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Heartiest congratulations to a gritty lady for winning the bronze! She apologizes to India for losing but it is India which is indebted to her.
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thanks mate but i need video link
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Can't find one of her losing match... but maybe you can enjoy the win that got her there?
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Olympic swimming gold winner admits using illegal kick
Olympic swimming gold winner admits using illegal kick | London Spy - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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Indian sprinter TINTU LUKA came last in semi final of 800m.
she looks like so powerless as she has eaten idli dosa in breakfast.
y can not Indian athlete eat meat ?????????
she looks like so powerless as she has eaten idli dosa in breakfast.
y can not Indian athlete eat meat ?????????
Oye namune, she came 6th in her HeatIndian sprinter TINTU LUKA came last in semi final of 800m.
she looks like so powerless as she has eaten idli dosa in breakfast.
y can not Indian athlete eat meat ?????????
and with this sort of time, she would have been 2nd in Heat 1 ...
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Oye namune, she came 6th in her Heat
and with this sort of time, she would have been 2nd in Heat 1 ...
bottom line is she is out of finals.'Q remains same... y dont Indian athlete eat meat to boost their performance?????????
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China claims two medal-winning Kazakhs as its own
NOT content with their standing at the top of the Olympic table, China have their eyes on two medals won by a couple of weightlifters from Kazakhstan.
The claim from Beijing that the two women were originally from China has triggered an outraged response from China's nearest Central Asian neighbour.
At the heart of the row are Zulfiya Chinshanlo, 19, who won the women's 53kg clean-and-jerk gold medal for Kazakhstan, setting a world record, and Maiya Maneza, 26, who secured gold in the 63kg, breaking the Olympic record total of 245kg and equalling the clean-and-jerk best of 135kg.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency issued a report saying that Chinshanlo was born and raised in Yongzhou, in central Hunan province, under the Chinese name Zhao Changling. It quoted a provincial sports bureau official, Zhou Junfu, as stating that Chinshanlo had previously been known in China as Zhao Changling before she was transferred by the bureau to the Kazakhstan team in 2008, with permission to compete in all international competitions.
Chinshanlo was described by Xinhua as a fluent Chinese speaker, but unwilling to address questions relating to China, including when she left the country and where her family is located. She appears to speak Russian with a Chinese accent, some reports said.
Both women were described as members of China's Dungan minority, better known in China as Hui, who are Muslims who have effectively assimilated into Chinese society, retaining only their religion. Some may come from the Turkic-speaking Uighur ethnic minority that lives in China's Xinjiang region, bordering Kazakhstan.
Adding to the confusion, Chinshanlo's Olympic page cites her birthplace as Almaty, Kazakhstan, and says that she speaks Russian and Kazakh.
Asked if she would return to China, she was said to have paused for a long time before replying: "I don't know." However, she was apparently willing to comment on a nostalgia for Chinese food, saying that she missed glutinous rice cakes - evidence, Xinhua said, that she appreciates Chinese cuisine and has a "Chinese stomach".
The other woman in demand, Maneza, said, in Russian: "I moved to China when I was little and spent ten years there. But I did not train in China. I am very pleased because this is my first Olympics. I have waited my whole life for this."
The Kazakhstan authorities were unimpressed at the attempt to claim two of the country's five gold medals, accusing their neighbour to the east of poor sportsmanship. The Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation said that Chishanlo and Maneza have registered their birthplace as Bishkek, the capital of Kazakhstan's small, mountainous neighbour, Kyrgystan, according to Mendihan Tapsir, a spokesman.
Tapsir said that neither was particularly outstanding when they first joined the Kazakh team. "I can say that they were ordinary girls," he says. "Our specialists noticed their talent in weightlifting and started to train them. We all believed they would win in the London Games before they left for the Olympics."
In the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, southern China, Chinshanlo said that she spoke perfect Mandarin because she was a Dungan, a Kazakhstani Muslim of Chinese origin.
There was fury on the internet in China at the two who may have got away. The anger was inflamed after Chinshanlo's Chinese rival, Zhou Jun, crashed out in the early stages of the competition.
There were calls online for sports officials to be punished. "How could they give away our best athlete. These officials must have lost their minds," wrote one Chinese on China's version of Twitter.
In sports where nationality transfers are allowed, the Olympic Charter requires a three-year "cooling off" period, except where it is waived by the country of origin. Because of fierce competition, many Chinese athletes have chosen to represent other countries after failing to win a spot in the national team.
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NOT content with their standing at the top of the Olympic table, China have their eyes on two medals won by a couple of weightlifters from Kazakhstan.
The claim from Beijing that the two women were originally from China has triggered an outraged response from China's nearest Central Asian neighbour.
At the heart of the row are Zulfiya Chinshanlo, 19, who won the women's 53kg clean-and-jerk gold medal for Kazakhstan, setting a world record, and Maiya Maneza, 26, who secured gold in the 63kg, breaking the Olympic record total of 245kg and equalling the clean-and-jerk best of 135kg.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency issued a report saying that Chinshanlo was born and raised in Yongzhou, in central Hunan province, under the Chinese name Zhao Changling. It quoted a provincial sports bureau official, Zhou Junfu, as stating that Chinshanlo had previously been known in China as Zhao Changling before she was transferred by the bureau to the Kazakhstan team in 2008, with permission to compete in all international competitions.
Chinshanlo was described by Xinhua as a fluent Chinese speaker, but unwilling to address questions relating to China, including when she left the country and where her family is located. She appears to speak Russian with a Chinese accent, some reports said.
Both women were described as members of China's Dungan minority, better known in China as Hui, who are Muslims who have effectively assimilated into Chinese society, retaining only their religion. Some may come from the Turkic-speaking Uighur ethnic minority that lives in China's Xinjiang region, bordering Kazakhstan.
Adding to the confusion, Chinshanlo's Olympic page cites her birthplace as Almaty, Kazakhstan, and says that she speaks Russian and Kazakh.
Asked if she would return to China, she was said to have paused for a long time before replying: "I don't know." However, she was apparently willing to comment on a nostalgia for Chinese food, saying that she missed glutinous rice cakes - evidence, Xinhua said, that she appreciates Chinese cuisine and has a "Chinese stomach".
The other woman in demand, Maneza, said, in Russian: "I moved to China when I was little and spent ten years there. But I did not train in China. I am very pleased because this is my first Olympics. I have waited my whole life for this."
The Kazakhstan authorities were unimpressed at the attempt to claim two of the country's five gold medals, accusing their neighbour to the east of poor sportsmanship. The Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation said that Chishanlo and Maneza have registered their birthplace as Bishkek, the capital of Kazakhstan's small, mountainous neighbour, Kyrgystan, according to Mendihan Tapsir, a spokesman.
Tapsir said that neither was particularly outstanding when they first joined the Kazakh team. "I can say that they were ordinary girls," he says. "Our specialists noticed their talent in weightlifting and started to train them. We all believed they would win in the London Games before they left for the Olympics."
In the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, southern China, Chinshanlo said that she spoke perfect Mandarin because she was a Dungan, a Kazakhstani Muslim of Chinese origin.
There was fury on the internet in China at the two who may have got away. The anger was inflamed after Chinshanlo's Chinese rival, Zhou Jun, crashed out in the early stages of the competition.
There were calls online for sports officials to be punished. "How could they give away our best athlete. These officials must have lost their minds," wrote one Chinese on China's version of Twitter.
In sports where nationality transfers are allowed, the Olympic Charter requires a three-year "cooling off" period, except where it is waived by the country of origin. Because of fierce competition, many Chinese athletes have chosen to represent other countries after failing to win a spot in the national team.
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su su nikal gayi.
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Olympics: Dutch women win second consecutive hockey gold
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you posted the link of news concerning a country you are citizenOlympics: Dutch women win second consecutive hockey gold
Olympics: Dutch women win second consecutive hockey gold - geo.tv
of from a paki news agency
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The Chinese are taking the concept of "vasudhaiva kutumbakam" - Whole earth (world) is a single family - a little too forward!
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you posted the link of news concerning a country you are citizen
of from a paki news agency
i love ladies from both the country
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But the name TINTU LUKA is so exotic!Indian sprinter TINTU LUKA came last in semi final of 800m.
she looks like so powerless as she has eaten idli dosa in breakfast.
y can not Indian athlete eat meat ?????????
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Usain Bolt belongs to Saudi Arabia.
His name is Hussein and when he went away he added Bolt, since he bolted from Saudi Arabia!
And Shakespeare is a Mapla from Kerala.
He is actually Sheik Pyare.
The MCC Captain Colin Cowdry is actually a Bengali who migrated.
His name was Kalyan Chowdhury!
I love Chinese food too!
But then, if that makes me a Chinese, I would be really surprised!
But then it does show, as it does here, how the Chinese love to confuse issues with irrelevant connections to prove a point!
Long Live Mao, Deng and Xi Jumping!
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Indian hockey team finishes last at London Olympics
The Indian hockey captain, the soft-spoken and gentle-mannered Bharat Chetri, isn't given to hyperbole. So when he says that the Indian team's spirit is crushed, you must believe him. The Indian team is indeed crushed, its spirit dissipated, its reputation dust.
India's captain Bharat Chetri (L) and Michael Nobbs react after losing to South Africa. — PTI
We're not going to beat the world's best. The Indian consciousness must be purged of the notion that we'll win a medal at the Olympic Games the next time, or the time after that.
"We thought we were good enough to compete at this level," Bharat Chetri, the Indian hockey team captain, mused today after a nightmare morning, when they were beaten 3-2 by South Africa.
Six matches, six defeats, eight goals scored, 21 conceded - the measure of defeat is crystal clear. India have earned their right to be the 12th among 12 teams. It's been a depressing performance, but the good it has done is that it has wiped out the vestiges of illusion India had been clinging to for years. This illusion, this self-delusion was evident earlier this year when, very unwisely, India went crazy at merely qualifying for the Olympic Games.
The reality has come back and bit Indian hockey sharply in the butt. No one was watching out for this, none suspected this - not after India fought Netherlands hard in their first game, equalising at 2-2 before losing by one goal. But then followed drubbings by New Zealand, Germany, South Korea and Belgium.
Now India knows. We're not going to be competitive in any international tournament except, perhaps, in events where others send experimental teams.
Today, India were never in the game, they were always a step behind. South Africa scored three field goals, illustrating their ability to penetrate the Indian defence and slot the ball in when they got through. Andrew Cronje scored in the eighth minute for South Africa and India could only attempt to play catch-up with them there on. Sandeep Singh scored off a penalty-corner in the 14th minute to equalise, but then Timothy Drummond scored late in the first half, and India were down 1-2 at the break.
Lloyd Norris-Jones made it 3-1 for South Africa in the 65th minute, and Dharamvir Singh scored India's second goal a minute later. Too little, too late. Bad end to a bad tournament.
Michael Nobbs, the Australian who's been in charge of the Indian team for a little over one year, has made a difference: he's got the team faster, he's got them playing aggressive, attacking hockey. Incrementally, the results did improve. At the Olympics, though, the old Indian problem of attacking hard but not scoring blighted their chances.
India had been trying to play like the Europeans, and Nobbs corrected India's course. We must not attempt to be Europeans again.
Sardar Singh, the only Indian player who emerged from India's Olympics wreck with his reputation intact, said later that India didn't learn, didn't evolve in the tournament.
"We kept on making the same mistakes all the time," Sardar said. "We have to be aggressive, we need to be tough in the circle and we have to improve a lot."
"Improve a lot" isn't a hyperbole, either.
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Indian hockey team finishes last at London Olympics
The Indian hockey captain, the soft-spoken and gentle-mannered Bharat Chetri, isn't given to hyperbole. So when he says that the Indian team's spirit is crushed, you must believe him. The Indian team is indeed crushed, its spirit dissipated, its reputation dust.
India's captain Bharat Chetri (L) and Michael Nobbs react after losing to South Africa. — PTI
We're not going to beat the world's best. The Indian consciousness must be purged of the notion that we'll win a medal at the Olympic Games the next time, or the time after that.
"We thought we were good enough to compete at this level," Bharat Chetri, the Indian hockey team captain, mused today after a nightmare morning, when they were beaten 3-2 by South Africa.
Six matches, six defeats, eight goals scored, 21 conceded - the measure of defeat is crystal clear. India have earned their right to be the 12th among 12 teams. It's been a depressing performance, but the good it has done is that it has wiped out the vestiges of illusion India had been clinging to for years. This illusion, this self-delusion was evident earlier this year when, very unwisely, India went crazy at merely qualifying for the Olympic Games.
The reality has come back and bit Indian hockey sharply in the butt. No one was watching out for this, none suspected this - not after India fought Netherlands hard in their first game, equalising at 2-2 before losing by one goal. But then followed drubbings by New Zealand, Germany, South Korea and Belgium.
Now India knows. We're not going to be competitive in any international tournament except, perhaps, in events where others send experimental teams.
Today, India were never in the game, they were always a step behind. South Africa scored three field goals, illustrating their ability to penetrate the Indian defence and slot the ball in when they got through. Andrew Cronje scored in the eighth minute for South Africa and India could only attempt to play catch-up with them there on. Sandeep Singh scored off a penalty-corner in the 14th minute to equalise, but then Timothy Drummond scored late in the first half, and India were down 1-2 at the break.
Lloyd Norris-Jones made it 3-1 for South Africa in the 65th minute, and Dharamvir Singh scored India's second goal a minute later. Too little, too late. Bad end to a bad tournament.
Michael Nobbs, the Australian who's been in charge of the Indian team for a little over one year, has made a difference: he's got the team faster, he's got them playing aggressive, attacking hockey. Incrementally, the results did improve. At the Olympics, though, the old Indian problem of attacking hard but not scoring blighted their chances.
India had been trying to play like the Europeans, and Nobbs corrected India's course. We must not attempt to be Europeans again.
Sardar Singh, the only Indian player who emerged from India's Olympics wreck with his reputation intact, said later that India didn't learn, didn't evolve in the tournament.
"We kept on making the same mistakes all the time," Sardar said. "We have to be aggressive, we need to be tough in the circle and we have to improve a lot."
"Improve a lot" isn't a hyperbole, either.
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
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