100m and 200m has so much competition that she can't become even top 20-30 at the moment. She was so good in the 400m that achieving her NR for any Indian athlete now seems a distant dream.
100 / 200 meters are for show-off and purists don't even call them running.
The two sprints that invoke the true spirit of running are :
400 meters / quarter-mile: it challenges all your energy systems - anaerobic alactic (till 100 meters), anaerobic lactic (100-300 meters) & aerobic (> 300 meters).
1600 meters / one miler: this is even more purist, but very very intense & grueling.
But who cares for purists. 100m is the showpiece event of Olympics.
Btw, let's hope taht Neeraj Chopra throws 83.5 m in the first throw itself to qualify for the finals as there will be only 3 throws or pressure will start building.
India have a good centre-forward, who is goal-hungry. But supply was
poor, for the half-line didn’t contribute/penetrate much when India
pressed forward. Going ahead, this is an area they must address. The
half-line should make its attacking presence felt a lot more.
Also, in terms of creating penalty corner opportunities, India should be
smarter. Australia got so many penalty corners and India failed to
match them. Indian players should be cleverer and more street-smart
while dribbling inside the opposition’s D. Inside the D, the golden rule
is to do chhota dodges (smaller dibbles) to create penalty corner
opportunities. If you keep it that way, defenders are under pressure and
there’s always a better chance of the ball hitting the foot. Bada dodge
marenge to defenders ka kaam thoda aasan ho jata hai (if you go for a
bigger dribble, it makes things slightly easier for the defenders).
Nothing here that our players wouldnt know already. They grow up learning that you should get a PC inside the D
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See you in the finals
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