London Olympics

[Saharan1628]

ATHLETICS
14 Indian athletes get qualified.This is the correction of post#3.There I mentioned only 9.The other five are:-

Track & Road events
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1) Basanta Bahadur Rana -50 km walk

2) Baljinder Singh - 20 km walk
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3) Irfan Kolothum Thodi - 20 km walk

4) Sudha Singh - 3000 m stteplechase

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Field events
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1) Sahana Kumari - High Jump

[ravinderjeet]

[swaich]

Ravi ji, If I am not mistaken, Sandeep Singh belongs to the Saini community.

[ravinderjeet]

Ravi ji, If I am not mistaken, Sandeep Singh belongs to the Saini community.

मन्ने कोणी बेरा भाई , या लिस्ट फेसबुक थी ,मन्ने आड़े चेप दी |

[Saharan1628]

So guys,the biggest sporting spectacle will officially commence from tomorrow.
All eyes on the Indian tigers and tigresses.
Indian contingent consists of 81 players out of which 18 are from Haryana i.e. a participation percentage of 22.22 %.

Here's a men and women wise statistics of our contingent in various games.
(I already mentioned it in post no.-16,page no.1)

Sport.....................Men.....Women..........Events
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Archery.................. 3.............3...................4
Athletics.................8..............6..................11
Badminton...............2..............3...................4
Boxing....................7..............1...................8
Field hockey...........16..............0..................1
Judo......................0...............1..................1
Rowing.................. 3...............0..................2
Shooting................7...............4...................9
Swimming...............1...............0...................1
Table tennis...........1................1...................2
Tennis...................5................2...................4
Weightlifting...........1................1...................2
Wrestling...............4................1...................5
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13 sports...............58..............23..................54
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[Saharan1628]

*Archery*
27th, 28th, 29th , 30th and 31st July & 1st, 2nd and 3rd August
More details:Post 5,Page 1
Jayanta Talukdar
Rahul Banerjee
Tarundeep Rai
Laishram Bombayla Devi
Deepika Kumari
Chekrovolu Swuro

*Athletics*
3rd-12th August
More details:Post 3,Page 1
Basanta Bahadur Rana
Baljinder Singh
Gurmeet Singh
Irfan Kolothum Thodi
Ram Singh Yadav
Vikas Gowda
Om Prakash Karhana
Renjith Maheshwary
Tintu Luka
Sudha Singh
Seema Antil
Mayookha Johny
Krishna Poonia
Sahana Kumari


*Badminton*
28th-31st July and 1st- 5th August
More details:Post 6,Page 1
Parupalli Kashyap
Saina Nehwal
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Valiyaveetil Diju

*Boxing*
28th-31st July and 1st- 5th August
More details:Post 4,Page 1
Devendro Singh
Shiva Thapa
Jai Bhagwan
Manoj Kumar
Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vijender Singh
Sumit Sangwan
Mary Kom

*Hockey*
29th-31st July and 1st- 11th August
More details:Post 13,Page 1
Bharat Chettri
Sardar Singh
P. R. Sreejesh
Sandeep Singh
V. R. Raghunath
Ignace Tirkey
Manpreet Singh
Birendra Lakra
Gurbaj Singh
Sowmarpet Sunil
Danish Mujtaba
Shivendra Singh
Tushar Khandker
Gurwinder Singh Chandi
Dharamvir Singh
S. K. Uthappa

[Saharan1628]

India's schedule of London Olympics with qualifiers(contd.)

*Judo*
28th July-3rd August
More details:Post 12,Page 1
Garima Chaudhary

*Rowing*
28th July-4th August
More details:Post 9,Page 1
Swarn Singh Virk
Sandeep Kumar
Manjeet Singh

*Shooting*
28th July-6th August
More details:Post 2,Page 1
Abhinav Bindra
Joydeep Karmakar
Vijay Kumar
Gagan Narang
Sanjeev Rajput
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Ronjan Sodhi
Shagun Chowdhary
Rahi Sarnobat
Heena Sidhu
Annuraj Singh

*Swimming*
28th July-4th August,9th August,10th August
More details:Post 8,Page 1
Ullalmath Gagan

*Table Tennis*
28th July-8th August
More details:Post 10,Page 1
Soumyajit Ghosh
Ankita Das

*Tennis*
28th July-5th August
More details:Post 17,Page 1
Somdev Devvarman
Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna
Leander Paes
Vishnu Vardhan
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sania Mirza

[Saharan1628]

*Weightlifting*
28th July-1st August, 3rd-7th August
More details:Post 11,Page 1
Katulu Ravi Kumar
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu

*Wrestling*
5th August-12th August
More details:Post 7,Page 1
Amit Kumar
Yogeshwar Dutt
Sushil Kumar
Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Geeta Phogat

[Saharan1628]

India's disappointing start to the London Olympics

Archery:

Indian archers struggled to find the mark on the opening day of competitions at the London Olympics on Friday with the men's trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee turning in disappointing performances in the team and individual events.

Team:
Men:The Indian team shot a total of 1969 points to finish 12th and last in the ranking round.The top four teams get direct entry into the quarterfinals.India meet Japan in the elimination round on Saturday.
Women: women counterparts were a shade better at ninth spot. India shot a combined score of 1938 (662+651+625) to finish ahead of Italy, Britain and Ukraine, who took up places from 10 to 12.

Individuals:
Rai -31st position
Banerjee - 46th
Talukdar- 53rd

Deepika Kumari-8th
L Bombayla Devi -22nd
Swuro Chekrovolu -50th

[anuragsunda]

Khel gaon me jat ri jamghat to aaj lagegi---jo Vijender mukka marego............Disappoint hone ki jarurat na h bhai Yogesh.....

[DrRajpalSingh]

Khel gaon me jat ri jamghat to aaj lagegi---jo Vijender mukka marego............Disappoint hone ki jarurat na h bhai Yogesh.....

Let us wish and pray for his success!

[DrRajpalSingh]

Hum sabhi to hamare sabhi sports persons ko vijayee dekhana chahte hain; aisa hi dusare deson ke log bhi apanon ke baare mein sochate hain.

Lekin, Khel bhavana se khelon mein bhag lena jyada mahatavpuran hota hai, haar jit ko jyada mahatav nahin diya jata!!!

[rekhasmriti]

amen !!!!!!!!

Let us wish and pray for his success!

[rekhasmriti]

Boss ,

i have just seen opening of olympic in london

kya awesome tha-----
absolutely fanstatic

question ------humne bhi kafi paisa lagaya tha CW par---but wahi music n dance

it has to be very creative-----

was directed by Danny Boyle ( Slumdog Millionaire fame---for those who does not know his name)

[kapdal]

Just watched Vijender's bout. He defeated the Kazaki 14-10 to go into round of 16. Was ahead in all rounds. It was a bit close, but Vijender was the better fighter in all rounds. Now he is going to face American Gausha Terrell on Thursday. This guy is very dangerous. I watched his bout against an Armenian guy. The Armenian was ahead throughout on points, but the American came right in the end with punches that knocked out the Armenian. Vijender needs to play really well to defeat this American, who is very fast both on feet and arm speed.

I am going to watch this fight live in the arena, will be cheering big time for Vijender and India!

[kapdal]

July 29, foll Indians in action:

1. Jai Bhagwan in boxing
2. Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh in shooting
3. Saina plays her first baddy match. VD/Jwala Gutta play their second baddy match in mixed doubles (lost first)
4. Women archers take on Denmark in team knock out (by the way, men archers defeat to Japan today was very close. We were ahead till the very last round, when Japan tied and won the tie breaker).
5. Somdev plays first round singles tennis. Paes/Vardhan and Bhupathi/Bopanna have their first round men's doubles tennis.

Also these, courtersy Saharan bhai
Rowing single sculls
Lightweight Double Sculls
Men's Singles Table Tennis

[Saharan1628]

28th July Results:-
Overall a disappointing day for the Indians

Archery Men's Team
Jayanta Talukdar,Rahul Banerjee,Tarundeep Rai -KNOCKED OUT
(vs)
Japan(5)
(Lost 214 - 214 : Tie Break 27-29)

Badminton Women doubles
Jwala Gutta,Ashwini Ponnappa -LOST 1st GROUP MATCH
(vs)
Cheng W-h /Chien Y-c (TPE)
L (21-16 21-18)

Badminton Women doubles
Valiyaveetil Diju,Jwala Gutta-LOST 1st GROUP MATCH
(vs)
Ahmad /Natsir (INA)
L (16-21 12-21 )

Men Badminton Singles
Parupalli Kashyap -WON 1st Group Match
(vs)
Y Tan (BEL)
W (21 - 14 21 - 12)

BOXING
Shiva Thapa - KNOCKED OUT
vs
Ó Valdez (MEX)
L (9-14)
.....................
Vijender Singh - WON-ADVANCES TO ROUND OF 16
vs
D Suzhanov (KAZ)
W (14-10)

Rowing
Single Sculls
Sawarn Singh-Repechage on 29th July
Heats-Time-6:54.04,Rank-4

Shooting
Vijay Kumar - KNOCKED OUT
10 m air pistol
Rank-31

Table Tennis
Ankita Das - KNOCKED OUT
vs
Ramirez (ESP)
L (9-11 8-11 7-11 11-8 2-11)
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Men's singles
Soumyajit Ghosh -Advances to Round 2,plays Kim Hyok-Bong (PRK) 29 July
vs
Tsuboi (BRA)
W (11-9 14-12 7-11 12-10 5-11 12-10)

Tennis
Women's doubles
Rushmi Chakravarthi/Sania Mirza -KNOCKED OUT
vs
Chuang /Hsieh (TPE)
L (1-6 6-3 1-6)

Weightlifting
Women's -48 kg
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu-KNOCKED OUT
Total-171 kgs,Rank-7

[kapdal]

Women archers knocked out by just 1 point. The are world no. 2, but had 3 bad shots. Disappointing start of the day.

[vicky84]

China ke to aab tak 4 gold ho chuke! India ke dekho,, shayad 1-2 gold aa jaaye poore event mei

[vicky84]

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Came across the contribution of Indian Origin artist Anish Kapoor(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor) into the London Olympics. Anish designed an orbit which is closer to the Olympic park gives its visitors a stunning view of Olympic park. Great masterpiece of art and design.

http://www.london2012.com/news/artic...k-1306237.html

The Orbit, a work of art as well as a viewing platform over the Olympic Park, has opened to visitors. With the Games now underway, access to the Orbit offers stunning views over the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park and the whole of London.

The Orbit is more than a work of art – it’s an entire experience. After going through the small, intimate entrance to the Orbit, visitors make their way into an elevator with viewing portholes, which takes just 30 seconds to pass through the Orbit’s twisting form and reach the viewing platform 85 metres high.

Once it’s reached the platform, visitors can step outside the lift and experience the Olympic Park in a whole new light – as well as enjoying stunning views of London’s cityscape. It’s also possible to look straight down the centre of the Orbit to the ground below – though this isn’t recommended for the fainthearted!

To conclude the experience, visitors are encouraged to stroll down the spiral staircase that twists through the Orbit, enjoying even more amazing sights.

A limited number of tickets are available for the Orbit during the Olympic Games – they must be purchased in advance at

www.tickets.london2012.com

and you must also have a ticket giving access to the Olympic Park. There is good availability of Orbit tickets during the Paralympic Games.

After the Games, the Orbit will close and re-open in late 2013, when it will give even more visitors the opportunity to experience it.

Standing 115 metres high, the Orbit is the tallest art structure in Britain. The search for a permanent artwork on the Olympic Park was instigated by the Mayor of London’s Office, which invited more than 30 international artists to submit their ideas for a sculpture of up to 180 metres tall.

Following a lengthy selection process, the Orbit – designed by internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor – was chosen. As well as promising a unique moment and experience for visitors, the spiralling red structure successfully represented both London and the UK, and was reflective of the five Olympic rings.

Construction of the Orbit started in November 2010, and was completed by April 2012.