Who Out of Narsingh Yadav & Sushil Kumar Will Go to the 2016 Rio Olympics?
May 14, 2016 R K Gupta
Indian Sport News, Narsingh Yadav, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, Sushil KumarThe answer to this question has been allowed to hang on for too long by the Wrestling Federation of India, WFI and the Indian Olympic Association, IOA. The stalemate sprang up when Narsingh Yadav won the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas last year and earned an Olympic quota place for […]
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Saina and Six Other Indian Shuttlers Punch Rio Olympic Tickets But Can They Bring Medals
May 5, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, Saina NehwalBadminton at 2016 Rio Games will see 172 participants from several countries selected on the basis of an Olympic Quota System, OQS. Though the Games begin on August 5, 2016, Badminton will be played during August 11-20 at Pavilion 4 of Rio Exhibition Center. The singles events will have 38 men and 38 women while […]
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India’s Rio Olympic Qualification Quest Continues with Under 100 Days Left for 2016 Games
May 1, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Indian Sport News, Olympics, Rio 2016, Rio OlympicsIn the last one week, two Indians have qualified for the2016 Rio Olympic Games. After Narsingh Pancham Yadav, Yogeshwar Dutt and Hardeep Singh, Sandeep Tomar became the fourth wrestler from India to qualify for Rio. The other spot was grabbed by Dattu Baban Bhokanal in rowing after he won a silver medal in the finals […]
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Little-Known Non-Human Specialty Arrangements for 2016 Rio Olympic Games
April 22, 2016 R K Gupta
Horse Racing, Olympics, Rio OlympicsApart from more than 10500 men and women from 205 nations, the upcoming Olympic Games will also have participation from more than 300 animals, all of whom will be horses. Without these lucky equines, the Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events cannot take place. While it is far easier to manage the humans, the same cannot […]
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Dipa Karmakar Makes India Proud Takes the Road to Rio as Qualified Artistic Gymnast
April 19, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Dipa Karmakar, Indian Sport News, Rio OlympicsAn article appeared on these pages in August 2015 about Indian woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar, when she won a bronze medal at Hiroshima’s 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastic Championship. Dipa had finished third in women’s vault and brought glory to India. Now she has done even better. On April 18, 2016, the 22-year old Tripura girl […]
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Rio Olympic Update: 15-year Old Penny Oleksiak Canadian Girl Punches Swimming Tickets in Three Events
April 9, 2016 R K Gupta
Olympics, Penny Oleksiak, Rio Olympics, swimmingA 15-year old Canadian girl came up with exemplary performance during the ongoing national Olympic swimming trials at Toronto. As prodigal as the girl may prove, Penny Oleksiak has performed a remarkable feat and earned Olympic qualifications in three events in two days. On Tuesday, Penny finished the100-metre butterfly swimming in the fifth fastest time in […]
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Rio Olympic Update: Kento Momota Out of Badminton
April 9, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, Japan, Kento Momota, Olympics, Rio OlympicsWorld no.2 in BWF rankings Kento Momota of Japan will miss his Rio Olympic qualification berth for reasons not related to badminton. A recent India Open champion and singles bronze medalist at World Championships in Jakarta last August, Momota has admitted to gambling at an illegal Casino in Tokyo in May 2015. Illegitimate gambling is […]
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2016 Rio Games: Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus Become a Huge Bone of Contention
March 1, 2016 R K Gupta
Olympics, Rio OlympicsWith just over 5 months remaining for sports’ biggest global event, there are reverberations in certain quarters about the health safety of athletes coming to Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics. August 5 is not so far away, but the outcry for the summary cancellation of the 2016 Games is gathering momentum because of the […]
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Lee Chong Wei’s Hopes for Olympic Gold Soar as He Jumps to World no.2 in 9 Months
February 29, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Carolina Marin, Lee Chong Wei, Rio OlympicsFormer world no.1 Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei made deep inroads into BWF world ranking after his comeback in May 2015 from an 8-month doping ban. In June 2015, Lee’s world ranking had dropped to 180, when he came back to courts first time after late 2014, when the ban was slapped on him. But […]
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Gets Ready to Make Olympic History at Rio
February 13, 2016 R K Gupta
Athletics, Jamaica, Rio Olympics, Shelly-Ann FraserNo woman athlete has ever won three 100m gold medals in Olympic history. With Beijing 2008 and London 2012 titles already in her bag, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is on the verge of scripting her name in athletic history with the third 100m gold at 2016 Rio Olympics. Fraser-Pryce was not quite 1½ years old, when […]
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| 2 | Viktor AXELSEN | 61,500 |
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| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 55,060 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 52,440 |