The 2012 Olympics Thread

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

heena, annuraj out in shooting. Is shooting going to disappoint like the asian games?

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 15:11

Heena 12th Annuraj 23rd in Women's 10m Air Pistol only top 8 qualify for Finals.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 15:17

Swarn Singh Virk in Quarterfinals of Rowing Single sculls.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 29 Jul 2012 15:56

What a creep

Identified! Woman who gatecrashed India team march is Bangalore student

The mystery lady who gatecrashed the Indian teams Olympics opening ceremony march in has been identified by the Deccan Chronicle newspaper as Madhura Honey, a post-graduate from Bengaluru.

“DC sources say that her friend from the college was also baffled seeing her with the Indian contingent. She has been living in London and before she went with the Indian team, she had displayed her Olympic passes on her Facebook account. But once this became an issue, she had deactivated her Facebook account”, the report said.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 17:09

Saumyijot Ghosh is out !!

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 17:10

Arrest this creep Madhura Honey her with a felony charges and revoke her passport.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 17:23

Vijender has to be careful and defensive against Gausha as this guy is into last minute barrage (in each set) to knock down the opponent.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/us-boxer-d ... --oly.html

LONDON (AP) -- While Joseph Diaz Jr. dominated from the first punch of the Olympic boxing tournament, teammate Terrell Gausha waited until the final seconds for an incredible stoppage victory.

Although the Americans went about it in dramatically different ways, they got the games off to a rousing start for a former amateur boxing power looking to get back on top.

Diaz looked sharp in a 19-9 victory over Ukraine bantamweight Pavlo Ishchenko in the tournament's opening bout Saturday, while Gausha knocked down Armenian middleweight Andranik Hakobyan twice in the final 7 seconds of his middleweight bout, winning by stoppage with no time on the clock.

"However you have to get it done, we're going to do it," Gausha said. "I knew I had to leave it all in the ring."

Gausha's dramatic finish was the most exciting bout of the opening day at ExCeL.

After three fairly even rounds, Gausha abruptly put Hakobyan on his back on the canvas twice in the final seconds. The Cleveland product first followed his jab with a big overhand right for a knockdown that clearly discombobulated Hakobyan, who didn't appear prepared when the referee resumed the bout.

Although the clock was all zeros, the bell hadn't rung - and Gausha knocked down Hakobyan again. The referee stopped the fight before the count, and Gausha celebrated his win by waving to his mother and sister, whose trip from Cleveland was sponsored by friends and fans.

"My coaches told me to pick it up and just let my punches go," said Gausha, who acknowledged he wasn't aware of the lateness of his finish. "I kind of have a mental clock in my head, and I knew I was cutting it close."

praksam · Post by **praksam** » 29 Jul 2012 18:55

Saina Nehwal Moves to the next round.Defeated Swiss Sabrina Jaquet : 21 - 9,21- 4.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 19:03

Raja Bose wrote:^^Sorry but no sympathy for Bartania. I still remember their uppity snide remarks during CWG. They can stew in their failures for all I care.

In other news, ex-student of mine wins gold - I know I should have retained his final exam papers for future eBay auction

Man you know a lot of interesting people.

But you probably have Marissa memsaab's lock of hair from when you met her...

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 19:08

What happened to Paes? I thought his match was yesterday.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 29 Jul 2012 19:24

Jai Bhagwan wins his bout in the 60kg category. Looked very confident and dominated the whole bout.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jul 2012 19:36

Saina winning her 1st match easily against a swiss opponent.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 19:37

Bindra shooting today.

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 29 Jul 2012 19:41

As promised. Vijender Singh upclose after victory.
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sum · Post by **sum** » 29 Jul 2012 19:44

Supratik wrote:heena, annuraj out in shooting. Is shooting going to disappoint like the asian games?

Dont think even the most hardcore fan was expecting anything from the air pistol event for men or women.

If the same happens in the air rifle and trap events ( our shooters not even making it to top-10), then it is definitely a let-down.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jul 2012 19:53

this is the 1st olympics where I saw a noticeable presence of black people in swimming. the US women 4x100m relay and the canadian sync diving women had one each.

another myth broken that blacks cannot swim - its all about bringing people into the fold early and motivating them socially away from "traditional" stuff like basketball, athletics...

sum · Post by **sum** » 29 Jul 2012 20:05

^^ Is there a new rule that points shouldnt be shown till a round is done in boxing?

They dont show the points nor show if a point occured and is really frustrating to guess who is leading currently!!

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 29 Jul 2012 20:07

^^. In boxing, points are only shown after each round is over, no real time update. However, one can get an idea after each round. I am not sure if that is the case while watching on TV or points are only shown after match is over ?

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 20:16

Not only black people but this is the first time I am noticing China in Swimming and Biking!!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jul 2012 20:23

china in swimming made a sudden splash around 1990 in womens swimming only with a burst of world champions....all drugged up and in general Leopard2A6 shape/size of kornelia ender. then a bunch of them were caught in mid 90s and banned. they faded out for a while, cleaned up their act (or found better doping methods) and staged a comeback in the last decade in womens swimming.
for some reason the same methods did not work for men's swimming, so barring a few events I dont think they are a world power in mens swimming unlike women's where they are competitive across the board.

in mens diving they have long been a world power though.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 29 Jul 2012 21:09

1 People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of China 6 1 2 9
2 United States of AmericaUnited States of America 2 3 2 7
3 ItalyItaly 2 2 2 6
4 Republic of KoreaRepublic of Korea 1 1 2 4
5 BrazilBrazil 1 1 1 3

good initial scores by chips.. I am sure this time chips will have more medals than last olympics.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jul 2012 21:46

Noko seems to be a loose cannon on deck. seems they have world class people in some sports like shooting and martial arts but do not generally compete much outside of the olympics on the world cup ckts. so every 4 yrs they come to olympics with low rankings but do some real damage.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 21:52

ashish, great pics! Thanks!

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 21:53

SBajwa wrote:Not only black people but this is the first time I am noticing China in Swimming and Biking!!

China will soon take over the world man... they seem to be at the top of their game right now in everything.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 29 Jul 2012 22:01

Jai Bhagwan enters round of 16 in boxing

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 29 Jul 2012 22:02

KJoishy wrote: Man you know a lot of interesting people.

The sad thing is that pretty much most if not all of massa's olympic medalists come from the NCAA college scene and medal while they are still students. They are just student athletes backed up by world class coaching and facilities to sharpen their raw talent. Compare that to our college level athletes and I still remember the rowing machine with broken cable and bench press being done on a rickety wooden bench in our college gym where two 45lb barbells didn't even weigh the same!

I think it will take a few generations for this to remedy itself. Before that happens standard of living & disposable income need to increase and the need to worry about daily bread onlee needs to decrease.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Jul 2012 22:08

1:30pm IST tomorrow is when womens individual archery eliminations take place. I believe deepika kumari will be shooting in that event. good luck to her.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 29 Jul 2012 22:42

The sad thing is that pretty much most if not all of massa's olympic medalists come from the NCAA college scene and medal while they are still students.

Even I know at least 4-5 athletes from Pittsburgh who are participating here. Track and field, swimming, wrestling, boxing, volleyball, etc are students studying in colleges on "Sports Quota" and getting to olympics due to NCAA.

I agree that sports infrastructure is the key but in sports like Archery, wrestling and track and field we can sure win some medals if we develop adequate pool at 5-12 years old level now!! for year 2016-2020

All it needs is a good training for 2-3 years in any sports.

Most of our olympic athletes are from middle class but the real power of Indians is hiding in the villages and its jungles among communities in Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil nadu, Kerala, Karnatka, Bengal, etc.

I refuse to believe that among 1.2 billion people we do not even have few qualified swimmers landmass of India is a peninsula and almost 30% of its people live along the coast. Administration and sports Authority needs to build a better pool of young athletes (5-12 years olds) and then watch in few years.

member_20292 · Post by **member_20292** » 29 Jul 2012 22:45

RajeshA wrote: GoI needs to give a lot of push! SDRE philosophical bhashans on this are really not very useful.

being as the govt. a democratic republic, by the people for the people and of the people...we are directly or indirectly responsible for promoting our own sporting talents.

Govt. should stay out of this, and most other things. We will win our Olympic golds, in due time, ourselves. A thousand Mittal trusts will bloom and will help.

The responsibility lies on the shoulders of the individuals themselves, not some obscure entity that is called up both for responsbility and called a bogeyman when things go wrong.

Make no mistake readers, being a democracy, by for of the people, relying on the govt is relying on ourselves. If thats the case then let us directly rely on ourselves and give ourselves the blame and the bouquets.

Forget GOI. Think only of the role of "I" and "Me".

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 29 Jul 2012 23:30

om yun chol from Noko lifts three times his body weight!!!!!

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 29 Jul 2012 23:35

marten I believe you are talkingof Natalia Partyka

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 29 Jul 2012 23:59

For an example of a country that was an Olympic no-hoper until they suddenly focussed on specific disciplines, I present South Korea:
South Korea at the Olympics Games
Note that they didn't even win a gold until 1976. They then plugged at specific disciplines - archery, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting and shooting. Despite being a short track skating powerhouse now, in the winter Olympics they never even medaled until 1992.

member_20292 · Post by **member_20292** » 30 Jul 2012 00:09

apparently the koreans have a great tradition of self sacrificial hard work.....shows. 1950 to now, economically. blind archers.

dayum!

member_20292 · Post by **member_20292** » 30 Jul 2012 00:21

this rebecca soni swimmer from the US is very pretty man!

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 30 Jul 2012 01:00

Singha wrote:imo we need to improve the sports culture and infra at high school level nationwide for the long term - not just for H&D dog and pony shows like the Olympics but overall benefits later in life - as in indics are far more susceptible to diabetes, BP and so on, plus gives the youth something to do than surfing the net and watching TV.

+1. Excellent post. A sound mind in a sound body and all that. A little OT, but it is very important that Indians keep their health in top form as they become wealthier the eating preferences will slowly shift to red meat from the healthy and simple vegetarian fare.

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 30 Jul 2012 01:10

Suraj wrote: Empty seats at venues prompt investigation
It was especially upsetting to fans, who were unable to buy tickets because the vacancies weren't available to for public purchase. The prized seats included some of the best viewing areas, which were set aside for "Olympic family." In this case, family includes: national governing bodies, sponsors, athletes, IOC officials and media.

British class system of lords and commons at work

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 30 Jul 2012 01:23

sum wrote:
Supratik wrote:heena, annuraj out in shooting. Is shooting going to disappoint like the asian games?
Dont think even the most hardcore fan was expecting anything from the air pistol event for men or women.

If the same happens in the air rifle and trap events ( our shooters not even making it to top-10), then it is definitely a let-down.

They didn't perform as well as they could. Their qual scores were:

Sidhu
93+97+97+95 = 382
Singh
94+96+97+91 = 378

The gold winner was 98+98+98+94 = 388 . The finalist had scores of 384 or more, so Sidhu would have been in the final with a better 1st and 4th set. In CWG2010 she scored 96+95+97+95 = 383, better than in the Olympics. In the pistol pairs, her personal score was 384 - which would have made her a finalist yesterday. Sidhu has been inconsistent at world level - she shot 381 and missed the final at 2010 Asian Games too. Her problem isn't skill but in her head.

Unfortunately there is no 10m pistol pairs in Olympics, since these two are Olympic medal standard as a pair; nearly all other teams besides China/SoKo don't have two top 20 finishers. We got a silver in the 2010 Asian Games pistol pairs from them, finishing behind SoKo.

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 30 Jul 2012 02:31

SBajwa wrote:Most of our olympic athletes are from middle class..

Unfortunately not so. If this were true, we'd have our dozens of gold medals. Most of our olympians are in sports either because they are poor and see it as a means of surviving or are rich enough to spend the time and money. Only when Mummy and Papa push our middle class kids to become athletes instead of doctors, MBAs and engineers will this change. And this in turn will only come when being an athlete is a mark of respect in society and a gateway to a better school or better job. When rich kids become wrestlers or boxers and poor kids take up shooting or tennis based solely on their talent and interest is when we emerge from the sports morass.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 30 Jul 2012 02:34

Middle class in India is perhaps the wrong pool to expect miracles in sports from. They are self selected lot with the wrong kind of genes for excelling in sports at the International level. You can expect a chess prodigy or shooter, archer types from this lot but not hard core sports types.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 30 Jul 2012 03:10

US surprisingly lost most events in Men's swimming ..Chinese have started winning in Swimming