these Olympic games are turning out to be a total disaster for india, what went wrong with saina. .she can't loose such an important match without fighting, is she injured or something. .it's an irony that India with its one of the largest contingent in the Olympic games history is struggling to win a single medal.
yeah I understand that but then I saw sindhu sporting a yonex dress in her first round match which kind of confused me.Li Ning is sponsoring team India at Olympics. not just in badminton, everything.
After I saw her first match(after reading your comment) against LV, even I was worried.@Airos
didn't i posted it earlier after her first group match that her movement towards the net is not looking good, i was worried since then about her chances. she had a tough draw and all but i genuinely thought she had a great chance of winning the gold and now she is out in the group stage itself in straight games to a girl who is ranked outside top 50 in the world, something must be seriously wrong with her.
exactly, she knew it was coming, at all england she looked so pale after the match started slipping away from her hand and she was not too far from tears then but here she looked more comfortable in accepting the situation. but i totally do not understand this, just one month back in australia she was moving so fast that she was out maneuvering her opponents, what could have possibly gone wrong. .may be something went wrong during the training before the olympics.After I saw her first match(after reading your comment) against LV, even I was worried.
She was definitely not at her best.
What's strange is that unlike WC and AE finals, I didn't see any panic in her face.
It was like she knew that she did not have a good chance in Rio.
exactly, she knew it was coming, at all england she looked so pale after the match started slipping away from her hand and she was not too far from tears then but here she looked more comfortable in accepting the situation. but i totally do not understand this, just one month back in australia she was moving so fast that she was out maneuvering her opponents, what could have possibly gone wrong. .may be something went wrong during the training before the olympics.
Budget cut and shoulder shrug... we have been on a budget cut since 2014. Current regime is fiscally conservative and CAD is high.I just googled it myself - sorry for the question, didn't intend to rub it in like that....
If India ends up at zero, what kind of effects would that have? Cutting budget or increasing budgets? Coaches/staff being fired? Political consequences (like minister of sports getting changed) - or simply a shrug of the shoulders and that's that?
I think wrestling and badminton are India's only remaining hope.Danish commentators in the arena said her knee didn't look to good, that injury probably was the reason for the defeat (eg. not playing 100% physical nor mental due to pain or concerns). They didn't broadcast the match, they just gave updates while showing another match.
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Back on topic, I lost count... How many medals are India at currently? What are the best chances left for success? (Hockey? Sindhu?)