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Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:12 pm
by S_K_S
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_ ... r_Olympics
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport.

Cross-country skiing 1
Luge 1

Cross-country skiing
India qualified one male cross-country skier: Jagdish Singh
Event - Men's 15 km freestyle

Luge
Shiva Keshavan qualified in men's singles by being ranked in the top 38 of the 2017–18 Luge World Cup standings. Keshavan qualified for his sixth Winter Olympics in the sport. These will be Keshavan's final Olympics.

Event:Men's singles
Good write-up on Keshavan - http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/indian- ... h-olympics

His Bio - https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-201 ... shavan.htm

Luge Schedule -

Sat, 10 Feb 3.40pm IST Men's Singles Run 1 Followed by Men's Singles Run 2
Sun, 11 Feb 4.30pm IST Men's singles Run 3 Followed by Men's Singles Run 4

Jagdish Singh Bio - https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-201 ... -singh.htm

CC Skiing 15Km Freestyle - Fri 16/2 11.30am IST - His number will be 3620026

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:02 pm
by S_K_S
Keshavan Training Runs

7/2
Group A Run 1
49.186
15/20 (was 1st to go)
1.391 behind fastest guy (47.795)

Group A Run 2
50.022
16/20 (was 1st to go)
2.074 behind fastest guy (47.948)

8/2
Group A Run 3
50.281
18/20 (last to go)
2.502 behind fastest guy (47.779)

Group A Run 4
49.574
16/20 (last to go)
1.698 behind fastest guy (47.876)

9/2
Run 5
49.218
35/40
1.421 behind fastest guy (47.797)

Run 6
49.50
35/40
1.546 behind fastest guy (47.954)

Low 48's required to medal so theoretically a second required below his fastest time

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:03 pm
by S_K_S
Luge Mens Singles

Run 1 - 50.578 - 36th (+2.926)

Run 2 - 48.710 - 31st (+1.085)

Fantastic run 2. Fastest time he has achieved this week. Onto run 3 and 4 on 11th Feb.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:29 pm
by S_K_S
Luge Mens Singles

Run 3 - 48.900 - 30th (+1.366)

Well done by Keshavan. To finish 30th is an admirable achievement. Unfortunately only top 20 get to go in the 4th run so that's the end of his Olympic career.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:21 pm
by suresh
His last two runs were super! It is a great way to end his career. Congratulations Keshavan.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:44 pm
by S_K_S

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:35 pm
by S_K_S
Jagdish Singh finished 103rd but it's amazing he even made it to the start line. Usual Indian bureaucracy.

http://www.sportstarlive.com/other-spor ... 772799.ece

https://scroll.in/field/868828/no-india ... r-olympics

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:21 pm
by arjun2761
Don't know what to make of these stories. Official apathy is certainly despicable and IF we are sending someone we should ensure that they have the best chance to be successful.

However, I do not see the point of sending a skier who can only beat the Tongan skier but pretty much no one else. In a country with limited resources, perhaps we should focus our resources on athletes that are at least capable of a top-20 finish (or teams in the top 10) and ultimately the medals will come from that group.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:48 pm
by S_K_S
It's about taking part, not the winning. I find his achievement admirable in that he is able to be an Olympian despite all the hurdles in his way.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:41 pm
by Kumar
We have ArifKhan participating in winter olympics. He qualified by participating in intl competition in mall :p



He also did so in a surprising place: A shopping mall in the desert. Khan's qualifying run in the giant slalom happened at a competition at Ski Dubai – an indoor, refrigerated ski arena that manufactures snow, located inside a shopping mall in the United Arab Emirates.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 5:50 pm
by prasen9
Since Kumar is using this thread, will a moderator change the title to maybe "Winter Olympics 2018 - Present" and we can add the ending year replacing present if we do not use this thread anymore?

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:27 am
by jaydeep
Dome Prasenjit.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:50 pm
by Kumar
Interesting article about 100% man made snow in Beijing

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/beiji ... eid=yhoof2

Seriously raises questions about value and viability of winter olympics.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:04 pm
by prasen9
I feel badly for Vincent Zhou, who tested positive and cannot compete in the games. Yes, illnesses happen and people do miss things. But, when you test positive and are actually asymptomatic, missing an Olympics is heartbreaking. I do not really follow the Olympics but saw this article about him and felt really bad. Sometimes, players have been training for a lifetime for this one opportunity ... and it is gone ... Well, the world championships, etc. are there I suppose ... and there is always next time. Hope springs eternal.

Re: Winter Olympics 2022

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:11 pm
by Joesso12
Kumar wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:50 pm Interesting article about 100% man made snow in Beijing

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/beiji ... eid=yhoof2

Seriously raises questions about value and viability of winter olympics.

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