Great work bro...best of luck for next round and people....think better...kisi kuch accha kiya hai to appreciate karo...and stop being pesimistic..always crying about the negativesmin country...itni prb hai to khud kyu nahi karte kuch....
RE:Good Work...
by Ravi verma on Aug 16, 2008 02:43 AM
Hi,
You are absolutely right !! One who displays talent and works hard to win laurels in some sports activity must be appreciated for the same. The medals will start coming after some time when these youngsters gain experience. Rgds.
One most imp thing we need to think about it , what exectly lacking here in our country that 2nd largest populated country is so far from the list in Sports. i) Infrastructure ii)Mentalty iii) or some thingelse ?? which is very imp to know !!
I hope Akhil makes it to a medal. Complete in awe of all Indian athletes who can do so much in spite of the corrupt sports officials like Gill and company. I just checked the olympic contingent and there are so many idiot olympic attaches sent on our tax money. They are neither players no coaches just olympic attache I wonder what the hell they do. Attach themselves like parasites to indian tax money.
RE:Rediff:whats with the wells fargo noisy ad....
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RE:Rediff:whats with the wells fargo noisy ad....
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RE:This only means India will get its second gold
by ad na on Aug 16, 2008 05:14 AM
kyon be paki jal gayi saale, dont worry Porkistan will get a medal when suicide bombimb becomes an olympic sport.
RE:This only means India will get its second gold
by Anil Menon on Aug 16, 2008 03:09 AM
Harish
I was also upset when I read the message. Not sure teh guy is an Indian. However please let us not waste our energy on such guys. They are not worth our time friend.
RE:RE:RE:This only means India will get its second gold
by Anil Menon on Aug 16, 2008 03:10 AM
I agree with Harish. Let us all pray for our dear Indian who has done our country proud by defeating the world champion
RE:This only means India will get its second gold
by Aditya on Aug 16, 2008 01:42 AM
i know Akhil may sound overconfident almost cocky in the olympics but I think if you are a boxer you have to be little over confident. Frankly you have to be crazy to be playing a sport in which half the time someone is punching your face....
Anyome knows. Media creates heros. No one will be hearing about that Bindra guy from next week. Media created heros have short shelf life. Only solid, real and consitant sports heros like Tendulkar, Dhoni etc. click. Not fake ones who win medals in obscure sports sports. How many have heard of Rifle shooting a week ago?
RE:What does 54 kg mean? His weight?
by vinay on Aug 16, 2008 01:07 AM
many hadnt heard abt shooting a week ago but after just one week, all of india knew what is shooting is all abt. just like many watched ckt, after watching sachin scoring attacking shots than the dull play of the yester years' cricketers.
RE:What does 54 kg mean? His weight?
by Ram Alegavi on Aug 17, 2008 12:28 AM
Anand Krish you are a mentally retarded person that is why you do not know about any other sport besides cricket. Abhinav is a real hero Sachin and Dhoni are fakes
RE:What does 54 kg mean? His weight?
by Srihari Govi on Aug 16, 2008 01:15 AM
how pathetic u r thinking is yaar .... there had never been consitantcy in cricket by sachin or dhoni ... The recent sri lankan series is an example .... We all are proud of an indian getting a gold medal in olympics .... lets celebrate that .... if we can appreciate india's T20 cricket win , we should be proud os single gold medal too.... Jai hind...
RE:What does 54 kg mean? His weight?
by Apoorbo on Aug 16, 2008 01:18 AM
this media hype and cheap and disproportionate adulation is what is one of India's major problems today.
while Bindra's gold medal is a very nice event and milestone, unfortunatley at the same time this medal throws spotlight on the embarrassing fact that the second largest country in the world had not produced a single individual gold medal winner!
So, rather than dancing on the streets like monkies and beating ones chest, the right thing would have been to show recognition for this medal but temper it at the same time by saying that this is a good achievement but that we have a long way to go.
Imagine where the US, China and others are. I do not think any of those people celebrated insanely after having won a combined 1000 gold medals.
RE:What does 54 kg mean? His weight?
by ajit motra on Aug 16, 2008 03:10 AM
Anand! are you really comparing cricket with olympics? No wonder we never got medals!
What Olympics is this. Last time there was huge lobby from USA to put baseball even though most of the nations were against it. Now there is BASE ball. Why not cricket if BASE BALL is there? Why not chess..oldest sport in earth. When one Swimming is having 16 categories and if u have one fit player when u can get 8 MEDALS. Same with Gymnastics. WHY SO MANY MEDALS IN ONLY ONE SPORT? Volley ball, basket ball, beach volleyball,sprint running etc are hugely advantaged to height and strong races. How can Indian with average height of 5.5 compete with players with height of 6.5.
So don't worry too much and think of your core competence and churn it istead of feeling you are losers.
RE:Don't feel bad
by Ramakrishnapillai Nair on Aug 16, 2008 01:09 AM
You are right.It is easy to get medals in swimming and gymnastics. One get bored to see lot of swimming events, there is an overdose of gymnastics. Equestrian dressage is ok but why individual and team medals. Instead of the prime events like track and field the channels are showing eqestrian events,oh the show jumping is shown again and again!!. Indians should concentrate on events where there is no advantage of height and weight. Boxing and wrestling have weight classes. Archery, shooting, middle distance running and long distance running etc there are lot of events where we can excel.Milkha Sing and Sriram Sing were short guys.
RE:Don't feel bad
by Aditya on Aug 16, 2008 01:51 AM
Baseball is featuring in Olympics for the last time.... the fact the S Korea beat the US in baseball means that it also has ocuntries which are good at it. Why not cricket? Mainly cos a single match is played over a day... and before that it was played over 5 days.. T20 might have a chance.... Swimming has many categories because you can swim in many different striokes you cant run or box in many diferent ways... atleast not radically different. you run the same way with your two legs, swiming the backstroke, freestyle and other strokes.. Chinese average height is supposed to be less than Indian average height... but they are leagues ahead of us in Swimming, Basketball and sprint running.... its not to do with height and race.... its to do with good diet, picking up talented people and training them to be champions ... stop this cribbing..
RE:Don't feel bad
by naveen lohchab on Aug 16, 2008 01:54 AM
I am totall y agree with You on that , its all comes from the dominating country, they change the rules as they want for their own benifit. But i am asking one Q to all of you , whatever the games we have right now, Specially Hockey " our national game , what we did and doing in that sport. COme on guys we can;t hide our self; just blaming others is very easy thing, we are lacking in infrastructure, we have mental block in our mind, we should appericaite whatever , whoever is doing some thing there on the international arena. Congrates Abhinav !
RE:Don't feel bad
by Geo on Aug 16, 2008 06:06 AM
talk cool, Maybe they should introduce rummy and teen pattha. Then maybe with your 5.5 height you might get a few medals defeating the US and Chinese.
RE:Don't feel bad
by vinay on Aug 16, 2008 01:21 AM
agreed to some points. its surprising to know abt chess in olympics. and yes. swimming is unfairly the most favoured sports as far as improving ur medal tally is concerned.
Real followers of the sport in India know what Pugilist means and would know who Akhil kumar is. But some crazy people who just feed on news to just pass their leisure time would not!!! So get over it, if you dont know which sport Akhil Kumar is involved in YOU DONT deserve to be reading this article, and also you are not ELIGIBLE to comment on the article.
RE:PUGILIST ;;;Boxing.... a real boxer knows both the words, so do a real follower
by Apoorbo on Aug 16, 2008 01:11 AM
looks like you wrote this crappy report, and are spitting fire like a dragon when not being able to take constructive criticism!
RE:PUGILIST ;;;Boxing.... a real boxer knows both the words, so do a real follower
by vinay on Aug 16, 2008 12:52 AM
i think even akhil kumar might not know what pugilist is
RE:PUGILIST ;;;Boxing.... a real boxer knows both the words, so do a real follower
by Geo on Aug 16, 2008 06:08 AM
What are you real boxer? or real loser?
