Four More Indian Shooters Qualify for 2016 Rio Games after Delhi Qualifying Tournament
February 6, 2016 R K Gupta
Abhinav Bindra, Indian Sport News, Olympics, Rio Olympics, ShootingAt the end of 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament in New Delhi on February 3, four Indian shooters made the qualification grade in four events. With that, the Indian shooting contingent for 2016 Rio Games has grown to 9 men and 3 women in various shooting categories. After Kuwait was suspended by the International Olympic […]
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After 92Years Rugby Returns to Rio as Olympic Sport in a Spruced Up Version
October 1, 2015 R K Gupta
Rio Olympics, RugbyRugby was played as a medal sport in Olympics for the first time in 1900 Paris Games. In London’s 1908 Olympics, the sport made its second appearance but it was excluded from the 1912 Games at Stockholm. The Olympic Games were not held in 1916 because of World War I but Rugby came back in […]
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Shot Putter Manpreet Kaur Is the Latest Indian Athlete to Qualify for 2016 Rio Games
September 22, 2015 R K Gupta
Athletes, Athletics, IAAF, Indian Sport News, Manpreet Kaur, Rio OlympicsIndian Railways shot putter Manpreet Kaur was one positive off-shoot from 55th National Open Athletics Championship, which came to an end at Kolkata on Saturday September 19, 2015. Manpreet hurled the 4 Kg sphere to a distance of 17.96 meters and secured a berth for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The International Association Of Athletics Federations, […]
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Venezuela Argentina Qualify in 2016 Rio Men’s Basketball after FIBA America Championship
September 17, 2015 R K Gupta
Basketball, FIBA, FIBA America Championship, Rio OlympicsWhen Venezuela defeated Canada in a nail-biting semifinal of 2015 FIBA Americas Championship at Mexico City on Friday September 11, 2015, they confirmed their place in 2016 Rio Olympic Games. On the same day, Argentina also qualified by defeating hosts Mexico in the other semifinal. Therefore, as far as Rio Olympic qualification was concerned, the […]
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Nigerian Men’s Basketball Team Qualifies for 2016 Rio Games by Winning 2015 Afro-Basket
September 11, 2015 R K Gupta
Afro-Basket, Basketball, FIBA, Nigeria, Rio OlympicsAfro-Basket is the biennial men’s basketball continental championship of Africa. The 2015 Afro-Basket was the 28th edition and it acquired added significance since it also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games at Rio de Janeiro. 16 teams participated in the event that began on August 19 and […]
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Qualifies for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
September 9, 2015 R K Gupta
FIH, Hockey, Hockey India, Indian Sport News, Rio Olympics, Women HockeyIndia’s women hockey team has qualified for next year’s Rio Olympic Games without playing a match. For a while, India’s fortunes were controlled by factors other than the real field action. On August 30, 2015, England defeated Spain in the Euro-Hockey Championships held at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Since Netherlands had earlier defeated Germany, […]
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Three National Teams Book Rio Basketball Tickets With Victories In Qualification Matches
August 23, 2015 R K Gupta
Basketball, FIBA, Rio OlympicsAfter the conclusions of three different FIBA sponsored tournaments last week, Australian men and women’s teams and Canadian women’s team have qualified for basketball in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In the two-legged FIBA Oceania Championship matches played in Australia and New Zealand, the men and women’s teams scored victories over New Zealand in both […]
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US Basketball Team & Other Sporting Superstars Are Excited About 2016 Rio Participation
August 22, 2015 R K Gupta
Athletics, Basketball, Rio OlympicsUSA’s Basketball teams have an amazing record in the Olympics. The men have won 14 out of 17 Gold Medals in the over 100-year Olympic history and since the women’s basketball was introduced in 1976 Montreal Olympics Games, USA women have won the Gold 7 out of 8 times. The teams didn’t participate in the […]
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Eight African Nations Reach Final Qualification Hurdle in Men’s Football for 2016 Rio Games
August 12, 2015 R K Gupta
African football, FIFA, Football, Rio OlympicsThere are 16 spots in men’s football at next year’s Rio Olympic Games, and with hosts Brazil being eligible for automatic qualification, 15 spots remained for different regions of the world. Of these, six other nations have already qualified. They are Germany, Argentina, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden and Fiji. But three places, allocated to CAF, the […]
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Olympic Qualification System Deprives Russian Women’s Basketball Team of Rio 2016 Berth
August 11, 2015 R K Gupta
Basketball, FIBA, Rio Olympics, RussiaOn June 28, 2015, Russian women’s basketball team played against Turkey for the fifth place in the Euro-Basket tournament at Budapest. A win would have sent the Russians to another last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament in 2016 but they lost to Turkey 66-68 on the buzzer. With the sixth place finish, their dreams of Olympic qualification […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |