It is supposed to be U-23 with 3 overage players allowed. Last time, the likes of Robin Singh and Sunil Chhetri participated. We should be sending U-23 players. They also need exposure.
This is actually an opportunity for SC to test some players for National Team considering AFC Asian Cup.
With the type of Team chosen for Commonwealth Games, this debacle was a foregone conclusion. Why did they rest so many good players ? It was coach's decision or Association decision? now removing Sjoerd Marjines look foolish as they should have asked this question before the Commonwealth Games.
Golf is another interesting even at the Asian Games. 4 medals are on the offer - Mens and Women's Individual as well as Team events. Traditionally India has won 3 Gold and 3 Silver medals since 1982 when this discipline was included. Last medal win came in 2010 Asian Games- Silver Medal in Men's Team. Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and South Korea are the powerhouses in Golf at Asian Level. Going strictly by World Rankings, Japan is expected to win medals here.
Left red-faced after the Gold Coast Commonweath Games organisers rejected its three late entries, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has advanced the national inter-state championships, has advanced its qualifying meet to meet the deadline for submission of entries for the Jakarata Asian Games (Aug 18-Sept 2).
The national athletics body said in a statement on Sunday that the meet, originally scheduled in Kolkata from July 15-18, has been shifted to Guwahati and will be held from June 26 to 29.
Holding the four-day competition in Guwahati will allow athletes to compete in weather expected to be far less humid than it would be in Kolkata during June.
The AFI planning commission and national coaches met at the National Institute of Sport (NIS), Patiala, where national camps are held, before the decision was announced in a statement.
Fed Cup muddle
The national body faced embarrassment after it held the Federation Cup – qualifying meet for the Gold Coast CWG in April – from March 5 to 8 despite knowing that the deadline for entires was March 7.
While it had entered most names before the deadline, its late entries of high jumper Siddharth Yadav, who had met the qualifying mark, M Sreeshankar, who missed the mark by a centimetre but was considered a future prospect, and that of woman 400m runner, G Vijayakumari (for 4x400m relay) were rejected.
While AFI secretary CK Valson initially blamed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the nodal body for sending entries, the CWG organisers responded by saying the athletics body “chose to disregard” the deadline and its late entries won’t be accommodated.
AFI deputy chief coach, Radhakrishnan Nair, said on Sunday: “The last date for sending final entries (by name) to the organising committee for Asian Games is June 30. That is the reason we had to advance the national inter-state meet by almost a month. The competition will serve as the final selection trials for the Asian Games.
The AFI will be more lenient with qualifying standards considering the disruption in training advancing the meet could cause. “We also felt the need to relax the qualifying standards in some of the events due to rescheduling of the competition and it has been done. We are confident that at the Asian Games, we will win more medals compared to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games,” Nair said.
Indian athletes will go abroad for training stints in May and return for the Guwahati meet.
Top athletes like high jumper Tejaswin Shankar, training in the US, and Neeraj Chopra, with training base in Germany, may be exempted from taking part as the AFI has provided a clause for exemption. However, such athletes must achieve the qualifying mark in confirmatory trials to be held on August 15.
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This is actually an opportunity for SC to test some players for National Team considering AFC Asian Cup.
Contract Bridge - Medal Event at Asian Games. Lets hope India do well in it. It would be hilarious to see anyone caught Doping in this event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge
List of 55 Players who have been called for Hockey India Camp.
Manpreet removed as India Captain.Sreejesh will handle those duties.
Sjoerd Marijnes also under the scanner.
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and South Korea are the powerhouses in Golf at Asian Level. Going strictly by World Rankings, Japan is expected to win medals here.
Left red-faced after the Gold Coast Commonweath Games organisers rejected its three late entries, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has advanced the national inter-state championships, has advanced its qualifying meet to meet the deadline for submission of entries for the Jakarata Asian Games (Aug 18-Sept 2).
The national athletics body said in a statement on Sunday that the meet, originally scheduled in Kolkata from July 15-18, has been shifted to Guwahati and will be held from June 26 to 29.
Holding the four-day competition in Guwahati will allow athletes to compete in weather expected to be far less humid than it would be in Kolkata during June.
The AFI planning commission and national coaches met at the National Institute of Sport (NIS), Patiala, where national camps are held, before the decision was announced in a statement.
Fed Cup muddle
The national body faced embarrassment after it held the Federation Cup – qualifying meet for the Gold Coast CWG in April – from March 5 to 8 despite knowing that the deadline for entires was March 7.
While it had entered most names before the deadline, its late entries of high jumper Siddharth Yadav, who had met the qualifying mark, M Sreeshankar, who missed the mark by a centimetre but was considered a future prospect, and that of woman 400m runner, G Vijayakumari (for 4x400m relay) were rejected.
While AFI secretary CK Valson initially blamed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the nodal body for sending entries, the CWG organisers responded by saying the athletics body “chose to disregard” the deadline and its late entries won’t be accommodated.
AFI deputy chief coach, Radhakrishnan Nair, said on Sunday: “The last date for sending final entries (by name) to the organising committee for Asian Games is June 30. That is the reason we had to advance the national inter-state meet by almost a month. The competition will serve as the final selection trials for the Asian Games.
The AFI will be more lenient with qualifying standards considering the disruption in training advancing the meet could cause. “We also felt the need to relax the qualifying standards in some of the events due to rescheduling of the competition and it has been done. We are confident that at the Asian Games, we will win more medals compared to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games,” Nair said.
Indian athletes will go abroad for training stints in May and return for the Guwahati meet.
Top athletes like high jumper Tejaswin Shankar, training in the US, and Neeraj Chopra, with training base in Germany, may be exempted from taking part as the AFI has provided a clause for exemption. However, such athletes must achieve the qualifying mark in confirmatory trials to be held on August 15.
AFI QUALIFYING MARKS FOR ASIAN GAMES:
MEN
100m – 10.18secs
200m – 20.87secs
400m – 46.04secs
800m – 1:47.50
1500m – 3:45.00
5000m – 13:50.00
10000m – 29:10.00
Marathon – 2:13.21
110mh – 13.67secs
400mh – 50.80secs
3000m sc – 8:41.40
Pole – 5.45m
HJ – 2.25m
LJ – 7.81m
TJ – 16.62m
Shot – 19.50m
Discus – 61.00m
Javelin – 81m
Hammer – 70.36m
Decathlon -- 7749pts
20km walk – 1 hr 22.00 min
50km walk – 3:55.00
4x100m relay – 38.98secs
4x400m relay -- 3:04.50
WOMEN
100m – 11.67secs
200m – 23.50secs
400m -- 52.47secs
800m -- 2:03.00
1500m -- 4:16.88
5000m -- 15:45.00
10000m -- 33:00.00
Marathon -- 2:33.14
100mh -- 13.39secs
400mh -- 57.52secs
3000m SC -- 9:50.00
Pole -- 4.10m
High Jump -- 1.87m
LJ -- 6.34m
TJ -- 13.75m
Shot -- 17.00m
Discus -- 57.00m
Javelin -- 59.00m
Hammer -- 60.00m
Heptathon – 5400pts
20km walk -- 1:34.54
4X100m relay -- 44.50secs
4X400m relay -- 3:32.50