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^^^ I thought you said "well, we have, Jay" to me, and was going to ask "who?" .... Then I saw that there was no comma... You meant, "we have Jay".

So I went searching and found that you meant Jay Kumar of Delhi. But how do you know that he is not a vegetarian?

Looks like we need a full list like Rajit started, and also short list of names everybody has at least heard of...

Yes, for team events, hockey-75, cricket and Kabaddi qualify. I was not even aware of the Polo championship in 1957.

^^^ Haha. Yeah, Saina. Sindhu was in my personal list already.

But Sethi, Padukone and Pankaj to my list. Not Saina.

I was about to say above that I could add a couple of badminton greats like Sethi and Padkone. Maybe Pankaj Advani too.

Okay. That makes my list 17 people. Much better than a list of ONE that I knew and was ashamed about, as a 12 year old in in 1975.

My "unofficial" and judgmental short list of those who were generally accepted by people as world's best for at least a short period on the basis of some specific medals, championships, or world ranking, are: Wilson Jones Michael Ferreira Vishwanathan Anand Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi Abh...

We are assured of a finalist! [QF] (5) Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND,379) d. (3) Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (FRA,345), 62 46 76(5) [QF] (2) Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND,312) d. (6) Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,440), 63 60 so [SF] (4) Zhibek Kulambayeva (KAZ,337) vs Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (THA,924)...

prasen9 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 4:10 am Sorry, I was not born in 1970. Who was our billiards world champion then? I thought Geet Sethi won the first WC in 1990s. Who are you thinking of Jay?

Wilson Jones. World amateur billiards champion in the 60s.

Should we create a list of world champions in all sports and games? How many has Independent India had? At one time, in the 70s, only billiards was there. Then Hockey 1974 and cricket 1983 happened. Then shooting, chess, badminton, women's boxing, javelin, etc. Not sure if LP/MB's or SatChi #1 ranks...

But, by your definition, "competitively judged movement of an object or oneself is needed for anything to be a sport., chess is a sport. It involves the movement of an object - chess pieces. And it is competitively judged with very strict rules to say who is a winner. Maybe it is time for you ...

Jay, why do you think Ding made the blunder? It was physical. His muscles on his body and his brain could not take the stress and slipped up for a moment. I don't care if we call it a sport or not. I do not. But, the physical aspect of chess world championships and long tournaments is overlooked. G...

Sahaja is 1-2 against Yashina with 1 of the losses coming right her at Solapur tournament in 2022, so hopefully it will be sweet revenge for Sahaja tomorrow. Actually Sahaja is 2-1 against Yashina. The two wins were 60 61 and 61 60 in July 2022 and June 2023, but in between she lost at Solapur 36 7...

Congratulations to Gukesh!!! World champion at something (though not a sport) that the world does care for! That happening on what you all say was a Chinese blunder makes it even sweeter.

[R2] Vaishnavi Adkar (IND,705) l. (8) Diana Marcinkevica (LAT,460), 57 63 57 [R2] (5) Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND,379) d. Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,691), 63 3 61 [R2] Akanksha Dileep Nitture (IND,939) l. (3) Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (FRA,345), 64 57 6(7) [R2] (WC) Humera Baharmus ...

^^^ Yeah, #250 Strakhova has still not withdrawn from the Navi Mumbai W50, but with Jakupovic out, Shrivalli will be the 8th seed as of now, and can avoid the tougher players for a couple of rounds. Ankita and Sahaja will be the 2nd and 3rd seeds. Fangran who withdrew from last week has just made th...