India has its largest ever contingent for the London Olympics this time. Though the chances of making it to the top 30 may look like impossible, there is a good chance that India bags medals more than ever before. Considering India's performance in the last 10-20 years, its in the Beijing Olympics India have managed more than a single medal ( a gold and 2 Bronze medals). Today when the extravaganza starts in a few hours from now we can hope that the Yellow medals would be atleast 2or 3 and few other medals. According to my calculations India may bag at least a Gold medal in Shooting and Boxing. All together shooting and Boxing should give us 4-5 medals this time. All others combined may produce 2-3 medals more. So India could bag 7-8 medals this time which would be the largest ever.
In this article i would list the number of Participation from India for the Olympics and medal prospect
In this article i would list the number of Participation from India for the Olympics and medal prospect
The Indian contingent comprises of 58 men and 23 women.
Athletics
1) Womens Discuss throw india represents Krishna Poonia and Seema antil (the former may make it to the finals but no medal expected )
2) Mens Discuss throw Vikas Gowda the Indian American ( don't expect anything more than Semifinals)
3) Womens 800 meters Tintu Looka the young Keralite ( Semifinals or finals - no medal )
4) Womens Triple jump we represent Mayookha Johny ( no medals )
5) Mens Shot Put Omprakash Karhana (Dont even think of anything other than qualifying rounds)
6) 20 KM Walk we have 3 athletes Babubhai Panocha, Gurmeeth Singh and Irfan Kolothum thodi( no medals)
7) Triple jump Men the Kerla jumper Ranjith Maheswari (no medal expected)
8) Martahthon India fields Ram Singh Yadav ( not a medal prospect )
9) 3000 meter Steeple chase we have Sudha Singh ( no medal )
So in athletics we have a good sum of athletes competing but the quality of Indian athletics has not improved from th epast 30-40 years. I feel no one will be close enough to the mark which PT USHA maanged in Los Angels. Another shameful fact is that india always had Mens and Womens relay time representing and getting to the further rounds. It degraded from the last 10 yeas and its a reality that India doesnt have a relay team for the Olympics. Pity Indian athletics need to improve more means a steep mountain to climb
| Archery With Deepika Kumari's rise Indian archery has got a new face just like what happened to tennis with the rise of Mirza Sania | |
| Events | Participants |
Women’s Recurve event | Laishram Bombayla Devi ( Good player with experience and there is a slight chance for a medal ) Probability of Medal - 60 % |
| Women’s Recurve event | Deepika Kumari Indian Archer sensation and current world number 1 ( a very good medal prospect ) 90-100 % chace that she gets a medal |
| Women’s Recurve event | Chekrovolu Swuro ( No Medal expected ) |
| Men’s Recurve event | Jayanta Talukdar (No medal expected) |
| Men’s Recurve event | Rahul Banerjee (No medal expected) |
| Men’s Recurve event | Tarundeep Rai ( No expectations) |
Apart from Individual performances of archers we will have a team effort too, may be sometimes the Mens team combined may sneak a medal out of gravity. lets wait /// Boxing india fields a huge contingent for this year's boxing which represents World champions and international competencies Great chance that India wins medas in plenty | |
| Events | Participants |
| 49 kg weight | Devendro Singh 50 percent chance of winning a medal |
| 56kg weight | Shiva Thapa 50 percent chance of winning a medal |
| 60 kg weight | Jai Bhagwan 50 percent chance of winning a medal |
| 64 kg weight | Manoj Kumar Medal expected |
| 69 kg weight | Vikas Krishnan medal expected |
| 75kg weight | Vijender Singh Gold Medal expected |
| 81kg weight | Sumit Sangwan Medal expected |
| Women boxing event 51kg | Mary Kom Gold medal expectation |
Badminton The current World No 5 Saina nehwal the hyderbadi tennis sensation is expected to win a bronze medal here in london . Considering her recent form against all top ranked players and the playoffs positioning upto qauter finals she has a good chance to make it to the medal tally. But there are restrictions for her as No5 player ( Great Medal expectation from the country of India) | |
| Events | Participants |
| Women’s Single | Saina Nehwal ( Great Medal expectation from the country of India) |
| Mixed Doubles | Jwala Gutta and V. Diju hard to win a medal but lets wait |
| Women Doubles | Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa tough to win a medal |
| Men’s single | Parupalli Kashyap no chance of a medal |
Judo | |
| Events | Participants |
| Women’s 63 kg event | Garima Chaudhary A representation and never comes the question of Medals |
Hockey Once upon a time India used to bag gold medal sfor this sport. No one in the World could compete with india for a gold medal. Always the gold was registered for India but since past 25-30 years India never got featured in the medals tally. Indian hockey is said to be in its resurgence path. Lets hope it makes good wins but not good enough to go more than quater finals | |
| Events | Participants |
| Men’s Hockey Team Event | Bharat Chettri (Captain & Goal keeper),Sardar Singh (Vice Captain),P. R. Sreejesh (Goal keeper),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, Sarvanjit Singh (Reserves), Kothajit Singh (Reserves) |
Shooting | |
| Events | Participants |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle event | Abhinav Bindra |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle event, Men’s 50m Rifle Three Position event and Men’s 50m Rifle Prone event | Gagan Narang |
| Double Trap event | Ronjan Singh Sodhi |
| Women’s 10m Air Pistol & Women’s 25m Sports Pistol event | Annu Raj Singh |
| Women’s trap event | Shagun Chaudhary |
| Men’s Trap event | Manavjit Singh Sandhu |
| 25m sports pistol event | Rahi Sarnobat |
| Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | Vijay Kumar |
| Men’s 50m Rifle Three Position event | Sanjeev Rajput |
| Men’s 50m Rifle Prone event | Joydeep Karmakar |
| Women’s 10m Air Pistol event | Heena Sidhu |
Swimming | |
| Events | Participants |
| Men’s 1500 m Freestyle | Ullalmath Gagan |
Tennis | |
| Events | Participants |
| Men’s single | Somdev Devvarman |
| Men’s Doubles | Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna |
| Men’s Doubles | Leander Paes & Vishnu Vardhan |
| Women’s Doubles | Rushmi Chakravarthi & Sania Mirza |
| Mixed doubles | Leander Paes & Sania Mirza |
Table Tennis | |
| Events | Participants |
| Men’s single | Soumyajit Ghosh |
| Women’s Single | Ankita Das |
Rowing | |
| Events | Participants |
| Single sculls | Swarn Singh Virk |
| Lightweight double sculls | Sandeep Kumar & Manjeet Singh |
Wrestling | |
| Events | Participants |
| 60 kg category | Yogeshwar Dutt |
| 60 kg category | Amit Kumar |
| 66 kg category. | Sushil Kumar |
| 55kg category | Geeta Kumari Phogat |
| 74 kg category | Narsingh Yadav |
Weightlifting | |
| Events | Participants |
| Women’s 48 kg event | Ngangbam Soniya Chanu |
| Men’s 69 kg event | Katulu Ravi Kumar |
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