Top-8 finishes at Tokyo'2020 Olympics

[kaustav]

Here is the final list from Rio - viewtopic.php?p=4370016#p4370016

For the record, the final list of Top-8 Performances at the Rio Olympics (2016)

1) Pusarla V. Sindhu - Women's Badminton - SILVER
2) Sakshi Malik - Women's Freestyle Wrestling 58 - T3 BRONZE
3) Dipa Karmakar - Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault - 4th
4) Abhinav Bindra - Shooting 10m Air Rifle - 4th
5) Sania Mirza/ Rohan Bopanna - Tennis Mixed Doubles - a stinking 4th.
6) Vinesh Phogat - Women's Freestyle Wrestling 48kg - QF (injury end)
7) Srikanth Kidambi - Men's Badminton - QF
8) Vikas Krishan Yadav - Men's Boxing Middleweight (75kg) - QF
9) Team - Archery Women's recurve - QF
10) Team - Field Hockey Men's - QF
11) Gurpreet Singh - Shooting Men's Rapid Fire Pistol 25m - 7th
12) Jitu Rai - Shooting Men's 10m Pistol - 8th
13) Mairaj Khan - Shooting Men's skeet - T8th
14) Lalita Babar - Women's 3000m Steeplechase - 10th

Abhinav Brindas 4th was a real heartbreak... The man was so soo close for his second medal

[sameerph]

So, this is the updated top 8 list as of now -

1. Mirabai Chanu- Womens Weightlifting- 49 Kg- Silver
2. Saurabh Chaudhary - Mens 10M Air Pistol- 7th
3. Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav- Archery Mixed team- lost in QF
4. Archery mens team- lost in QF
5. Saurabh Chadhary and Manu Bhakar- Air Pistol mixed team- Finished 7th
6. Lovlina Borgohain- Womens boxing- 69 kgs- Welterweight- in QF.
7. Pooja Rani- Womens Boxing- 75 kg- Middleweight- in QF
8. PV Sindhu- Womens Badminton- Into QF
9. Hockey - Mens team- Into QF
10. Satish Kumar- Boxing- 91 kg- Super Heavy weight- into QF.

[jayakris]

^^^ Not terrible so far. Do we have a chance to break our record of 16 top-8 finishes this time, Sameer?

Deepika, Atanu, Manu, etc are close... Maybe Anirban Lahiri, but two more rounds to go and Golf is very unpredictable (Aditi also can make a top-8) ... Maybe hockey women can... Then Amit, Vinesh, Bajrang, Neeraj, and maybe Kamalpreet? Who else has a chance?

[sameerph]

Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya in wrestling. Anshu, Sonal outside hopes in wrestling, but it is a draw of 16 in wrestling. So, one win will take you to top 8.

Do not see anyone else. Decent chance to cross 16. But, really hope somehow we are able to get to 4-5 medals.

[jayakris]

If around 7 or 8 more people make the final-8 along with the 5 that are alive so far, I am sure we will get at least 2 or 3 more medals from those 12-13 people. Two wrestling medals would be nice (and repechages can come to the rescue if one is lucky, like Sushil the first time).

[jayakris]

One more. Deepika Kumari, Archery individual. in the QF. That is 11.

[prasen9]

Maan, if these players learn that Jay actually cares for top-8 finishes, they will get all tight in the pre-quarters and choke up.

[jayakris]

^^^ Haha, there is no doubt about it. But really, this is a much better measure of general improvement in our Olympics performance than medals which are really a bit of a crap-shoot with mental issues and all that. I was hoping some 3-4 Olympics ago that our sports levels would be going up to 30+ top-8 performances by now. We are still under 20. Once we are at 30 to 40 levels, I am sure the expected value of medals would be somewhere in the 10 or 12 range with a variance of plus/minus 3. Now it is like 4 average plus or minus 2.

[jayakris]

One more. Women's hockey in the QF. That is 12 now.

I am pretty sure Kamalpreet Kaur will be in the top-8 in discus in the end, out of the 12 in the final (but anyway, the 2nd in qualifying itself counts as an honorary top-8 finish - and her distance of 64m will probably be in the top-8 distances there). But we can add her to the numbers later.

[sameerph]

Updated list -

1. Mirabai Chanu- Womens Weightlifting- 49 Kg- Silver
2. Saurabh Chaudhary - Mens 10M Air Pistol- 7th
3. Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav- Archery Mixed team- lost in QF
4. Archery mens team- lost in QF
5. Saurabh Chadhary and Manu Bhakar- Air Pistol mixed team- Finished 7th
6. Lovlina Borgohain- Womens boxing- 69 kgs- Welterweight- moved to SF
7. Pooja Rani- Womens Boxing- 75 kg- Middleweight- in QF
8. PV Sindhu- Womens Badminton- lost in SF. to play bronze match
9. Hockey - Mens team- Into QF
10. Satish Kumar- Boxing- 91 kg- Super Heavy weight- into QF.
11. Deepika Kumari - Archery - Womens individuals- lost in QF
12. Hockey- Womens team - into QF.

[prasen9]

If Kamalpreet chokes in the final and is not in the top 8, we should not add her however much we have preet for her and however komal we want to be. She needs to do kamal in order to be in the list. Here's hoping for an unexpected, completely out-of-the-blue medal though. Not going to happen, but hoping.

[jayakris]

If Kamalpreet chokes in the final and is not in the top 8, we should not add her however much we have preet for her and however komal we want to be. She needs to do kamal in order to be in the list. Here's hoping for an unexpected, completely out-of-the-blue medal though. Not going to happen, but hoping.

If she chokes and finishes 12th with a 60m throw, we shouldn't add her, but if she does above 63m and finishes say 10th, I would add her as an honorary 8th if her 64m in the qualifying is still among the top-8 of the best throws there.

It won't be an out-of-the-blue medal though, but for our normal expectation of a poor performance at Olympics. She had shown distances this year which would be medal possibilities. Just that we weren't sure if they weren't "home-cooked" distances or even vegetarian distances, and didn't expect her to get close to 64m at the Olympics where home-cooking and vegetables can't help. Now that she has shown in multiple throws that she has 64m in her, then she is legit! So it is no longer a big surprise if she hits a 65 and gets a medal (she has done 65+ this year too)

[prasen9]

Good, she came in 6th. Would have been better if she medalled. Maybe next time.

It still seems like boxing, weightlifting, badminton, hockey, and shooting. With boxing and weightlifting leaning towards women's is where we should fund. We should look at other cheap sports and throw a lot of people into that.

[usaindia]

Fencing,cycling BMX sports

[sameerph]

Updated list -

1. Mirabai Chanu- Womens Weightlifting- 49 Kg- Silver
2. Saurabh Chaudhary - Mens 10M Air Pistol- 7th
3. Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav- Archery Mixed team- lost in QF
4. Archery mens team- lost in QF
5. Saurabh Chadhary and Manu Bhakar- Air Pistol mixed team- Finished 7th
6. Lovlina Borgohain- Womens boxing- 69 kgs- Welterweight- moved to SF
7. Pooja Rani- Womens Boxing- 75 kg- Middleweight- in QF
8. PV Sindhu- Womens Badminton- lost in SF. to play bronze match
9. Hockey - Mens team- Into SF
10. Satish Kumar- Boxing- 91 kg- Super Heavy weight- lost in QF.
11. Deepika Kumari - Archery - Womens individuals- lost in QF
12. Hockey- Womens team - into SF
13. Athletics- Womens discus- Kamanpreet Kaur - Finished 6th