India
India and Ireland win bronze medals in middle weight division of boxing
Virender Kumar from India lost 5-8 to Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bateaux in the semi-final of the middleweight boxing, but still wins a bronze medal as both loser of the semi-finals in boxing win bronze medals.
The other bronze medal went to Darren John Sutherland for Ireland, their first medal of the Beijing Olympics.
Ramazan Sahin wins gold in men’s 66kg wrestling
Ramazan Sahin from Turkey has won the gold medal in the men’s 66kg wrestling. Andriy Stadnik from Ukraine won the silver medal.
Otar Tushishvili from Georgia and Sushil Kumar from India won bronze medals.
India claims cheating in the shooting
Abhinav Bindra who won India’s first individual gold medal at the Olympics, claims that the sights on his gun were tampered with.
Bindra has recalled going to the toilet at the same time his German coach Gabriela Buehlmann went out for a cigarette, leaving the gun unattended. It was at this moment that the Indians suspect [...]
Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal today in the 10 meter air rifle was India’s first individual gold medal - ever.
For a country of its population, around 1.13, India doesn’t have a particularly good track record at the Olympic games. They have competed in almost every Olympic Games since 1900 but have only managed [...]
Abhinav Bindra from India has won the gold medal in the men’s air rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.
Zhu Qinan who won the gold medal at the Athens games, won the silver medal with a score of 699.7.
Henri Hakkinen from Finland took the bronze medal, with a [...]
Korea leads women’s archery
Pretty much as expected Korea is leading the women’s archery. I have written previously as to how Korean archers, particularly the women lead the world.
Standings after day 1:
Women’s:
1. Sung-Hyun Park - 673 points
2. Ok-Hee Yun - 667 points
3. Hyun-Jung Joo - 664 points
Men’s
1. Juan Rene Serrano - Mexico - 679
2. Singh Champia - India [...]
Discus thrower Krishna Poonia from India became the country’s fifth athlete to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
She finished sixth in the Tennessee Relays, held at Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Lodger Stadium-Walnut in California.
The other athletes include Vikas Gowda (men’s discus), Renjith Maheshwary (triple jump), Anju Bobby George (long jump) and Susmita Singha Roy (heptathlon).
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- Tight security for India torch relay
- Indian boxers book Olympic berths
- Indian Prime Minister visits Beijing
- Indian shooter taking aim for a Beijing medal
- No Indian marathoners in the Olympics games
- Mahesh and Leander to play together
- Khalmizam qualifies for Olympics
- India retains Asia Cup hockey title
