A profligate Indian men's hockey team squandered eight of the nine penalty corners to suffer a 2-3 defeat at hands of lower-ranked New Zealand in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games
Rubbish performance by Indian Hockey team and Wrestlers.
I will start with Wrestline Team. Bajrang Punia is a classy wrestler-someone who can win Gold Medal even at Asian level and he did well. Other then that, Mausam, Divya and Pooja proved to be a failure. At this poor level of competition, anything short of Gold Medal is equivalent to not even qualifying for Olympics. So much hype was created around Pooja Dhanda based on that Wrestling IPL. People should understand that in IPL type competitions, wrestlers dont give there full effort in order to prevent injuries. Any result achieved there should not be taken seriously. It is actual competition which matters. Even Baba Ramdev defeated one Olympic Medalist in Pro-Wrestling. I remember Yogeswar Dutt winning in Pro-Wrestling and then in 2016 Olympics, he looked unfit to even last 1 minute.
About Hockey team, what to say !!! Whole squad was consistent in committing blunders. From experienced players like Akashdeep, Manpreet, Lalit Chinglansena to Sumit, Vivek all were an embarassment today. It took Harmanpreet 9 Penalty Corners to score one. In 2018, we are going to have Champions Trophy, Asian Games, World Cup !!! When will we see a settled squad. How players like Vivek got selected ??
@Nagendra In 2022 Commonwealth games, Shooting will not be there as Birmingham does not have such a facility. Surprising but it will make a serious dent on medal prospects of India. Commonwealth Games used to be a Gravy Train for Indian shooters for recognition and prize money. In Asian Games, standards are tough.
Hoping for a Super Saturday Gold Rush for India. Gold Medals are expected in Wrestling, Badminton, Boxing, Table Tennis along with some other events too. Expect between 10-15 Gold Medals tomorrow.
Munna,you are right when you say that in Commonwealth Games is not of the same level as maybe say in Asian Games.
However,specially in Women's Category Some Canadian and Nigerian are really strong (Olympic and World Championship Medalist).So,loosing to them doesn't mean that You don't have a level.
Odanayo(to whom Pooja lost is World Wrestling Championship Silver Medalist).So,she is no slouch.
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25-30 Golds is what we should be Striving for Realistically.
I will start with Wrestline Team. Bajrang Punia is a classy wrestler-someone who can win Gold Medal even at Asian level and he did well. Other then that, Mausam, Divya and Pooja proved to be a failure. At this poor level of competition, anything short of Gold Medal is equivalent to not even qualifying for Olympics.
So much hype was created around Pooja Dhanda based on that Wrestling IPL. People should understand that in IPL type competitions, wrestlers dont give there full effort in order to prevent injuries. Any result achieved there should not be taken seriously. It is actual competition which matters. Even Baba Ramdev defeated one Olympic Medalist in Pro-Wrestling. I remember Yogeswar Dutt winning in Pro-Wrestling and then in 2016 Olympics, he looked unfit to even last 1 minute.
About Hockey team, what to say !!! Whole squad was consistent in committing blunders. From experienced players like Akashdeep, Manpreet, Lalit Chinglansena to Sumit, Vivek all were an embarassment today. It took Harmanpreet 9 Penalty Corners to score one.
In 2018, we are going to have Champions Trophy, Asian Games, World Cup !!! When will we see a settled squad. How players like Vivek got selected ??
However,specially in Women's Category Some Canadian and Nigerian are really strong (Olympic and World Championship Medalist).So,loosing to them doesn't mean that You don't have a level.
Odanayo(to whom Pooja lost is World Wrestling Championship Silver Medalist).So,she is no slouch.
Really bizarre performance from her. Disappointing to say the Least.That's another Gold Medal Gone.