hi miguel, i noticed the sarcasm - at 10 metres, well 500-700 shots in limited time, believe me is NO MEAN ACHIEVEMENT, it shows commitment, dedication and passion,
i've not been well for the past few days, and so i've been watching the dd sports coverage the entire day, so far the indians that i have seen going to the next round had a lot of aggression and passion to go ahead, they wanted to make their mark... i watched our two boxers jitendra kumar & win their round comfortably, i saw our 16 year (young) swimmer - khade - beat his personal best timing, clocking 50.07, but still he did better than his best (he's a good prospect), and sania in badminton is fighting her way, and yet it is sad that as u rightly say - in a nation of 1.1 billion+ people, that's the best we can do.. i think it is more about the dedication to training before the event. countries like the usa, china, australia, practice ever day of every year leading up to the olympics. i felt rathore seemed casual in his approach, the silver must have gone to his head?? in fact even our archers like dola banerjee and pranitha seemed to buckle under pressure and were all smiles (shamefully) in their losses.. our 'rowers' who came last in the qualifying, managed to improve and came in 5th.. but do watch and you'll see all our ((few) indians who arew managing to advance - our determined and not just there for a picnic, the rest, well = no comment - Jojo On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 Miguel Braganza wrote : > >Dears, > >Truly, IMPOSSIBLE is Nothing! Sixty years after Independence, an Indian can >still win the very first INDIVIDUAL Olympic Gold Medal for a nation of a >Billion persons. Abhinav has lived up to his name. What a shot with an air >rifle ...at 10 metres!!! > >Mog asundi. > >Miguel > > From: "Nigel Britto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Goanet] Breaking: India wins Gold >Message-ID: >   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Abhinav Bindra wins India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal on >Monday with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the men's 10 metres air >rifle event. >Jai Hind!!! > >Nigel Britto > > > > Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
