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How many medals will India win in London-2012

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    Votes: 13 7.9%

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mate, you have done precise estimate of medals that Indian contingent can win this olympics, I was also counting on 10 medals ( don't know which colors) but if there can be a surprise medals from tennis & hockey Indian medal list will rock :tup:

also see the link below to get the better assessment of rankings based on medal projections:

2012 medal projections

Aswini Akkunji in 400m hurdles , was a good prospect; so was the 4*400 m women relay team which won gold in CWG and in the Asian Games. Unfortunately they have to sit at home after consuming contaminated suppliments.

India has best chance to win archery medal at Olympics: AAI

With India set to compete in all four archery events of next month's London Olympics after the men's team made the cut, the country has the best chance to win a medal and script history, Archery Association Secretary General Paresh Nath Mukherjee said on Friday.

The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee finished second to secure a team berth from the final qualification tournament for the Games held alongside the World Cup Stage III in Ogden, USA.

With this, the trio will compete in the individual events as well as the team championship while the women's team of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro has already qualified from last year's World Championships.

"We are 100 per cent assured of a medal this time. Not just one, I'm expecting a few medals this time," an elated Mukherjee told PTI.

"Archery has the best medal prospects. There are 12 teams here. Unlike athletics, we don't have to play any heats and straightway approach the main round.

"Our archers (the men's team) are peaking at the right time, while the women's team had been doing well. We have our best chance this time," he said.

Pointing out the rankings, he said: "Our women's team is ranked second in the world, while the men's team is fifth. Deepika Kumari is world number one."

India has best chance to win archery medal at Olympics: AAI - Sport - DNA
 
Has Indian tennis association thrown away a medal (probably gold) for India by coming to a compromise formula where Paes will partner a lower ranked player in doubles & will partner Sania in mixed doubles even though Sania & Bhupati have recently won the French open mixed doubles, Wimbledon are to start & if again Sania-Bhupati shine there it will be very tough for the AITA people to defend there choice for mixed doubles (they maybe seriously praying for Sania-Bhupati to lose).
 
nice video:



Change of attitude of Indians towards Olympics:

before 1990s - forget it, we are just competing there, hockey se mila toh dikhe.
after 1990-2008 - just save the country from embarrassment & bring just 1 medal of any color.
post 2008 - medal can be of any color but we need at least 10.
post 2016 - f@ck the color we only need gold :tup:
 
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Mary Kom----boxing from Manipur
It was BBC which did a nice documentary on her....
Indian Media is a useless junk good for nothing...Never expect any good documentary from them...
If u guys hav time just watch this documentary on one of our sports women which makes india proud..
 
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Largest Olympic contingent can bring more medals

SAI Director General, Desh Deepak Verma, on Sunday exuded confidence that Indian athletes will win more medals in this edition of the Olympics as the country is fielding the largest contingent at the London Games.

"The number of Indian athletes who have qualified for the London Olympics has reached the figure of 81 in 13 disciplines. This is the largest Indian contingent ever in the history of the Games and a record of sorts," Verma told PTI.

"In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there were only 57 athletes who qualified for the Games. Compared to that, it's a very good performance by our athletes. We are confident that with the largest Indian contingent going to the London Games, our athletes will bring more medal glory to the country," he added.

The DG also highlighted the Sports Authority of India's contribution in helping the athletes to qualify for the Olympics. "SAI, apart from giving maximum number of foreign exposures, also imparted specialised training to the Indian athletes and a total of 31 foreign coaches were employed by SAI," he said.

"About 40 athletes have been provided with the customised training and specialised coaching. For some of the individual players, a separate coaching camp was also organised and all the expenses were borne by the sports body.

"SAI also provided foreign training to some of the athletes, namely Vikas Gowda, Krishna Poonia, Tintu Luka, Mayookha Johny [athletics]; Shagun Chaudhary [shooting]; Mary Kom [boxing]; and Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi [tennis].

"In order to avoid delay in the procurement of the training equipments, all the NSFs were directed by SAI to procure them directly and later on submit the bills to us. This power delegation saved a lot of time as earlier it was SAI, which used to purchase them and hand it over to the concerned NSF," he added.

Largest Olympic contingent can bring more medals - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive

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India @ London Olympics 2012: 7-8 medals appear a reasonable estimate

Indian sport has never had it as good. So much so that 7-8 medals in London 2012 appear a reasonable estimate with just a month left for the start of the world's greatest sports spectacle.

Importantly, the medal prospects are spread across disciplines and have all proved their mettle at the international stage for some time now.

With sophisticated training and adequate international exposure coming their way, chances are they will not be overawed at the Olympic stage and will be the harbingers of what can be labeled as a 'national sports culture' in India in the months to come.

WELL BEGUN AT BEIJING

For Indian Olympic sport, Beijing and the years that followed have proved to be a watershed. Abhinav Bindra was not an aberration. His performance was followed by near-podium finishes in badminton, tennis and archery, and the gains have been consolidated since.

If the media catharsis that followed was any indication, for the first time, Olympic sports, apart from hockey, was at the centre stage of what could be termed as the national consciousness.

Three major themes emerged in the aftermath of Beijing: renewed media focus on Olympism as a nationalist playing field, the promise of an Indian Olympic culture and the fear that without systemic change in Indian sporting structures, Beijing would be yet another false dawn.

The success of the three Beijing winners was as much a testament to their own skills as it was a metaphor for the larger story of India.

They had arguably shattered the grand narrative of failure that has characterised Indian Olympic sport for 88-long years.

The three medals won in Beijing had a catalytic effect to help correct years of frustration at India's poor sporting performances.

With state governments and leading corporates setting up academies to promote boxing, wrestling, archery etc.,

India looked poised to make a statement to the world at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the subsequent Asian Games at Guangzhou.

CWG'S SILVER LINING

And despite the multiple tales of corruption that had taken over the grand narrative of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, there is no denying the athletes their moment of glory.

For the first time in history, India finished second in the medal count with 101 medals, 38 of which were gold. England had been displaced from the second position in the medals' tally and Indian sport was at an all-time high.

Guangzhou was the perfect sequel: 14 gold medals and sixth in the medal standings, the Olympic dream was gradually starting to appear real.

The fact that the entire boxing team had emerged from the small north-Indian town of Bhiwani with few facilities, provided too irresistible a story of human triumph against all odds.

In a nation starved of sporting glory, the intense media focus on the Guangzhou battlers turned them into new nationalist heroes.

IT'S THE SYSTEM, STUPID!

In an atmosphere of relative optimism, a note of caution is necessary. India's sporting system needs an immediate overhaul and the years since Beijing have created a possibility for such a change to come about.

However, unless the government, sports administrators, the IOA, and, finally a lot many more corporates come forward to embrace Olympic sport, Guangzhou 2010 will remain an aberration.

Tough questions need to be asked. What happened, for instance, to the Indian Army's celebrated Mission Olympics and why couldn't it be integrated with the larger national effort?

While India celebrates Bhiwani for what it has done to place boxing on the national map, it is time to replicate such achievements across the country.

With boxing being a televisionfriendly sport and with 24-hour television channels multiplying almost daily, the media would surely embrace boxing if properly marketed and managed.

Mary Kom and Vijender Singh, for example, are already two of India's most loved and talked about athletes. With such a systemic overhaul, India can expect more qualifications in boxing in the 2016 Rio Games and Vijender's 2008 bronze will then have the significance of being more than an Olympic medal in the overall sporting context.

With incredible stories of human triumph powering on the Indian Olympic dream, Deepika Kumari, an auto driver's daughter, is a real medal hopeful as is Krishna Poonia and Mary Kom, a mother of two.

To finish off with an interesting story from my book, Olympics: The India Story, a senior journalist had asked Abhinav on his return to India after his Beijing gold: "Is this Abhinav's gold or India's gold?" Abhinav, epitome of political correctness, was quick to suggest that it was India's without question.

If India wins 7 or more medals at London, thanks to Abhinav and his colleagues, it will certainly be India's gold for all time.

However, if London 2012 doesn't go to plan, Abhinav's gold will forever remain his, a moment of individual brilliance lost amidst countless failures since Independence.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ble-estimate/articleshow/14396291.cms?curpg=1
 
BCCI din't even sent our team to China for the Asia cup do you think they will send it for Olympics???
Accept it mate, Cricket now is all about IPL only.
Its about Twenty20 :D not ipl . Olympics is a big deal , Our govt is not dumb for keeping our team here itself if at all cricket is part of Olympics . Indian Democracy will kick BCCI if they dont send team for Olympics .
 
There must be a Gender Checking for Indian female Athletes just for not facing PINKY tragedy again :D
I know! That was a bl00dy shame! But hey, you know what? Till this day they haven't been able to check out whether she/he's a male or female!! Jeeez! If there's a winkie there, then it's a male! I thought that was simple enough? What the heck more are they looking for? :whistle: :haha:
 
Its about Twenty20 :D not ipl . Olympics is a big deal , Our govt is not dumb for keeping our team here itself if at all cricket is part of Olympics . Indian Democracy will kick BCCI if they dont send team for Olympics .

when & will cricket will be included to olympics i don't know, but the issue is we lost a certain gold in Asiad just b'coz Indian players din't wanted to go there.
 
when & will cricket will be included to olympics i don't know, but the issue is we lost a certain gold in Asiad just b'coz Indian players din't wanted to go there.
Iam not very much aware of that , i can say we took Asian games not seriously just like once we did in Asia cup . Olympics is a different ball game though , its almost or more than world cup for cricket fans .
 
@ Orionhunter

No it is much complex than you think. They are going for chromosome test. And there is nothing to shame if a lady starts having more male hormone. It's a natural phenomenon. And Pinkey was dropped when the sports authority suspected that.
 
Somdev gets singles wild card; Sania Mirza-Rushmi also get nod

Somdev Devvarman will realise his dream of representing the country at the Olympics as the International Tennis Federation has allotted an invitation place to the Indian for the 2012 London Games. Somdev has recovered from his shoulder injury in time to land the wild card.

The ITF has also awarded wild card to Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthy to compete in women’s doubles thus paving way for the Hyderabadi to also play in the mixed doubles with Leander Paes, as per the All India Tennis Association’s directive.

An excited Somdev said it’s a dream-come-true moment for him. “I have recovered from a shoulder injury and been training hard. It’s been my dream to represent India at the Olympics and I am ready to my best foot forward,” Somdev told this newspaper.

In the strongest ever Olympics entries, which was revealed on Tuesday, three of the four gold medallists from 2008 Beijing Olympics (Rafael Nadal (Singles), Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka (men’s doubles), and two-time champions Venus and Serena Williams (women’s doubles) will return to defend their titles.

According to the list, as many as 45 countries will compete at the All England Club. Nineteen (19) of the current world’s top-20 will contest both the men’s and women’s events, with the exceptions being American Mardy Fish and French woman Marion Bartoli (FRA). Defending singles champion Elena Dementieva from Russia has already retired.

In the men’s singles, there are 56 direct acceptances and eight ITF Places; while in the women’s singles, there are 56 direct acceptances, six ITF Places and two Tripartite Commission Invitation Places. Thirty-two (32) teams will contest both the men’s and women’s doubles, with 24 direct acceptances and eight ITF Places in both events.

Indians (Leander Paes/Vishnu Vardhan, Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna) have their task cut out as the line-up in the men’s doubles has all the top singles stars. Bryan Brothers are likely to be the top seeds. Novak Djokovic is pairing up with Victor Troicki, while Spaniard Rafael Nadal is joining hands with Marcel Granollers.

Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles will be determined on site from those players already participating in singles or doubles. Teams have to be nominated by their National Olympic Committee by July 31. There will be 12 direct acceptances based on the combined world rankings of each team on June 11, and four ITF Places.

:yahoo:
 
Female Discus Thrower Krishna Poonia or Seema Antil get little media coverage but astonishing fact about them is that their personal bests (Poonia did it 64.76 m in this year) are better than the throw of the American girl which won gold in last Olympic. Just hope they at least make their personal bests in London.
 
the thread title is sounding sarcastic......change "dream" to "aspirations"..

what do you have to do with the title of the thread, our goal is simple - to make this Olympics, the best Olympics ever for India, we should support Indian team towards that cause, if you can contribute positively towards that goal than you are most welcome.
 

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