The 2012 Olympics Thread

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 02 Aug 2012 22:13

Here's the live score of Paes/Mirza vs Zimonjic/Ivanovic
live score
Currently up 3-1 in second set with a break.

Kashyap did extremely well. Don't beat him up - he accomplished far more than expected of him and will quite likely make the top 10 soon if Gopichand and others can help him manage his asthma. Realistically anyway we need Lee CW in the semis to stop the Chinese winning a gold in men's singles.

member_23629 · Post by **member_23629** » 02 Aug 2012 22:15

The first set between Kashyap and Lee kept me on tenterhooks, and many times it seemed as if kashyap will pull through. He gave the Malaysian a hard time in the first set, but ran out of steam in second.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 02 Aug 2012 22:25

Kashyap fought hard and will get a Gold in 2014 Incheon Asian games.

Meanwhile!!

Paes/Mirza won the first set and leading second set 4-3

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 02 Aug 2012 22:36

Paes/Mirza win and are thru to Quarters

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 02 Aug 2012 22:36

Paes/Mirza are in quarter finals! they won 6-2, 6-4

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 02 Aug 2012 22:40

Does anyone know if Vijay Kumar qualified for 25m Pistol Finals ? The results are really confusing.

Deans · Post by **Deans** » 02 Aug 2012 22:42

Rahul M wrote:>> instead she was asked to train under some idiot she has never worked with before.

who is apparently the boxing women's team coach, when the entire team consists of solely mary kom.

Despite the help of Mittal trust and all the facilities the boxers now enjoy, there will always be some babu who will do what he
can to harm our medal chances. Mary Kom's coach a case in point.
We have sent more officials than was necessary on this (for them) taxpayers junket, including an accountant, media manager
etc. Surely the Indian embassy could have deputed staff for this.

I also agree that 81 athletes was more than what was necessary. I'm all for giving young athletes exposure and sending them
if they qualify but are not serious medal prospects. However, I see no justification in:
1. Participating in tennis women's doubles. Sania's partner is 34, she wont improve with more exposure.
2. Garima Chaudhary - Judo.
3. At least 4 in track and field are neither Commonwealth/Asian class. 10 athletes (rather than 14) are enough.
4. Ankita Das - TT
5. The swimmer.

nelson · Post by **nelson** » 02 Aug 2012 22:45

>>The stage 2 of qualifiers are slated for tomorrow. As of now Vijay is in fifth position. Top six qualify for finals after stage 2.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 02 Aug 2012 23:07

Paes/Mirza potential path:
QF: vs Mirnyi/Azarenka (Belarus)
SF: vs Raymond/Bryan (US) or Gulko/Del Potro (Argentina)

They're on the harder side of the draw; the other side looks quite sparse. On the other hand, they beat an (on paper) strong team in Zimonjic/Ivanovic with relative ease.

Individual rankings do not seem to count for much in mixed doubles because both the 3rd and 2nd seeds on the other half of the draw are out in 1st round, meaning the finalist from Paes/Mirza's half of the draw faces a relatively unfancied team in the final.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 02 Aug 2012 23:10

Mirnyi/Azarenka will be a lot tougher than Zimonjic/Ivanovic If they get past them, There is a possibiltiy of atleast a bronze

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 02 Aug 2012 23:32

If given resources We can easily match chinese on the Individual sports! our problem is that we are too focused on the team sports.

James B · Post by **James B** » 02 Aug 2012 23:47

More world class shuttlers are emerging from Gopichand's academy. They are being groomed for next 10 years. You can check the Indian players from these rankings

http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=14955

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 02 Aug 2012 23:56

Sindhu who won the world junior championship recently is definitely the one to watch. She is #26 in the world and narrowly missed the Olympics...She is only 17. Pretty Tall has very good court coverage and smash.

James B · Post by **James B** » 02 Aug 2012 23:58

kshatriya wrote:Sindhu who won the world junior championship recently is definitely the one to watch. She is #26 in the world and narrowly missed the Olympics...She is only 17. Pretty Tall has very good court coverage and smash.

There is another guy JayRam who has similar ranking like that of Kashyap. He will also be a strong contender in the coming years.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 03 Aug 2012 00:04

The boxing events are a worry, because of the sloppy refereeing standard and number of controversies making it so unpredictable. I hope we're not at the receiving end of another set of poor scoring and more hard luck stories.

About badminton women's singles from yahoo news:
Badminton QF roundup

Meanwhile, world champ Wang Yihan led compatriots Wang Xin and Li Xuerui into the women's semifinals, with only India's Saina Nehwal standing in the way of a Chinese sweep.

"I also feel like a Chinese," Nehwal joked. "It's a nice thing to be with them. The Chinese are very strong but I'm not worried about it."

On the women's side, Thai 17-year-old Ratchanok Intanon, the unprecedented winner of the last three junior world titles, threatened to upset the natural order when she was making Wang Xin, the No. 1 as recently as last year, look ordinary.

Ratchanok was three points from victory but couldn't close the deal, then was hampered by a right foot injury halfway through the third game and Wang Xin pounced to win 17-21, 21-18, 21-14.

Ratchanok said, "It's my own fault."

Wang Xin admitted, "I was anxious."

Wang Yihan was in a rematch of last year's worlds final with Cheng Shao-chieh of Taiwan, and Wang conceded the same number of points in the same amount of time as she won 21-14, 21-11.

Li Xuerui, who came out of nowhere this year to earn a last-minute Olympic berth, beat Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong 21-12, 22-20, winning the last game from 20-16 down.

Wang Xin has taken all five previous matches against Li Xuerui, but their semifinal will be their first matchup this year, and Li has won 34 of her last 35 matches. (that solitary loss was to Saina)

"None of us can say we are definitely confident on getting gold," Li said.

Nehwal, in excellent form having won 14 straight matches, was too hot for Danish veteran Tine Baun, who was put away 21-15, 22-20 in her third and last Olympics. Nehwal's victory banished the memory of blowing a big lead in the Beijing quarterfinals.

"That was torture for me," she said. "This time I'm very happy."

I would put Saina as the definite underdog in her semifinal due to past record, but she has the current form to win. If she does, I would put her as closer to 50-50 chance in the final because her opponent will be under huge pressure, and the Chinese will certainly manipulate the 2nd semifinal to pick a winner with a better chance of beating Saina in that case - probably Li, since Wang Xin is known for being temperamental and has no big wins recently, even though Wang has a positive head to head record against Li.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 03 Aug 2012 00:16

Here are Indian badminton players in Top 100

Women's Singles

5 - Saina Nehwal
26 - P.V. Sindhu
71 - Arundhati Pantawane
93 - Aditi Mutatkar

Women's doubles
20 - Jwalla Gutta, Ashvini Ponnappa
37 - Pradnya Gadre, Prajakta Sawant
58 - Aparna Balan, N. Siki Reddy

Men's Singles

21 - Parupalli Kashyap
26 - Ajay Jayaram
49 - R.M V Gurusaidutt
55 - Anand Pawar
63 - Arvind Bhatt
70 - B. Sai Praneeth
71 - Chetan Anant
84 - H.S Prannoy
97 - Sameer Verma

Men's Doubles

27 - K.T Rupesh Kumar, Sanave Thomas
48 - Pranaav Chopra, Akshay Dewalkar
50 - Kona Tarun, Arun Vishnu

Mixed Doubles

13 - V. Diju, Jwala Gutta
66 - Akshay Dewalkar, Pradnya Gadre
70 - Pranav Chopra, Prajakta Sawant
77 - Arun Vishnu, Aparna Balan
84 - Ashwini Ponnappa, Kona Tarun

saip · Post by **saip** » 03 Aug 2012 00:41

What is this game Handball? It does not look difficult or athletic or even a contact sport.

Uttam · Post by **Uttam** » 03 Aug 2012 01:12

saip wrote:What is this game Handball? It does not look difficult or athletic or even a contact sport.

I find this discussion rather odd. We can't just hand pick a sports thinking it is less competitive and hope for a medal. What should we do once the athletes from successful nations are playing those sports. Then do we move on to the next less competitive one?

Sports has to become part of the popular culture, parents have to investment time and money the same way they do in kids education, government has to subsidize Sports through adequate supply of sports facility, industry has to patronize it, then we will achieve what we are hoping for. The good news is that it is happening though slowly but surely.

saip · Post by **saip** » 03 Aug 2012 01:26

No discussion. Just a question. Under which category of Olympic Motto 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' does it fall under? Even though I heard of it I never seen it played. But I expected it to be more vigorous like Basketball where there is practically non stop action. But in Handball there is hardly any activity except when the player with the ball runs towards the opponent's goal. Anyway, IMHO it does not deserve to be an Olympic sport.
What happened to Wushu (?) this year? Was it not the sport where the Chinese paid other countries to send their teams so that they (Chinese) can win a medal?

DavidD · Post by **DavidD** » 03 Aug 2012 01:41

Wushu wasn't officially a part of the Olympics, they just held the 2008 Wushu tournament at the Beijing Olympics as a demonstration for consideration of being included into the Olympics in the future.

BTW, what team sport is India good in as far as Olympics is concerned? The tone on this board seems to indicate that India is pretty good at team sports?

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 03 Aug 2012 01:53

DavidD: what's the story in the Chinese press about the badminton disqualifications ? The English reports don't really reveal what the official machinery and state new agencies are saying.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 03 Aug 2012 02:01

Boxing body expels referee from London Olympics
LONDON (AP) -- An boxing referee from Turkmenistan was expelled from the London Olympics on Thursday for his handling of a bout in which the result was overturned on appeal.

Boxing's governing federation, known as AIBA, released a statement saying referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov "is on his way back home."

The federation also suspended German referee Frank Scharmach five days for his decision to disqualify an Iranian heavyweight, and expelled technical official Aghajan Abiyev of Azerbaijan.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:18

Vijendar match begins

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:20

kshatriya wrote:Vijendar match begins

Is video available anywhere online?

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 03 Aug 2012 02:21

4-3 in favor of vijender after 1st round

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:22

Strange Vijender is leading. Gausha definitely looked to have scored more

In 2nd round, There are some illegal punches by Gausha

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:23

KJoishy wrote:
kshatriya wrote:Vijendar match begins
Is video available anywhere online?

nbc

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:23

Viji up 4-3

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:24

kshatriya wrote:
KJoishy wrote:
Is video available anywhere online?
nbc

Thanks man I got it!
sending 786 virgins to your harem.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:25

9-8 very close

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:25

Viji up 4-3 and 5-5

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 03 Aug 2012 02:25

9-8 in favor of vijender after 2nd round.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:27

th e other guy seems very good...

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:28

Damn...Is going to be too close

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Aug 2012 02:29

Did he win ? looks too close...

YAAAAAAA BABY !!

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:29

VIJI WINS!!!

Final Result - PTS
15
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16

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 03 Aug 2012 02:29

Vijender wins 16-15 on points

He's slated to meet his longtime rival Uzbek boxer Abbos Atoev in the QF. Vijender defeated Atoev in the final to win the 2010 Asian Games middleweight gold medal.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 03 Aug 2012 02:30

Vijender wins!! by 16-15!!!

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 03 Aug 2012 02:31

The Sardar in the yellow turban, is he a coach or a relative?

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 03 Aug 2012 02:32

Vijendar wins!
And KJoishy Saar, the Sikh Gentleman with Vijendar is Gurbax Singh!