Top-8 finishes at Tokyo'2020 Olympics

[srini]

Archery -
Mixed - Deepika & Pravin Jadhav - Lost in QF

Shooting
Saurabh Chaudhary 10m Air pistol - 7th in Final

Weighlifting
49Kg Mirabai Chanu - Silver

[sameerph]

Satwik-Chirag have not yet advanced to quarter finals. Need to still win against British pair who lost against world #1 Indonesians today.

[Kumar]

Different threads would be better! Both give different perspective.

Would recommend moderator to only update with results to keep it compact or just one person to do it

Something like
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=216416

[srini]

Satwik-Chirag have not yet advanced to quarter finals. Need to still win against British pair who lost against world #1 Indonesians today.

Sorry about the QF mention, their win made me get ahead of myself imagining the impact on Indian Badminton doubles scene
But realized i can't edit my own post, would need a moderator do it ?

[sameerph]

Done. 3 top 8 finishes today.

[srini]

Need to add Archery Men's team QF in Top-8

[sameerph]

Updated the list-

Archery -
Mixed - Deepika & Pravin Jadhav - Lost in QF
Mens Team - Lost in QF

Shooting
Saurabh Chaudhary 10m Air pistol - 7th in Final

Weighlifting
49Kg Mirabai Chanu - Silver

[prasen9]

Would it make more sense to update the first post also in the list to put in the latest list? That way people coming in can find the information right up front and will not have to read the progression if they are not interested?

[jayakris]

^^ Maybe better. That way only the new ones need to be mentioned here. Anybody can just point out and it makes it easy for Sameer, in case he doesn't notice some odd cases like some rowers getting into final-9 and actually finishing 8th but not making the final 6 and stuff like that (I remember doing such things in the past!)

[jayakris]

Two more to add:

Saurabh and Manu in shooting mixed (finished 7th)
Lovlina Borgohain in boxing (Boxing 69kg welterweight) - in the QF

I am not sure if the hockey team has mathematically made the QF for sure yet (maybe not).

[jayakris]

One more to add:
Pooja Rani (Boxing 75kg middleweight) - in the QF

[sameerph]

Will add that to first post. Also Lovlina went thru to QF yesterday.

How many top 8 were there last time? I think it is better to pull that up from last Olympics thread and put it here just for comparison purpose and also too see where those 8 are now.

[jayakris]

^^ We had 14 last time in Rio and 16 in London 2012

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

Counted Lalita's steeplechase for 7th in qualifying, and the rarity of our T&F top-10's. Was with the 7-12 group in the final anyway.

Honorable mention top-16's: Dattu Bhokanal (rowing 13th), Manish Singh Rawat (13th in 20 km racewalking), Atanu Das (Archery #5 in qualifying)

Honorable mention top-32's: Thanackal Gopi (25th) and Kheta Ram (26th) in a field of 155 in the Marathon, 2nd and 3rd in Asia, both with personal best timings.

My final comments:

For the record, we came down in top-8 finishes from 16 to 14 from London to Rio, and we came down in top-4 finishes from 7 to 5. I expected about 20 top-16 finishes and 8 or 9 top-4 finishes. Disappointed, but not distressed. Our federations really need to get their act together. Hell, let us bid for an Asiad or Olympics and get our act together!

[jayakris]

^^^ Haha, I am laughing at my own line there, that I don't remember writing - Sania Mirza/ Rohan Bopanna - "a stinking 4th"

I guess I was so upset that they could not get a medal even in two attempts and after being just a couple of points away from one....

[jayakris]

Two more so far today. PV Sindhu and Men's hockey team. I think we are up to 9 now.

Update: One more. Satish Kumar boxing (QF of Super-Heavy 91kg). Up to 10 now.