Australian girl who was leading and was just about to enter the stadium. That caused the Chini behind her to win.

Singha: I would not call our tennis performance a let down. I would blame the particular party - Bhupathi/Bopanna here. They led to two non-optimal MD teams and a non-optimal XD team, since Sania normally partners Hesh these days, including when they won French open. Paes and Sania both prefer on the forehand court; they had to compromise and put Sania there this time.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 04 Aug 2012 22:17

KJoishy wrote:
kshatriya wrote:Leander/Sania lose their match.

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After all that naatak, they all crash out. I think it's time to get in the next gen.

Don't know who came up with the brilliant idea of sending Rushmi Chakravarthy who is 34 yrs old and can hardly run with Sania in Mixed Doubles...

This will be the last olympics for Paes, Bhupathi, Bopanna.... Hope Vishnu can find another player and develop into a strong doubles team. Not sure why doesn't pair with Som for doubles

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:19

14K #11, 0.06 behind. over taken leader at 12K!!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:21

I dunno how they do it, but 1:05 is a top half marathon time. the 20km WR is 1:17.....thats flying more than walking

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:24

our guy has dropped 17 sec off the lead pack now. no chance of a medal but other than a aussie and cheen no other AG competition ahead.

a colombian and a russian got DQed

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 22:26

Irfan in #10 position after 18km

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:29

yeah thats fast. but you must have also seen women carrying firewood on the hills. they have a similar walk.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:30

#10 but 17 secs behind

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:30

bravo our boy is sticking to the task...tough as it is.

2 of the 1st four are on their last and final warning.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:31

our NR in 20km walk is 1:20.35 Gurmeet Singh 3 May 2011

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:31

oh! there were two russians in top 10. valery guy is still there according the website? other guy got DQ-ed?

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:32

#9 now 54 secs behind.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 22:34

Borchin is the Beijing gold medalist.

Something about racewalking puts me off. This is the perfect SDRE sport, but we've no record in it at all. I hope we'll one day see a wiry beedi-smoking fast-walking SDRE who wins at this level and promptly puts on and does a lungi dance at the finish line for the world to see.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:35

borozin has collapsed on the roadside looking half dead!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:37

chand ram did win 20k in the 82 asiad!

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 04 Aug 2012 22:40

Irfan finishes 10th, and breaks the national record. Good show!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:40

Irfan has broken our national record by around 20-30 secs. and improved his PB by around 2 mins

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 22:40

And Irfan finishes #10 with a new national record.

Interesting stuff about Borchin from wiki

He met Viktor Chegin, a prominent Olympic-level coach in the region, in 2004 and began practising with his training group. The year after he was the runner-up in the junior 10 km walk in the national championships.[2] However, he received a year-long ban from competition soon after, lasting from June 2005 to 2006, after he failed an in-competition drugs test for the banned stimulant ephedrine.

A week prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, his coach Viktor Chegin admitted that Borchin and fellow Russian walker Vladimir Kanaykin had failed an out-of-competition test in April that year, testing positive for the blood-booster EPO.[6] However, he dismissed the claims, saying he had not given a positive test and he not trained with or spoken to any of the other Russian walkers. Borchin was allowed to compete and won the gold medal in the 20 km race at the Olympics.[7][8] It was not explained why Borchin was allowed to compete – in spite the admittance of a positive test by the Russian Athletics Federation, he did not received a doping ban and was allowed to keep his medal and continue racing.[9]

Unforunately the odds are very good that the Chinis and goras are doped to the gills out of competition. We cannot compete with that just by having one inspired fella breaking the national record on the big stage.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 04 Aug 2012 22:41

Well done Irfan! I hope this guy is the pioneer for the next generation of athletes.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:42

yeah. one would think we would do well in it. but then again, walking with an extensial purpose is different from walking for sport. like cycling, average indian puts in more miles cycling than average westerner, bar may be a dutchman.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 22:42

great job irfan. well done.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 04 Aug 2012 22:42

i hope borozin is alive...he collapsed like a sniper had shot him in the head

he is supine on a rolling stretcher now, with oxygen being given and being pulled into a medical ambulance...

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 04 Aug 2012 22:44

well done ! walking is a discipline we should comfortably corner.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 04 Aug 2012 22:55

Race walking has weird rules like you must have one qfoot in ground all yhe time including heels

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 22:59

SBajwa wrote:Race walking has weird rules like you must have one qfoot in ground all yhe time including heels

It is not a weird rule. It is what distinguishes walking from running.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 23:00

^^^ lol

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 04 Aug 2012 23:08

Irfan set his previous personal best of 1:22:09 while finishing 19th in the IAAF Racewalking World Cup in May 2012. He improved his personal record by 2 min and broke the national record just now - quite an extraordinary performance. He'd be a strong medal contender at AG level in 2014, but also needs at least one colleague to pace him during the race.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 04 Aug 2012 23:13

How would they know that heel was down all the time?

saip · Post by **saip** » 04 Aug 2012 23:23

Walking I always considered a weird sport. It is almost impossible to differentiate walking and jogging. Who will watch someone for 20 km if one of his heels is always grounded?

saip · Post by **saip** » 04 Aug 2012 23:31

SBajwa wrote:How would they know that heel was down all the time?

How about equipping them with electronic shoes?

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 04 Aug 2012 23:41

amount of knee bend. its a pretty hard on the body