Schedule of Indian Events at the Beijing Olympics
EPILOGUE
THIS IS THE END GUYS. ALL THE INDIAN EVENTS IN BEIJING 2008 ARE COMPLETED. I HAD TREMENDOUS FUN COVERING ALL OF THEM. I HAVE ALSO SEEN A HUGE SPLURGE IN INTEREST AND SUPPORT TO THE ATHLETES FROM THE INDIAN PUBLIC.
FROM THE HIGH OF BINDRA‘S GOLD TO THE DESPAIR OF SAINA‘S LOSS, THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN ONE AMAZING ROLLERCOASTER. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE BINDRA, SUSHIL AND VIJENDER AGAIN FOR THEIR SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCE.
AND THANKS TO ALL THE VISITORS OF IWEBIE WHO HAVE SHARED OUR ECSTASY IN VICTORIES AND DISSAPOINTMENTS IN DEFEAT. SUPERB PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF YOU.
IT HAS BEEN INDIA’S BEST EVER OLYMPICS. I AM SURE THAT IT’S JUST THE START. WE HAVE TO AIM FOR 20 GOLDS BY THE 2020 OLYMPICS.
LONDON 2012. HERE WE COME. JAI HIND.
Breaking News Section
- Vijender Kumar has lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba in the Men’s Boxing Middleweight. He lost 5-8. It was the 3rd round which turned the game where Vijender lost 3-0. But he gets the bronze medal. Awesome going Vijender, you made us all very proud.
- The Indian Women’s Relay team in the 4*400 meters race did not qualify for the finals. They clocked a dissapointing 3.28.83s. With this the Indian challenge at the Olympics is done
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- Rajiv Tomar has lost to Steve Mocco of the USA 3-0 in then Men’s 120 Kg wrestling 1st round.
- Vijender Kumar storms into the Semi-finals with a win over Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora 9-4. He is assured of a bronze medal now. It is India’s first ever Boxing medal.
- Jitendar Kumar lost to Balakshin Georgy in the Men’s Quarter Finals. He lost 11-15. But its been a good show by the young lad.
- Sushil Kumar wins India its Second Medal at Olympics – Sushil had lost in the first round bout in 66kg freestyle wrestling against Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine. Sushil got another chance against Doug Schwab in the repechage Round 1. He defeated him 3 – 1. Then in the round 2 he defeated Albert Betyrov 3 -1 again to get a chance for a Bronze Medal Clash. He faced Leunid Spiridonov whom he defeated, 3 – 1, to win the BRONZE Medal . Great News.
- Achanta Sharath Kamal lost to Austria’s Weixing Chen in the men’s singles . He lost 5-11, 12-14, 2-11, 11-8, 10-12.
- In yet another Heart break, after winning his first round match, Yogeshwar Dutt was leading in his Quarter Final bout with 5 seconds left to go and a bronze medal surety. But he lost it when the Japanese freestyler took 2 points of him just before the fight ended .
- Achanta Sharath Kamal defeated Carneros of Spain to reach the second round of the men’s table tennis event. He won 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a match that lasted 6 games and nearly 45 minutes.
- Anju Bobby George crashed out of the Women’s Long Jump event with a pathetic display of 3 false jumps.
- Akhil Kumar has lost to Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova 3 – 10 in the Quarter Finals.
- Renjith Maheswary has failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s Triple Jump. He jumped 15.77m well below his personal best of 17.04m.
- Neha Aggarwal lost in the first round of the women’s Table tennis. She lost to Australia’s Fang Lay 1 – 4 games.
- Gagan Narang choked in the final round and failed to qualify for the finals of the 50m 3 positions event. He was in a commendable 4th position after 2 rounds but in the Final Kneeling round he shot a 93 and a 94 to lose any chance of making it to the final. He finished with 1167 points and the leader had 1175 points. Rajput finished in 26th position with 1162. Gagan missed out on a final berth, he finished in 13th. He just needed a score of 1170 to qualify for the finals.
- Vijender Kumar has won convincingly against Thai Boxer Angkhan with a score of 13-3 in the Mens middle weight 75 Kg category. He has moved onto the quarter finals.
- Jitender Kumar has thrashed Uzbekistans Tulashboy Doniyorov in the Men’s Fly Weight. He won 13-6. He has moved onto the quarter finals.
- AKHIL KUMAR DEFEATS RUSSIA’s World No 1 Champion Boxer Sergey Vodopyanov in the Men’s Bantam Weight. It was a tie 9- 9 after 4 rounds but the judges decided that Akhil was better. Akhil before the fight had said that he will deliver on India’s Independence Day. Awesome news.
- Vikas Gowda has failed to qualify for the Men’s Discuss throw Finals. He threw a respectable 60.69.
- Mandeep Kaur failed to make the semi finals of the Womens 400 meters. She came in at 52.88s.
- Preeja Sreedharan came in 25th in the Womens 10000 meters race.
- Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have lost to Roger Federer and Warwinka of Switzerland. They lost 6-2 , 6-4. It was obvious seeing the match that they lacked cohesion as a pair.
- Harwant Kaur and Krishna Poonia failed to qualify for the Discuss Throw Finals.
- The Women’s Heptathalon has started with the 100m hurdles event completed. 3 Indian Women are competing. Shobha Jagdeeshappa Javur set her Personal Best Time ever in the 100m hurdles. After the end of the high jump and shot put events, Pramila Ganapathy is in 35th position, Susmita roy is in 37th and Shobha in 29th.
- Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput have failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 50 meter Rifle Prone shooting event. They stood 35th and 26th overall.
- Mahesh and Leander are down 1-4 in the first set. The Match has been delayed due to rain. It will now be played on August 15th at 1.30 PM IST.
- Ankur Poseria has failed to make it to the semi finals of the mens 100 meter butterfly. He came in 7th in his heat with a time of 54.74 secs.
- Virdhawal Khade also faile to make it into the semi’s of the mens 50 meter freestyle. He also came in 7th in his heat with a time of 22.73 secs.
- Divya Tewar has lost to Yallenis Castillo of Cuba in the Judo 78 Kg Category. She lost 1000-0000 in just 13 seconds !. She again lost to Sagat Abikeyeva in the Repechage.
- Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur have failed to qualify for the finals of the Women’s 50m 3 pos Air Rifle event. Anjali finished 32nd and Avneet Kaur finished 42nd(last but one).
- Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina in the First round of the womens doubles. They lost 6-4, 6-4.
- Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have won their Pre Quarters. They won 6-4, 6-2 easily against the Brazilians. They may meet the Swiss Duo of Federer and Warwinka in the Quarters.
- Saina Nehwal lost in a hard fought match to Maria Yuliyanti of Indonesia. She lost in 3 sets 28-26, 14-21, 15-21. She has fought very well, she is just 18 and mostly the pressure got to her. At one point she was 11-5 in the lead in the final set.
- Mangal Singh Champia has lost in the second round against Bair Bedanov of Russia. He lost 108 – 109. He paid for a second round 7 shot. Earlier today, he defeated Vaezi Hajotollah convincingly 112-98 to enter the Pre Quarters.
- Abhinav Bindra Wins Gold at Beijing 2008 Olympics, 10 metre Air Rifle Mens Event.
Watch this video of the Indian National Anthem and Tri-Color rising above the Chinese Flag in Beijing. Abhinav you rock!! Watching it makes me feel so emotional. This is what sport is all about.
- Mahesh and Leander have got off to a winning start in Beijing. They beat the French duo of Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon easily in 2 sets, 6-3 6-3. They will face Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil in the Pre- Quarter Finals.
- Akhil Kumar has beaten Ali Hallab of France, 12-5 to enter the Pre Quarter finals stage. So we still have the boxers in the fray for medals.Good Show there by Akhil in the Bantam Weight competition. He will next face Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia.
- Sandeep Sejwal is unlikely to qualify for the Semi’s off the 200 meter Breast Stroke. His timing stood at 2:15.24.
- Pranitha Vardhineni , the last women indian archer left in the Olympics also lost in the second round to Un Sil Kwon of Korea. She lost 99 – 106. She had defeated Jane Waller of Australia in the First round 106-100.
- Jitender Kumar beat the hell out of Furkan Ulas Memis causing him to retire in the 3rd round. His score was a dominating 12-3. He is the second boxer after Vijender Kumar to make into Pre Quarters. He will face Tulashboy Doniyorov for a place in the last 8.
- Samresh Jung Failed to qualify for the Men’s 50m Air Pistol Finals . He shot a dismal 540. The leader Zongliang Tan of China scored 565. He was in 42nd position out of 45. With this event his Olympics 2008 has ended.
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore did not quailfy for the Finals of the Men’s Double Trap after he scored 43 ,45 and 43 for a total of 131 in his 3 rounds. He finished 15th overall.
- Samresh Jung Failed to qualify for the Men’s 50m Air Pistol Finals . He shot a dismal 540. The leader Zongliang Tan of China scored 565.
- Dola Banerjee lost to Marie Pier in the Round 1 of Eliminations . She was tied in points (109) but lost in the 10’s and X’s Count 4-5. L Bombayla Devi Lost to Iwona Marcinkiewicz 101 – 103 points.
- Saina Nehwal has defeated Chen Wang of Hong Kong to enter the Badminton quarter finals . She won 21-19 , 11-21 , 21-11 . Chen Wang is the 4th seeded player in the Olympics and this win will give Saina a huge boost for a medal. Way to go Saina! The good news for India this Monday keeps pouring in.
- Sania Mirza lost in her first round match to Iveta Benesova. She retired in the second set after being 1-6, 1-2 down.
- Rehan Pooncha did not qualify for the 200 meter Butterfly event semifinals. He had a 2.01.89 min time. Micheal Phelps set a new Olympic record in one of the heats with 1.53.70 min .
- Bajranglal Takhar also did not qualify for the semifinals of the single Sculls event .
- Anup Sridhar lost to Shoji Sato Of Japan in the Men’s Singles Badminton. He lost 13-21, 17-21 . This makes Saina Nehwal India’s only medal hope in Badminton.
- Boxing - Men’s Middle Weight(75 Kg) Semi Finals – Vijender Kumar vs Emilio Korreas
Vijender Kumar has lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba in the Men’s Boxing Middleweight. He lost 5-8. It was the 3rd round which turned the game where Vijender lost 3-0.
- Athletics - Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Heats
The Indian Women’s Relay team in the 4*400 meters race did not qualify for the finals. They clocked a dissapointing 3.28.83s. With this the Indian challenge at the Olympics is done ..
- Wrestling – Men’s 120 Kg Freestyle – Rajiv Tomar
Rajiv Tomar has lost to Steve Mocco of the USA 3-0 in then Men’s 120 Kg wrestling 1st round.
- Boxing – Men’s Flyweight (51 Kg) – Jitender Kumar
Jitendar Kumar lost to Balakshin Georgy in the Men’s Quarter Finals. He lost 11 – 15. Nevertheless the 21 year old has boxed his heart out and i am sure he will have many victories in the future.
- Boxing – Men’s Middle Weight(75 Kg) – Vijender Kumar
Vijender Kumar wins 9-4 against Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora to enter Semi-finals. He will play Cuba’s Emilio Korrea on Aug 22nd at 12.45 PM IST.
- Table Tennis – Men’s Singles – Achanta Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal lost to Austria’s Weixing Chen in the men’s singles . He lost 5-11, 12-14, 2-11, 11-8, 10-12.
- Wrestling – Men’s 66 Kg Freestyle – Sushil Kumar
Sushil Kumar had lost in the first round bout in 66kg freestyle wrestling against Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine. Sushil got another chance against Doug Schwab in the repechage Round 1. He defeated him 3 – 1. Then in the round 2 he defeated Albert Betyrov 3 -1 again to get a chance for a Bronze Medal Clash. He faced Leunid Spiridonov whom he defeated, 3 – 1, to win the BRONZE Medal . Great News.
- Athletics – Women’s Long Jump – Anju Bobby George
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Table Tennis – Men’s Singles – Achanta Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal defeated Carneros of Spain to reach the second round of the men’s table tennis event. He won 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a match that lasted 6 games and nearly 45 minutes.
- Wrestling- Men’s 60kg Freestyle - Yogeshwar Dutt
In yet another Heart break, after winning his first round match, Yogeshwar Dutt was leading in his Quarter Final bout with 5 seconds left to go and a bronze medal surety. But he lost it when the Japanese freestyler took 2 points of him just before the fight ended.
- Boxing – Men’s Bantam Weight – Akhil Kumar vs Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova in the Quarter Final
Akhil Kumar has lost to Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova 3 – 10 in the Quarter Finals of the Men’s Bantam Weight.
- Athletics – Mens Triple Jump – Renjith Maheshwary
Renjith Maheswary has failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s Triple Jump. He jumped 15.77m well below his personal best of 17.04m.
- Table Tennis – Women’s Singles – Neha Agarwal vs Jian Fang Lay
Neha Aggarwal lost in the first round of the women’s Table tennis. She lost to Australia’s Fang Lay 1 – 4 games.
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- Athletics – 10000 Meter Men’s – Surendra Singh
Surender Singh finshed at 26th place in the Men’s 10000meter race with a time of 28.13.97 s.
- Shooting – Men’s Rifle 50 m 3 Positions – Sanjeev Rajput and Gagan Narang
- Boxing – Men’s Middle Weight – Vijender Kumar
Vijender Kumar has won convincingly against Thai Boxer Angkhan with a score of 13-3 in the Mens middle weight 75 Kg category. He has moved onto the quarter finals.
- Boxing – Men’s Flyweight – Jitender Kumar
Jitender Kumar has thrashed Uzbekistans Tulashboy Doniyorov in the Men’s Fly Weight. He won 13-6. He has moved onto the quarter finals. He will face the european champion Gerorgy Balakshin from Russia on Aug 20th at 4.45 PM IST.
- Athletics – Men’s Discuss Throw – Vikas Gowda
- Boxing – Men’s BantamWeight(54 Kg) – Akhil Kumar vs Sergey Vodopyanov
- Shooting – Men’s 50 m Rifle Prone – Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput
Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput have failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 50 meter Rifle Prone shooting event. They stood 35th and 26th overall.
- Athletics – Women’s Heptathalon – Pramila, Shobha and Susmita
The Women’s Heptathalon has started with the 100m hurdles event completed. 3 Indian Women are competing. Shobha Jagdeeshappa Javur set her Personal Best Time ever in the 100m hurdles. After the end of the high jump and shot put events, Pramila Ganapathy is in 35th position, Susmita roy is in 37th and Shobha in 29th. They have 2560,2525,2443 points with the leader Natalia Dobrynska at 3052 points.
- Athletics – Women’s Discuss Throw – Harwant Kaur
Harwant Kaur has failed to qualify for the final. She threw 56.42 coming 17th.
- Tennis – Men’s Doubles – Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have lost to Roger Federer and Warwinka of Switzerland. They lost 6-2 , 6-4. It was obvious seeing the match that they lacked cohesion as a pair. With this the only hope left for a medal are our boxers.
- Swimming - Men’s 50 meter Freestyle – Virdhawal Khade
Virdhawal Khade failed to make it into the semi’s of the mens 50 meter freestyle. He came in 7th in his heat with a time of 22.73 secs.
- Swimming - Men’s 100 meter Butterfly – Ankur Poseria
Ankur Poseria has failed to make it to the semi finals of the mens 100 meter butterfly. He came in 7th in his heat with a time of 54.74 secs.
- Shooting – Women’s 50 meter Air Rifle 3 Positions – Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur
- Tennis – Men’s Doubles – Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
- Judo – Women’s 78 Kg - Divya Tewar
Divya Tewar has lost to Yallenis Castillo of Cuba in the Judo 78 Kg Category. She lost 1000-0000 in just 13 seconds. She again lost to Sagat Abikeyeva in the Repechage. She lost 1010 – 0000.
August 13th – Day 5 – India Results
- Tennis – Men’s Doubles- Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have won their Pre Quarters. They won 6-4, 6-2 easily against the Brazilians. They may meet the Swiss Duo of Federer and Warwinka in the Quarters. They remain India’s best hope for one more gold.
- Tennis – Women’s Doubles – Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao
Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina in the First round of the womens doubles. They lost 6-4, 6-4.It’s high time Sania justified a bit of the hype that surronds her. Saina Nehwal i feel is a better sports prospect for India.
- Badminton – Women’s Singles – Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal lost in a hard fought match to Maria Yuliyanti of Indonesia. She lost in 3 sets 28-26, 14-21, 15-21. She has fought very well, she is just 18 and mostly the pressure got to her. At one point she was 11-5 in the lead in the final set. Nevertheless, she is a great talent and will surely succeed in the future.
- Archery – Men’s Individual – Mangal Singh Champia
Mangal Singh Champia has lost in the second round against Bair Bedanov of Russia. He lost 108 – 109. He screwed it up in a second round 7 shot. Earlier today, he defeated Vaezi Hajotollah convincingly 112-98 to enter the Pre Quarters.
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August 12th – Day 4 – India Results
- Tennis – Men’s Doubles – Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
- Boxing – Men’s Bantam (54kg) – Akhil Kumar
Akhil Kumar has beaten Ali Hallab of France, 12-5 to enter the Pre Quarter finals stage. So we still have the boxers in the fray for medals.Good Show there by Akhil in the Bantam Weight competition. He will next face Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia.
- Swimming - Men’s Breast Stroke 200 meter - Sandeep Sejwal
Sandeep Sejwal is unlikely to qualify for the Semi’s off the Men’s 200 meter Breast Stroke. His timing stood at 2:15.24.
- Archery - Women’s Individual - Pranitha Vardhineni
Pranitha Vardhineni the last women indian archer left in the Olympics also lost in the second round to Un Sil Kwon of Korea. She lost 99 – 106. She had defeated Jane Waller of Australia in the First round 106-100. With that Mangal Singh Champia is India’s only archer left in the Olympics.
- Boxing - Men’s Fly (51kg) Round of 32 - Jitender Kumar
Jitender Kumar beat the hell out of Furkan Ulas Memis causing him to retire in the 3rd round. His score was a dominating 12-3. He is the second boxer after Vijender Kumar to make into Pre Quarters. He will face Tulashboy Doniyorov for a place in the last 8.
- Shooting - Men’s 50m Air Pistol - Samresh Jung
Samresh Jung Failed to qualify for the Men’s 50m Air Pistol Finals . He shot a dismal 540. The leader Zongliang Tan of China scored 565. He was in 42nd position out of 45. With this event his Olympics 2008 has ended.
- Shooting - Men’s Double Trap - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore did not quailfy for the Finals of the Men’s Double Trap after he scored 43 ,45 and 43 for a total of 131 in his 3 rounds. He finished 15th overall.
- Archery - Individual – Dola Banerjee , L Bombayla Devi, Pranitha Vardineni
Women’s Individual Round – Dola Banerjee and L Bombayla Devi . Dola Banerjee lost to Marie Pier in the Round 1 of Eliminations . She was tied in points (109) but lost in the 10’s and X’s Count 4-5. L Bombayla Devi Lost to Iwona Marcinkiewicz 101 – 103 points. Now only Pranitha Vardineni from India is left in the Event.
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August 11th – Day 3 – India Results (Historical Day for India)
- Shooting - 10 metre Air Rifle Mens Event- Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Kumar Wins Gold at Beijing 2008 Olympics, Men’s 10 metre Air Rifle Event. Bindra is India’s First Ever Individual to win Gold in Olympics History. The calm and composed 2006 world champion shooter entered the final in fourth place(100,99,100,98,100 and 99) but held his nerves until the end. He finished ahead China’s Zhu Qinan and Finland’s Henri Hakkinen by scoring 104.5 points.
Gagan Narang was very unlucky to be tied for eight place (595) and not qualify for the final because of a count back. But he still has two more events and i hope he gets inspired by bindra and gets us another gold.
- Badminton - Women’s Singles Badminton- Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal has defeated Chen Wang of Hong Kong to enter the Badminton quarter finals. She won 21-19 , 11-21 , 21-11 . Chen Wang is the 4th seeded player in the Olympics and this will give Saina a huge boost for a medal. Way to go Saina. The good news for India this Monday keeps pouring in.
- Boxing - Men’s Feather (57kg) Round of 32 – Antresh Lalit Lakra
Antresh Lalit Lakra lost to Bahodirjon Sultanov of Uzbekistan in the Men’s Feather (57kg) Round of 32. He lost by 5-9 points.
- Badminton - Men’s Single- Anup Sridhar
Anup Sridhar lost in the Badminton Round 2 of Men’s Singles. Anup lost 21-13 , 21-17 to Japan’s Shoji Sato
- Swimming – Men’s 200 meters Butterfly – Rehan Poncha
Rehan Pooncha failed to make it into the Semi’s of the 200 meters butterfly. He clocked 2.01.89 nearly 9 seconds of the pace from Micheal Phelps who did a Olympic record time of 1.53.70.
- Tennis – Womens Singles – Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza lost in her first round match to Iveta Benesova. She retired in the second set after being 1-6, 1-2 down.
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August 10th – Day 2 – India Results
- Badminton – Women’s Singles – Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal has beaten Larysa Gryga of Ukraine convincingly to win the Second Round of the Women’s Singles Badminton at the 2008 beijing Olympics. She won 21-18,21-10. The first set was a fight but in the next game she easily breezed through. In the round of 16 she may play the 4th seeded Chen Wang of China . Best of Luck Saina.
- Archery – Women’s Team – Elimination Round – Dola Banerjee, Bombayala Devi and Pranitha Vardineni
The Indian Womens Archer team lost their Quarter Finals match to China. It was a dissapointing display from the team which had beaten china only a few months ago. Nerves played a huge part in the loss.
- Shooting – Men’s Trap – Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Alas. So near yet so far for Mansher Singh . He finished 8th just 2 points away from a place in the final. After yesterdays 3 rounds he shot brilliantly today for a score of 24-24 and hence a total 117 in 5 rounds. But his third round score of 20 is what denied him the final berth. He would have been 1st ranked if he had scored a 24 in the 3rd round.
Manavjit Singh Sandhu finished 12th with 116 points.
- Rowing – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – KHANDWAL Devender Kumar and MANJEET SINGH
The Double scull rowers from India performed very badly and came last in their heats almost 20 seconds behind. They could not qualify for the semi’s. They still have the Double Sculls Repechage 2 event. Hope they do better there.
- Sailing – Finn – Nachhatar Singh Johal
Johal has just finished his 4th race in the Finn Fleet race, he is in 22nd overall position with 7 races to go still. He started off well by finishing 4th in the first race but went downward from then on.
- Swimming – Men’s 200mtr Freestyle – Virdhawal Khade
Virdhawal Khade has come 7th in his heat with a time of 1:51.86 . He has finished 48th out of the 57 entries.
- Badminton – Men’s Singles – Anup Sridhar
Anup Sridhar beat Marco Vasconselos of Portugal 21-16, 21-14 to reach the Last 32 stage where he will face Shoji Sato Of Japan.
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August 9th – Day 1 – India Results
- Shooting – Women’s 10 metre air rifle – Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu.
Anjali Bhagwat finished 29th with a score of 393. Avaneet Kaur finished 39 with a score of 389. Emmons Katerina of the Czech Republic won GOLD and hence claimed the first Gold Medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was a big dissapointment for the Chinese shooter Du Li who was tipped to win the gold.
- Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Pistol – Samaresh Jung
Samaresh Jung has failed to qualify for the finals of the Men’s 10m Air Pistol. He finished 42nd in the qualification road. Jung had won 5 golds at the last Commonwealth games and his next event is the Men’s 50 metre pistol on August 12th.
- Shooting – Men’s Trap – Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Guys, atlast may be some Good News. In Men’s Trap Qualification – Day 1, Manavjit Singh Sandhu is in a respectable 12th Position. He shot a score of 70(23-23-24) with the leaders being at 73(24-24-25). The other Trap Shooter from India Mansher Singh shot amazingly in the first two rounds but failed to hold his nerve in the third. He is in 21st position with a score of 69(25-24-20). He would have been in the Top 3 atleast if his last round had went well. Nevertheless, there is still tomorrow’s Qualification round left and both have a chance. The Top 6 go through after 5 rounds of qualifying(3 rounds were held today and two tomorrow). Wishing them the best.
- Judo – Women’s 48 kg - Khumujam Tombi Devi
Khumujam Tombi Devi lost to Hormigo Ana of Portugal in the Preliminary match of Women’s 48 kg category in Judo. Divya Tomar from India is still left in the 78 Kg category.
- Archery – Women’s Individual – Ranking Round – Dola Banerjee, Bombayala Devi and Pranitha Vardineni
This report is just for the Individual Ranking Round. No elimination has been done it. Elimination rounds will start on August 12th.
The 3 archers Dola Banerjee, Bombayala Devi and Pranitha Vardineni have not performed upto expectations. Remains to be seen if they can lift their game in the Elimination/KnockOut Rounds . Also in the team event for Archery these 3 archers have got a bye, finishing 6th, and will face China in the Quarters for a place in the Semi’s. A bright chance here for atleast a bronze in the Team event.
- Archery – Men’s Individual – Ranking Round – CHAMPIA Mangal Singh
Guys, Awesome news, CHAMPIA Mangal Singh has Ranked 2nd in the Ranking round . The World Record Holder IM Dong-Hyun(KOR) was behind him . He will now play the 63rd Ranked “HOJJATOLAH Vaezi” of Iran in the next round.
In Archery, 64 Individuals will compete in the Ranking round to be ranked 1 to 64. Then eliminations will be held between ranking’s like 1 vs 64, 2 vs 63 and so on . Hence Champia will have it easy until the Semi’s if he keeps his form going. Great work by him. All of India must cheer for the lad from Jamshedpur.
- Badminton – Women’s Singles – Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal has beaten Ella Karachkova of Russia convincingly to win the First Round of the women Singles Badminton at the 2008 beijing Olympics. She won 21-9 , 21-8 easily in 2 games. She will pay Larysa Gryga of Ukraine in the next round of 32.
- Boxing – Men’s Middle (75kg) Round of 32 – Vijender Kumar
Vijender Kumar defeated Jack Badou of Gambia 13 – 2. He was devastating and seems to be in great form. Thats very good news for India. He is now in the round of 16. He will face CHOMPHUPHUANG Angkhan of thailand there.
- Boxing – Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Round of 32 – Dinesh Kumar
Dinesh Kumar lost to AbdelHafid of Algeria in the Light Heavy category.
- Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls – Bajranglal Takhar
Bajranglal Takhar qualified for the quarterfinals of the Men’s Single Sculls rowing event by coming 3rd in his heat. The quarters will be held on Aug 11th.
- Swimming – Men’s 100 mtr Breast Stroke – Sandeep Sejwal
Sandeep Sejwal has come second in the Men’s 100 mtr Breast Stroke of his heat. But his time of 1.02.19 was not enough for a place in the semi-finals.
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Hey Guys, great coverage..good to see so much enthusiasm for the Olympics in India…
Keep it up..i really hope India wins gold…
It was a wonderful evening to watch the openinf ceremony of 29th Beijing Olympic. The efforts taken by the chineese volunteers and the participants and also the brain behind those spectacular presentation is great. This is perhaps the best openinf ceremony in the present history
Hi Champia Mangal Singh. Keep it up. The whole of India is behind you.
Best of luck
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good coverage. thanks!
good work to keep track of things.. keep it up.. I am extremely worried about the facts & figures of the medals tally & India’s position..as a developing country (& ppl in poverty)we have so many problems to deal with before we could show something to world…the irony is that the exploitation by politicians…and the hypocritic media..pls think for a moment abt TV channels (such as IBM, NDTV etc).. there are debates on hosting olympics…MOST SHAMEFUL THING for us..not only in this matter, but anything and everything, Indian Media makes a big fuss for the heck of ratings & bring forth nothing..responsible media is very important for growth of the country… which is a BIG negetive in India…sometimes we hear the names of Child wonders, like Budhia singh (marathon runner), Kutraleeswaran (marathon swimmer, he swam 30-60KMs in sea).. but no one knows their plight…look at the fate of hockey team, which produced world record in winning most number of Olympic Gold..well we can keep on going on this topic… LETS PRAY & HOPE to get medals, As Indian citizians lets try to improve our country in every deed of ours, lets live with Self-esteem & respect & hope that we get atleast 10 medals in each category G,S,B during 2020…FAME does’nt come by SHOWING but by DOING, JAI HIND
hey
com on india, i cant beilive dat indian hocky didnt made to the olympics
Great coverage.
My wishes are with athletes.
Great to see Champia in good form. I hope he becomes at least another Rathore and brings a silver. He just need to hold his position here. Though, the way he almost got the WR few months back, Gold is a possibility.
I would say that Champia, Tennis doubles, and Rathore, and probably any boxer are probably the best hopes this time.
But for your webpage I would not have known about Champia. I mean they have stories about Dola Banerjee coming 31 in women archery but not a word about Champia though Guardian has his name in one of their stories!
I linked your post here-
http://www.blogbharti.com/mridula/india/the-show-begins/
thanks for the coverage…and while the initial reports dont seem that favourable, India still has a chance
its kind of sad though, that we manage to win so rarely, that any medal wull do. other counties want gold medals we will settle for at least a bronze.maybe this time we’ll take home a few golds and shock the world
I searched a lot for website listing results from Indian athletes. This is the only one I find that has listed the complete results in organised manner. Great Work. Keep it up.
Please also list a new section on “next days schedule of events for India” So that we may watch it if comes up by any chance in TV or online live.
Ahmed
NC, USA
@ m ahmed: You can find the entire Schedule of Indian Events at the Olympics at :
http://www.iwebie.com/indias-2008-beijing-olympics-dreams
Also as the qualificatio heats get over, we shall keep updating this page
hello all indians
we should ban cricket in india then may be they give more attention to other games,MR george of UK dont consider cricket as a game ,he said this is agame of 11 fools and 11000 spectators,thats y cricket is not into the olympics.
govt should promote athlethes and other sportspersons.
i am an indian plus australian,i am happy that australia is doing good in 08 beijing but i will be delighted when i see any indian standing on the 1 board gold medal in his/her neck and all people standing on india’s national anthem.
jai hind
hey guys keep on checking this following website for detailed results and schedules of all the events.
http://www.nbcolympics.com
and good coverage on Indian performance..keep it up
GRRR GRRR THE BLOODY TRUTH IS THE MOTHER FUCKING INDIAN POLITICS
The Indian team is an embarrassment. 57 wankers from a country of 1200 mn. Maybe we’ll win gold when civil riots become an Olympic Sport.
Go Finland. Go!
Saatanan Pulunnussijat!
Sania ho ya Saina
Medal lekay jaroor aana
My best wishes are with Indian Participants. Please do not lose hope. We need medals from you at least more than previous ones.
Best of Luck to all Indian participants
We have a fair chance in the following events:
Shooting
Tennis
Weight Lifting
Boxing
All Indian event participants should come out wih a medal.
INDIA expect medal from you
Respected Pradhan Mantriji,
Respected Khel Mantriji.
What in your opnion is the chances of winning a medal in the Beijing Olympics?
India after 61 years of independence is struggling for one medal and China is fighting for the first contender. Do you find any difference? Or is it a sheer badluck that we are born in India?
What help have you provided to the sportsmen?
How many children you have selected for training to go for the next olympics?
Are the managers and trainers true to their profession? Are the trainees getting what they deserve?
Unless India bring medals many more questions are to be replied by you?
Please do not indulge politics with the pious sports. Let the experts handle it
come on india i belive we got more then one gold meadel & total is 5
INDIA IS GRATE TIME IN OLY BIJING I HOPE INDIAS ARE ONLY 1 GOLD 1 SILVER & 1 BRANZ I WILL VERY HAPPY. come on india i belive we got more then one gold meadel & total is 5
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Congrats to all my fellow Indians. This is the true spirit of India. Inspite of lack of facilities and support, we are resilient as ever. Nothing can stop us!
Congrats Abhinav Bindra, We are proud of you!!
Great Abhinav.. You have made India proud.. More laurells for you in the coming future. GREAT ACHIEVEMENT INDEED.
Finally a unexpected surprise came to whole country,,,,,,,, since we just need a medal atleast to find a place in medal tally, but v got a gold… it’s just not a gold it is india’s future to do well @ 2020 olympics……..
Congratulations! Abhinav , We are truly proud of you. Yes India we can do it.
great show Abhinav,
now atleasti wish hope n pray that our politicians stop eating the funds and work for the betterment of sports.
n best of luck to saina she just overcame the 4th seed we expect much more
god bless.
Hi,
I’m glad I stumbled upon this site while surfing the internet. I’m an Indian currently living in the U.S and has been following the Olympics closely on T.V. There wasn’t any mention about Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal here …atleast I didn’t see it. So please keep up the good work on keeping us posted!
CONGRATULATIONS TO BINDRA!!! Hope we win more medals!
I am feeling very patriotic at this point!I hope the government does more to fund proper training facilities for our athletes.
hi,
CONGRATULATIONS ABHINAV BINDRA!!!!!!! you have really made us proud. Creating History of first individual gold medal is an exceptional effort specially after no Indian Hockey team… it is really superb we are all proud of you!!!!!
I am in office and i thank this site for letting us know of this historic feat….
LETS KEEP are fingers crossed as there may be some more to come specially in
BADMINTON
TENNIS and
ARCHERY(MENS)
SHOOTING(Rathore has still to come)
horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy
we have done it guys
we will win more
congrax Mr. Bindra
u da best
n all da best to others
i cant explain wht im feeling rt now
i proud to be an INDIAN
many many congratulations, here we get our first GOLD medal.
i am feeling so good n top of the world.
thanks a lot Abhinav, giving a proud moment to every Indian.
keep it up.
and very good coverage of Indian performance.
All the best.
well I also found out about this site accidentally…but boy ain’t I glad???
Man Abhinav Bindra is a genius…where all hope was lost due to lackluster performance so far by the shooters(no complaining…they were having an off day), now i have started believing again…
Thnx iwebie for bringing the olympics to the desk of all those who closely follow the event
And say it out loud guys…
MERA BHARAT MAHAN
Here we start with Abhinav’s gold…
Go INDIA Go…
what a golden start……
need to bag sm more
ilove ma India
thanx 4 all these daily updates
i’m vry thank full 2 the team………
who help me to check performance of India
in olympic 2008.
way to go…
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In athletics i think india has no chance for a medal..
only hope left now is Leander and Bhupathi..gold would be nice
Thnx 4 all the information.I heard about 1 more event judo 78kg in which india’s divya is participating.That vl b at 9.30am ist i thnk so.Plz let me knw abt it.
Divya has a bye in her first Preliminary match. Her second Preliminary match is scheduled between 10AM – 2 PM tomorrow. Will update as and when schedules are released..check the schedules page tomro dude..
Hey wat hpnd to the shooting?Dont know y dd dont show india’s events.Yesterday They didnt show archery match,not even tennis match of indian express and also sania n sunita.Me waiting wat hpnd in shooting 2day.But no news dont know wat the hell they show.
India lost both anjali n avneet didnt qualified thats reali sad
@ sandeep
its sad they did not qualify..but guess they were not at all good…
anyways Du li got her revenge on emmons katerina
i’m lookin frwrd for amedal in boxing
from Vijender Kumar what u guys think!!
Ya mayank may b keep ur fingers crossd.
vijender is our best bet in boxing…akhil has a bad draw , he will face the world champion next
they got no chance in tennis but i a m hopping for a miracle win. i cant beleive the r doing so well in boxing hopefullly it can get us anothr medal
Amazing news from Akhil Kumar! TRULY AMAZING! This is incredible news for India on independence day no less. That aside, DD Sports has got to sharpen up its act. Like I see that it has improved greatly from the good old days
, but watching the Olympics coverage on other international sport channels, it just feels like DD is missing something in their coverage. Here’s one person hoping DD will have a fantastic look and feel come the New Delhi Commonwealth and London Olympics!!!!
ohh and happy independence day to all
Awesome gift frm akhil kr on independence day.M sure he hav that spirit in his heart.Expectations r high nw.
hey all
i’ll be thankfull to every guy
who plz mail me d result of d following 2 events
coz i’m in ma office unable to chk d results
Boxing – Men’s Flyweight (51 Kg) – Jitender Kumar vs Tulashboy Doniyorov
Boxing – Men’s Middle Weight(75 Kg) – Vijender Kumar vs Angkhan Chomphuphuang
ma mail id is
mggupta@se.com.sa
thankfull to all
Wow its a hatrick in boxing
man all 3 of the boxers r in quarters this is india’s only hope for another medal!!
Sanjeev seems to have choked there in 50m 3 positions, just shot the 91 there after a good start. He is now 25 with one more position to go.
But, Gagan is 4th and I hope he brings home a medal here. Go for it!!
thanx 4 all ur help guyz
thanx 4 updating me
boxers r realy in good form all 3 in quarter final
way to go!!!!!!!!!!
hope will get sm fadoooooooo result soon
NArang and Sanjeev both choked…narang hit a 93 94 his final round…there only he lost a medal chance
@ mayank :hav gagan qualified 4 final brother?
Oh that was reali bad luck 4 gagan bro.Reali felt sad:-(
ya its bad
dat gagan didn’t qualified
bt still boxers r their
they will definately move up our rank in olympic medal tally
hey what do u think guys
will neha will do sm miracle in TT
tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey mayank, TT its very diificult to win a medal…she will be hardpressed to reach quarters also i feel…
In olympics u never know
d one who loose confidence looses d match
i wish neha all d best
what i think most of our team got d potential
bt r not mentally prepared to face der opponents
confidence play alot!!!!!!!!
lets see what neha do tomorrow
Vijender Kumar has won his match. He is in the semis and guaranteed a Bronze!! Way to go Vijender. Dont stop short of GOLD!!! Make us Proud again!!
vijender assuered us of third medal in this olympics. cheers to him and trio of boxing team who helped the whole india to uplift their spirits!!!
Thanks for resul
Why have the results not been pulished here yet? I live in the UK and followed the whole match on bbc. This guy is really great. He just needs to keep his head in the right place!!
All boxers,Bindra and the badminton girl deserve a grand welcome. They should be everywhere instead of just our cricketers. They are the real heroes!! An inspiration to a great nation!!!
Long live India!!!
Vijender Kumar assured India of yet another medal when he entered the semi-finals of the middleweight (75kg) category on Wednesday.
Vijender defeated Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora 9-4 at the Workers’ Gymnasium.
In the Olympic boxing event even the losing semifinalists get a bronze medal
@Mayukh
Hey we have some issues with the website and hence its diff to update this page…we will in sometime
Hi All,
I have a question for EVERYONE…
Should we Indians be happy that this is by far our best performance at the Olympics- 3 medals out of a population os 1 billion? OR
Should we be worried?
Just something for you all to think about…
dear all,
i strongly endorse Mayukh’s view i think all the boxers, saina (badminton) and all the wrestlers deserves a warm welcome along with Abhinav,however i tend to disagree somewhat with wot he said in the latest post…letz look at the positives i really think dat by 2016 we will be in top 5 of medals tally,i have a strong hunch that this olympics will be the turning point, and the psyche of the people and how sports (except cricket) is treated will defnately change.Kudos to all those glorious people in beijing, especially akhil, saina, yogeshvar and jeetendra (Pls lets not forget them) U Ppl hav really made us PROUD.
Guyz, Thnks for this awesome website.
@ all
Everything starts with a spark…covering this olympics, i have seen a huge upward swing in sports other then cricket..
today’s ODI in my office no one was interested…everyone was waiting for The boxing matches…thats great news..
2020 win 20 is our slogan..go india go
Hey GuideMe, what’s the “here we come China” and “tri-colour rising above the Chinese flag” all about? Sounds like you don’t quite like China~~
anyways, you probably know better that 3 gold is not a concern for China in the gold race, as in 1984 when PRC first competed in the Olympics we received 15 gold~ Way to go India! and congrats on the air rifle gold! (that was some fantastic shooting btw)
China & India should be allies, representing the rise of Ancient Asian cultures to new globle superpowers!
well played vijender,jitender & Akhil you have made the way and lot more are expeted !!!
this is just a beginning…
Great coverage my friend…
I tracked india’s performance on this site.
Appreciate your hard work too…
and once again congrats to Abhinav, Sushil and Vijendra.. They aroused some interest in Indian fans..
good going
Mahesh
congrats china on being top in medal telly
and at last we are having 1 gold and 2 bronze ,
thanks for your appreciation mr. liu.
sports have never been given priority in india.
i accept in near future india china woud be making a good allies and both are ancient civilization confronting the same problems
worlds future may be without pakistan but not without china u have to play a major role with india in near future.
Great times checking out your website daily to stay up to date on India’s (below average again) performance…at least it is a step in the right direction – but watching the athletes from other winning nations, we have a long. long way to go…Cheers…till London!!
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