Its been a while since the last post in this series. In the interim, there has been major progress as well as quite few heartbreaks in the Indian sporting arena, particularly in terms of qualifying for Paris 2024. Here is a quick summary:
Qualifiers
- Wrestling: Antim Panghal qualifies in 53 KG Women’s category after winning a Bronze medal at the World Championships. This was an event where the Indian contingent played under the World Wrestling flag as the Wresting Federation is currently suspended due to still ongoing shenanigans.
- Boxing: Nikhat Zareen (50 KG), Preeti Pawar (54 KG), Parveen Hooda (57 KG) & Lovlina Borgohain (75 KG) have earned Quotas at the Asian Games.
- Hockey: Men’s Team qualifies for the Olympics by winning the Asian Games Gold medal
- Athletics: Kishore Jena joins Neeraj Chopra in Men’s Javelin Throw
- Shooting: Quite a few Quota places earned at the Asian Shooting Championships - Arjun Babuta (10 m Air Rifle), Sarabjot Singh (10m Air Pistol), Anish Bhanwala (25m Rapid Fire Pistol) in the Men’s section and Tilottama Sen (10m Air Rifle), Manu Bhaker (25m Pistol), Shriyanka Sadangi (50m Rifle 3 Positions) in the Women’s section
- Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara earned a Individual Quota at the Asian Championships
Now for the Heartbreaks
It has been the end of the qualifying journey for Football, Rugby, Handball India’s Men’s Football Team have failed to qualify after being knocked out in the 1st round of Asian Cup U-23 Qualifiers
Asian Games Perspective
India had their best ever Asian Games performance in terms of the medals, hitting a century. The Indian contingent actually lived up to the Broadcaster's hype of Abki Baar Sau Paar! Overall, a good feel-good factor. However, for a perspective, here is the Indian medals Tally for the Olympics events only.
|
Discipline |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
|
Archery |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Athletics |
6 |
14 |
9 |
|
Badminton |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Boxing |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Equestrian |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hockey |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Golf |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Rowing |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Sailing |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Shooting |
2 |
5 |
4 |
|
Tennis |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Wrestling |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
12 |
26 |
30 |
Qualification Summary for Team India: Sports: 6, Events 22, Entries:29, Athletes: 44
Till next time!Links: Episode 7
