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Olympics 2012[London] - The Biggest and the Greatest Sporting Event on Earth. Chit-Chat

And here it comes...after the pause for 4 long years, arguably the biggest and the greatest sporting event on earth.
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London : will take place from 27th July until 12th August.
Incidentally London will be the first city to host the modern Olympic Games 3 times.
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mary had to move frm 48 kg to 51 kg category as her weight category was not there in olympics,this means she has to face much taller opponents which gave some techncal issues to her inspite of all these odds magnificent mom does it [8)] , she has assured herself of a medal by entering into semi...
3 Indian boxers in the quarters, just one win away from a medal. Two of them - Mary Kom and Vijender, play their QF matches today.
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Its heartbreaking not because AIBA reversed its decision now after rechecking video footage after krishnan was declared winner that time following an appeal by USA team..but becuase previously under same circumstances after boxer Sumit Sangwan's lost...the indian contingent also appealed for the ...
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Finally today Indian Shooters are showing what they realli capable of\m/
Joydeep Karamarkar in 50m rifle prone...firstly qualifying in Final ,after a Shoot off, at 7th(and yes Gagan Narang failed to qualify for finals missing by 2 points:P)...and in finals gave it all... sprang upto 4th from 7...
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Still,Proud of You Saina Nehwal\m/
She Fought and fought well(minus those Unforced errors:P)...but Chineese No. 1 proved too good!!:)
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Saina Lost 21-13 21-13
ended too :P :D
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Saina started the match with a Bang
Ronjan Disappoints. Had Big Hopes from him :/
Jai Bjagwan loses to Kazakhstan player Gani.. :( was really hoping a medal from him...All eyes on Saina and Vijendar Singh only :fingers crossed:
In a dramatic series of events, four badminton pairs, including the top seed, are disqualified from the ladies doubles tournament in the charge of match-fixing.With an official complain from India regarding a Japanese pair, unconfirmed news saying that the Indian pair of jwala/ashwini can make a ...
Yes man i saw that match...Deepika was laughing when match was going on...I dont know why...
with Deepika Kumari's defeat, medal hope in Archery ends :(Kashyap reaches men singles quarter finals in badminton :)
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So a Comparitively better day was the Day 5 at Summer olympics for India!!!
Awesome Start Given by Parupalli Kashya showing sublime form against World No 11 Tien Minh of Vietanam:w00t:..almost thrashing him 21-9,21-16 in 37 minutes to enter Knockout pre quaters stage!!\m/
Boxer Devendro Sin...
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India will do well to win even 3-4 medals. The lower limit will be off course to atleast match the last time's performance of 1 gold and 2 bronze. Boxing, Shooting and Wrestling are the big hopes this time. Hoping for something special from Saina as well.
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hi.. apart frm sporting event as a mgmt student i am intrested in knowing the bck stage activities of the event along with marketing part(endorsing, sponserships etc). culd u guys plz let me knw any sites frm whr i can gt inputs on these things.....
For DL opening ceremony in HD http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7481774/London.2012.Olympics.Opening.Ceremony.HDTV.x264-SuperS_[PublicHD
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@[536134:bhargavsg] Will be posted on the website.
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@[58577:sukritmunjal] : Done. How will we know the scores?
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I love multi-nation sporting events and I love Fantasy games. So I decide to combine my love for both and designed a Fantasy game for London 2012. Select 20 athletes and make your team and see them go for glory at the greatest sporting spectacle on earth.
Link:www.tinyurl.com/cywcfyo
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London 2012 starts with a bang....World Champions Koreans totally outperforming the rest world especially men's team creating World record in Rank round scoring 2087 points and also dang hyung with his score of 699/720..!!:w00t:
Coming back to Indian Archers..well it started off on a disappoin...
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Here is the full list of Indian contingent for the London 2012 Olympics, which would be headed byArcheryWomen`s Individual Event (3) – Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro
Women`s Recurve Team Event (1) -Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro
Men`s I...
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sorry no idea about links:(opening ceremony will be aired midnight around 1 am IST..on ESPN-Star sports n DD1..
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@[415193:lay_man]: Thanks, so i guess will be watching DD1 after hell of a long time.
hey, on which channel it will be aired?All the best, India.
@[435339:rajatjain10] any live streaming link? TV khrab hai yaha When is opening ceremony?
So the extravaganza starts today.and even before opening ceremony India's mission to glory starts today with Archery's ranking round...
Men's Team and Singles....starts around 1.30 in evening IST...Women's Team and Singles....starts around 5.30 in evening IST..
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draw for tennis is out(except the mixed doubles event)as expected Federer & Azarenka are top seeds in their respective singles events.
men singles draw : http://federerfan07.com/2012/07/26/london-2012-olympics-draw/
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Bhai phir ye logic sirf Hockey team kyu limited rakh raha hai;)....Puri 81 member ki Indian contingent pe apply hota hai:mg:
anyways jo bhi ho...this time m realli expecting many bonus medals from some unknown horses:P because of Strong Crowd support indians will get:sigh:...aakhir sadde Lond...
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hmmmm stats ke hisab se to Indian Cricket team kahi bhi stand nahi krti thi bhai in 1983...jab world cup jeeta tha...so hope for best :)
I am realli hoping for the same....but statiscally speaking Indian team have very limited chances as in their group excepting New Zealand every team is a higher ranked one....world no. 10 Team India have play out of their skins to reach semis:fingers crossed:
and i think our hockey team players will also rock London !
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Adding to the list...the biggest medal prospects after shooting...is Our Archery team...having Great possibilities to create Wonders this time at the Mecca of cricket;)
9.Deepika kumari..Singles,,..her being World No.1 says it all:)10.Men recurve Team..have beaten all top teams atleast once ...
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^ 6) saina nehwal - Badminton ;)
expecting better than the last time's 3 medals.
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Medal Prospects
1)Vijender Kumar - Boxing 2)Sunil Kumar - Wrestling 3)Abhinav Bindra - Shooting4)Ronjan Singh Sodhi- Shooting5)Gangang Narang - Shooting6)Saina Nehwal - Badmiton7)Bhupathi/Bopanna - Tennis8)Paes/Sani - Tennis
Well there are many more, but these are the players who I think ha...
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Absoluetly!!!:)
Talking about Sports.....The Biggest Hope still lies like last Bejing olympics with the Shooting Team:clap:...Each and every Shooter amongest a very proficient 11 player team have a very potential to reach podium on any given day with the likes of Golden Boy Bindra,Commenwealt...
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certainly am expecting the best show for our country in this outing. Already we know there are few people who can be the best on the given day. And for the other not-so-famous ones, the are the surprises. :sigh:
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@[267236:tamal220187]....awesome man:clap:....even i was looking for some olympic thread and if not present ..was thinking to start one!!:cheerio:
talking about India's Hopes.....m realli anticipating India's Best Performance ever in a single Olympics...which is very possible as this time we r...
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