Archive for the ‘Olympic Qualification Tournament’ Category

More Indians head for the Olympics

April 28, 2008

A few more Indians are heading towards the Olympics. To be precise three of them are headed towards the Olympics. All of them are rowers and have qualified by winning the Qualifying Tournament. Bajrang Lal qualified in the Open Singles Scull event, while Manjeet Singh and Devender Kumar booked their places in the Light Weight Doubles Scull event.

So lets see if they manage to win a medal!!!

A face saver for the Indian Women’s Hockey Team

April 28, 2008

While the IHF has been in turmoil, the Women;s hockey team has been quietly going about its job. It failed to get a berth in the Olympics. But as a face saver they thrashed France 7-0 in the round robin league of the Olympic Qualification Tournament. France anyway was less fancied and India was expected to dominate the proceedings and they indeed did.

Nevertheless, there will no Indian playing in Hockey at the Olympics.

http://sports.indiatimes.com/India_maul_France_7-0/articleshow/2985810.cms


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