London Olympics - India's Medals and Disappointments

The biggest sporting event, London Olympics 2012 has ended. All the players have returned to their respective nations, some with medals, some with records, some with controversies and others empty handed. As far as India is concerned, it was country's best performance,  83-member strong Indian Contingent returned with 6 medals, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze. Though there is an increase in the medal count, some players with high expectations have only succeeded in disappointing us.

The medal winners at the London Olympics are

1. Bronze - Gagan Narang - Shooting

2. Bronze - Saina Nehwal - Badminton

3. Silver - Vijay Kumar - Shooting

4. Bronze - Mary Kom - Boxing

5. Bronze - Yogeshwar Dutt - Wrestling - 60kg

6. Silver - Sushill Kumar - Wrestling - 66kg

And here are some of the players who failed to live upto the country's expectations.
Vijender Singh, a big medal prospect, came close but couldn't succeed. Deepika Kumari and the archery team made a quite exit after a poor performance. Abhinav Bindra, the Beijing Olympics Gold medal winner couldn't put up a performance worth qualifying for the finals. The selection of the teams created more news than the performance for the tennis team which got crashed out. The worst play was put up by the Hockey team, without winning a single game. 

London Olympics - Final Medal Tally

What a great weekend for India at the Olympics. First it was Yogeshwar, then it was Sushil Kumar. First it was a Bronze, then it was a Silver!. The spectacular 16 days of sporting action have ended with an extravagant closing ceremony. 

India's performance has been a good one, an improved one from the last Beijing's Olympic, (not to miss the major disappointments). The number of Medals have also doubled to 6 this time. The last 3 medals for India -Mary Kom won a Bronze medal for Boxing, Yogeshwar Dutt won a Bronze in wrestling and Sushil Kumar earned the last medal for India, a Silver in wrestling. 

The final top 10 positions in the Medal Tally at the end of Day 16, the 12th of August are as follows. India stood at 55th position with 6 Medals-2 Silver and 4 Bronze.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States of America	46	29	29	104
2	People's Republic of China	38	27	22	87
3	Great Britain	29	17	19	65
4	Russian Federation	24	25	33	82
5	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	28
6	Germany	11	19	14	44
7	France	11	11	12	34
8	Italy	8	9	11	28
9	Hungary	8	4	5	17
10	Australia	7	16	12	35
55	India	0	2	4	6

[Source:www.london2012.com]

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London Olympics - Medal Tally Day 10

Dramatic win to Saina Nehwal in the Bronze Medal Match on Saturday. But seeing the way she was recovering in the first set(18-21) showed she could have beaten her Chinese opponent in the match. She truly deserved a medal for her performance and dedication in the whole tournament. 

She has made India proud and she is a true inspiration to the coming generation. Know more about Saina here Shuttle Queen Of India
But as they say, at the end of the day medal counts. So here we are adding a Bronze medal to our tally. Don't miss Mary Kom's Boxing match today at 6.30pm IST



The top 10 positions in the Medal Tally at the end of Day 10, the 5th of August are as follows. The competition seems to be between the first two positions only ;)

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	People's Republic of China	30	17	14	61
2	United States of America	28	14	18	60
3	Great Britain	16	11	10	37
4	Republic of Korea	10	4	6	20
5	France	8	8	9	25
6	Italy	6	5	3	14
7	Kazakhstan	6	0	0	6
8	Germany	5	10	7	22
9	Russian Federation	4	16	15	35
10	Hungary	4	1	3	8
41	India	0	1	2	3

[Source:www.london2012.com]

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