The 2012 Olympics Thread

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 06 Aug 2012 14:53

Narang almost has qualified...

14:29 OLYMPICS LIVE: Narang stays in contention for final berth:
Narang shoots 99 in the fourth series to finish fifth. Remember only the top six qualify for the final.

Narang's total after the prone series is 398. Rajput, with a total of 395, is in 20th position.

#London-Olympics

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 06 Aug 2012 14:54

14:57 PM OLYMPICS LIVE: Vikas Gowda qualifies for the discus final:

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 06 Aug 2012 14:54

gowda leads group a and has qualified
but group b misfortunately has a lot of big throws
finals are what matters now

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 06 Aug 2012 14:55

gowda has qualified.

about 3 position shooting, kneeling is still to start. not sure he can qualify before that. I am not certain of format. rajput shooting his 2nd round of standing position now.
http://www.london2012.com/shooting/even ... -103415362

sandhu shot a 25 but will find it hard to come back from his 22 y'day.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 06 Aug 2012 14:58

Now to wait for Group B, Gowda is still leading Group A.

Narang ranked No. 1 as of now.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 14:58

I think qualifications are still on, the prone part is done (narang did well there), the standing standing is on and the sitting is still there. early days yet
http://www.london2012.com/shooting/even ... 2012080608

a horse of usual suspects like zhu qinan, campriani, emmons, hellenbrand are back....phew...this one is even more of a fight than the 10m.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:04

narang in 3rd but still early days. may qualify. rajput is probably out. sandhu has no chance. gowda in finals. however will not medal unless he improves by at least 4 mts.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:06

emmons won the silver behind bindra I think. kind of choked in last round...but was consoled by his rather pretty gold medalist wife, so he was ok...seems to have recovered and back in the hunt now!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:08

I hope gagan's gun has not jammed...no updates in his score for mins now. rest are shooting steadily on.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 06 Aug 2012 15:08

The Standing position doesn't seem to be Narang's strong suite.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:10

but isnt it where he won the 10m bronze? its the prone and sitting that are oddballs.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 06 Aug 2012 15:11

Narang seems to be taking a break. They get 75 minutes to complete their shots in Standing Position.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 06 Aug 2012 15:12

Gagan Narang though is very much in the frame. He is in fact fighting for the top position in the qualifying.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:15

whew he's back to shooting again...

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:15

narang falls to 7th. this is a tough event as you have to shoot in 3 positions.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 06 Aug 2012 15:16

he needs to move up ...only top 6 qualify

Sriman · Post by **Sriman** » 06 Aug 2012 15:16

Krishnan, which website are you posting the info from?

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 06 Aug 2012 15:17

Rediff..

http://sports.rediff.com/commentary/201 ... pdates.htm

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:17

diff people are at diff stages of the firing now, positions mean nothing until the end of the 3 positions

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:20

just shot a very poor 90 to drop well back in rankings

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:21

is narang having some problem? he seems to have stopped again.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:21

to get 90 couple of shots must have been very wide off the mark

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:23

rajput out. missed 23.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 06 Aug 2012 15:23

Narang shot a 90 in the second round. Surely there's no coming back from this now.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:25

campriani and sidi are ahead of the field.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Aug 2012 15:27

niccolo campriani looks strong to win G here.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:27

narang 5 miss behind campriani, 2 miss behind sidi, 1 miss behind others.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 06 Aug 2012 15:28

And goes on to shoot a 96 again. Fuggetaboutit now!

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:29

narang missed 4, probably out.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 15:31

more misses, out. maybe time pressure

Sriman · Post by **Sriman** » 06 Aug 2012 15:53

97,90,96,94 in Standing after 100,99,100,99 in Prone

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 06 Aug 2012 16:20

Meanwhile Vikas Gowda has made it into the finals of discus throw.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 17:08

there are 4 above gowda. expect them to step up on the gas in the finals.

apoorv · Post by **apoorv** » 06 Aug 2012 18:29

Mery Kom in action.

Takes Rnd 1 by a score of 2-1.

Takes Rnd 2 by a score of 3-2. (Leading 5-3 now).

Thrashes her opponent 6-1 in Rnd 3. (Leading 11-4 now).

Takes Rnd 4 by a score of 4-2 .

She wins 15-6 !!! Great!! Another medal assured for India.

nelson · Post by **nelson** » 06 Aug 2012 18:35

Mary Kom has it in her bag, it seems.

sum · Post by **sum** » 06 Aug 2012 18:36

Yipeee....Another medal then. So, we inch past Beijing tally.

Sad but dont give much chance against the Brit given the judging standards this time around, esp against home opponents. Hope, it isnt as bad in the Women competition

Knowingly didn't watch it( and depending on BR for scores) to have a anti-jinx. Planning to do the same for Devendro's bout

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 06 Aug 2012 18:38

Kom wins! Jai ho.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 06 Aug 2012 18:40

the brit is very good. plus more crowd and dodgy refereeing. then the chinese champ. the american against the chinese also looked very good. so i guess it is a bronze unless she can produce something extraordinary. she didn't push it too much in the qf as the tunisian looked weak.

apoorv · Post by **apoorv** » 06 Aug 2012 18:42

Kazakhstan has 6 golds and none in silver and bronze. Very wierd medal tally.

Russia and Australia on the other hand seem unable to win a gold. Russia usually bounces in the end withe events like rythemic gymnastics etc. But Australia seems to be a gone case. Couple of golds in atheletics and thats it I believe. Spain also seems to be going back to its Montreal Olympics level of 2 silvers.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 06 Aug 2012 18:53

mery kom zindabad
but i dont think its going to be an easy ride from here