Tuesday, July 24, 2012
London Olympics 2012-India Performance
India is all set to take part in the 2012 Summer (London) Olympics to be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Indian government spend over 250 crores in preparing for the games, including around 20 crores on foreign coaches for various events.It’s a dream for any athlete in this world to win an Olympic medal for his/her nation, but to participate in the biggest sporting event, the players have to qualify through various tournaments.
Indian players are also working very hard to make their dream of winning an Olympic medal come true and just because of their hard work and determination 47 players from our country have qualified for the Olympics so far. Here are their names according to their event in which they have qualified.
We wish good Luck to All Players. Hopefully India Shine in London Olympics 2012. Watch this space for Daily Updates.
Indian players are also working very hard to make their dream of winning an Olympic medal come true and just because of their hard work and determination 47 players from our country have qualified for the Olympics so far. Here are their names according to their event in which they have qualified.We wish good Luck to All Players. Hopefully India Shine in London Olympics 2012. Watch this space for Daily Updates.
| Medal | Total |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 2 |
| Bronze | 4 |
| Grand Total | 6 |
List of Indian Qualifiers for London Olympics | |||
| SPORT | ATHLETES | Type | Medal |
| Archery | Jayanta Talukdar | Individual | |
| Rahul Banerjee | Individual | ||
| Tarundeep Rai | Individual | ||
| Laishram Bombayla Devi | Team | ||
| Deepika Kumari | |||
| Chekrovolu Swuro | |||
| Athletics | Basanta Bahadur Rana | 50 Km Walk | |
| Baljinder Singh | 20 Km Walk | ||
| Gurmeet Singh | |||
| Irfan Kolothum Thodi | |||
| Ram Singh Yadav | Marathon | ||
| Vikas Gowda | Discus Throw | ||
| Om Prakash Karhana | Shurt Put | ||
| Renjith Maheshwary | Tripple Jump | ||
| Tintu Luka | 800 m | ||
| Sudha Singh | 3000 m Steplechase | ||
| Seema Antil | Discus Throw | ||
| Mayookha Johny | Tripple Jump | ||
| Krishna Poonia | Discus Throw | ||
| Sahana Kumari | High Jump | ||
| Badminton | Parupalli Kashyap | Men's Single | |
| Saina Nehwal | Women' single | Bronze | |
| Jwala Gutta | Women' Double | ||
| Ashwini Ponnappa | |||
| Valiyaveetil Diju/ Jwala Gutta | Mixed Double | ||
| Boxing | Devendro Singh | Light flyweight | |
| Shiva Thapa | Bantam Weight | ||
| Jai Bhagwan | Light weight | ||
| Manoj Kumar | Light Welter Weight | ||
| Vikas Krishan Yadav | Welter Weight | ||
| Vijender Singh | Middle Weight | ||
| Sumit Sangwan | Light Heavy Weight | ||
| Mary Kom | Fly Weight | Bronze | |
| Field hockey | Bharat Chettri | Hockey Team | |
| Sardar Singh | |||
| P. R. Sreejesh | |||
| Sandeep Singh | |||
| V. R. Raghunath | |||
| Ignace Tirkey | |||
| Manpreet Singh | |||
| Birendra Lakra | |||
| Gurbaj Singh | |||
| Sowmarpet Sunil | |||
| Danish Mujtaba | |||
| Shivendra Singh | |||
| Tushar Khandker | |||
| Gurwinder Singh Chandi | |||
| Dharamvir Singh | |||
| S. K. Uthappa | |||
| Judo | Garima Chaudhary | Women's 63 KG | |
| Rowing | Swarn Singh Virk | Single Sculls | |
| Sandeep Kumar | LightWeight Double Sculls | ||
| Manjeet Singh | |||
| Shooting | Abhinav Bindra | 10 M air Rifle | |
| Gagan Narang | Bronze | ||
| Gagan Narang | 50 M rifle Prone | ||
| Joydeep Karmakar | |||
| Vijay Kumar | 10 m air Pistol | ||
| Vijay Kumar | 25 m rapid fire Pistol | Silver | |
| Gagan Narang | 50 m Rifle 3 positions | ||
| Sanjeev Rajput | |||
| Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Trap | ||
| Ronjan Sodhi | Double Trap | ||
| Shagun Chowdhary | Trap | ||
| Rahi Sarnobat | 25 M Pistol | ||
| Annuraj Singh | |||
| Heena Sidhu | 10 M air Pistol | ||
| Annuraj Singh | |||
| Swimming | Ullalmath Gagan | 1500 m Free Style | |
| Table tennis | Soumyajit Ghosh | Men's Single | |
| Ankita Das | Women's Single | ||
| Tennis | Somdev Devvarman | Men's Single | |
| Mahesh Bhupathi | Men's Double | ||
| Rohan Bopanna | |||
| Leander Paes | Men's Double | ||
| Vishnu Vardhan | |||
| Leander Paes | Mixed Double | ||
| Sania Mirza | |||
| Rushmi Chakravarthi | Women's double | ||
| Sania Mirza | |||
| Weightlifting | Katulu Ravi Kumar | Men's- 69 KG | |
| Ngangbam Soniya Chanu | Women's - 48 KG | ||
| Wrestling | Amit Kumar | 55 KG | |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | 60 KG | Bronze | |
| Sushil Kumar | 66 KG | Silver | |
| Narsingh Pancham Yadav | 74 KG | ||
| Geeta Phogat | 55 KG | ||
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Milkha Singh - The Flying Sikh
Milkha Singh is the most appreciated athlete India has ever produced. The interesting thing about his life is that he spent his childhood years in a village. He is also known as Milky Singh (born on 8 October 1935), who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Olympics.
His athletic career began when he joined the army at the age of 18. Here he paid special attention to athletics and started training himself for 400-metre race on tracks. All this did not go in vain. He was able to establish two new records in 400-metre and 200-metre races.
Milkha Singh represented India in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where his inexperience showed. Thereafter, he won gold medals in both the 200m and 400m events at the 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively. He progressed to win a gold medal in the 400m competition at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games, with a time of 46.16 seconds. This latter achievement made him the first gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games from independent India.
Subsequently, he competed in Pakistan and his successes there earned him the nickname of The Flying Sikh.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he finished second in all of his 400m races prior to the final,improving his time on each occasion. In the final event he set off strongly to the fore but was overhauled by the field and finished in fourth place, this being a decision that required a photo-finish. His time was 45.6 seconds and his finishing position was not bettered by an Indian track athlete until the 1984 Olympics, when P.T. Usha missed out on the 400 m hurdles bronze medal by 1/100th of a second.
He is married to the former captain of the Indian Women Volleyball team, Nirmal Kaur.
Hindi Film Director and Actor Farhan Akhtar making a film on his life named as "Bhag Milkha Bhag".Here's the trailor of the movie.
His athletic career began when he joined the army at the age of 18. Here he paid special attention to athletics and started training himself for 400-metre race on tracks. All this did not go in vain. He was able to establish two new records in 400-metre and 200-metre races.
Milkha Singh represented India in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where his inexperience showed. Thereafter, he won gold medals in both the 200m and 400m events at the 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively. He progressed to win a gold medal in the 400m competition at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games, with a time of 46.16 seconds. This latter achievement made him the first gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games from independent India.
Subsequently, he competed in Pakistan and his successes there earned him the nickname of The Flying Sikh.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he finished second in all of his 400m races prior to the final,improving his time on each occasion. In the final event he set off strongly to the fore but was overhauled by the field and finished in fourth place, this being a decision that required a photo-finish. His time was 45.6 seconds and his finishing position was not bettered by an Indian track athlete until the 1984 Olympics, when P.T. Usha missed out on the 400 m hurdles bronze medal by 1/100th of a second.
He is married to the former captain of the Indian Women Volleyball team, Nirmal Kaur.
Awards and achievements
- Gold medal - 1958 Asian Games in the 200 m and 400 m.
- Gold medal - 1962 Asian Games.
- 1959, awarded the Padma Shri
Hindi Film Director and Actor Farhan Akhtar making a film on his life named as "Bhag Milkha Bhag".Here's the trailor of the movie.
Third Kabaddi World Cup 2012 from Dec 1 to 15
Punjab would host 3rd World Kabaddi Cup from December 1 to 15, this year. This decision was taken in a high level meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal said that the Punjab Government was committed to promote Kabaddi at International level for making a strong plea for its inclusion in Olympic Games.
He said that this 15-day Kabaddi extravaganza would be a memorable treat for Kabaddi lovers as the league matches would be held at different places throughout the state. He said that in men's category 12 teams would be divided in two pools and each continent would have representation in this championship as Kenya's Kabaddi team would represent African continent for the first time.
He said that this championship would be on league-cum knock-out basis and first two teams from each pool would play in the semifinals. He said that the decision on participating teams for women category would be taken later on.
The Deputy Chief Minister categorically said that the state government was committed to ensure dope free tournament and for this purpose dope test would be mandatory for each player.
He said that any player found guilty in dope test would be banned and every participating team has been asked to conduct dope test of its each player before the start of tournament also.
He said that this 15-day Kabaddi extravaganza would be a memorable treat for Kabaddi lovers as the league matches would be held at different places throughout the state. He said that in men's category 12 teams would be divided in two pools and each continent would have representation in this championship as Kenya's Kabaddi team would represent African continent for the first time.
He said that this championship would be on league-cum knock-out basis and first two teams from each pool would play in the semifinals. He said that the decision on participating teams for women category would be taken later on.
The Deputy Chief Minister categorically said that the state government was committed to ensure dope free tournament and for this purpose dope test would be mandatory for each player.
He said that any player found guilty in dope test would be banned and every participating team has been asked to conduct dope test of its each player before the start of tournament also.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Rustam-E-Hind -Dara Singh
Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who has been battling for his life in a city hospital since the last four days, was tonight shifted back home after doctors said he has "less chance of recovery" due to significant damage to his brain.
The 84-year-actor was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in an emergency condition on July 7. He had suffered a cardiac arrest and since then he has been in the ICU.
"There are no medicines that will reverse the brain damage... only if a miracle happens. He might even slip into coma," said by Vindu D. Singh, adding Singh was put on life support.
For Those who Do not know
Dara Singh born on 19 November 1928 in Village Dharmoochak District Amritsar. He is a wrestler and Indian film actor. He was born in a Jat Sikh family of Punjabi background. His full name is Dara Singh Randhawa. He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962. He was nominated member of Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party during August 2003 – August 2009.
Dara Singh had played the remembrable character of Hanuman in television series 'Ramayan'.
Awards and accomplishments
Although most of the major achievements have been covered hereinabove yet some significant awards and accomplishments to Dara Singh are appended below.
National Wrestling Alliance:
Canadian Open Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Yukon Eric
In India:
Rustam-E-Punjab in 1966
Rustam-E-Hind in 1978
Actor Dharmendra, also visited hospitalised Dara Singh and asked people to pray for his recovery.
Get Well Soon!! Dara Singh Ji...
The 84-year-actor was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in an emergency condition on July 7. He had suffered a cardiac arrest and since then he has been in the ICU.
"There are no medicines that will reverse the brain damage... only if a miracle happens. He might even slip into coma," said by Vindu D. Singh, adding Singh was put on life support.
For Those who Do not know
Dara Singh born on 19 November 1928 in Village Dharmoochak District Amritsar. He is a wrestler and Indian film actor. He was born in a Jat Sikh family of Punjabi background. His full name is Dara Singh Randhawa. He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962. He was nominated member of Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party during August 2003 – August 2009.
Dara Singh had played the remembrable character of Hanuman in television series 'Ramayan'.
Awards and accomplishments
Although most of the major achievements have been covered hereinabove yet some significant awards and accomplishments to Dara Singh are appended below.
National Wrestling Alliance:
Canadian Open Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Yukon Eric
In India:
Rustam-E-Punjab in 1966
Rustam-E-Hind in 1978
Actor Dharmendra, also visited hospitalised Dara Singh and asked people to pray for his recovery.
Get Well Soon!! Dara Singh Ji...
