India at Paris Olympics
My overall medals prediction – 9
Minimum medals (will not come lesser than that) – 6
Maximum medals – 12
*Gold medal prospects* – 2. SatwikChirag, Neeraj Chopra (Defending Javelin Throw WC and OG gold medallist)
*Sure Shot medal in my opinion* – Nikhat Zareen (Boxing WC gold and possible gold medal prospect), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting Tokyo OG silver medallist)
*Badminton Medal Prediction* -SatwikChirag
*Outside medal prediction for Badminton* – Lakshya
*Medal prospects but very very shaky* – Shooting (starts 27 July) , Archery (Medal Round starts 28 July)
*Outside medal prospects* – Hockey team (27 July) , Lakshya Sen
*Players to look out for*- Anshu Malik (wrestling), Nishant Dev (Boxing), Prannoy.
1) 19 year old *Antim Pangal* – Silver medal prospect (if Japanese doesn’t come in her draw), bronze medal prospect surely. Apart from Japanese, Belarusian wrestler was also an opponent for her in this category but from what I’ve gathered, Belarusian wrestler won’t participate due to sanctions. And she’ll not be a part of neutral athletes either.
Achievements (Senior level): Have beaten 2022 World champion USA wrestler 11-0 in 2022 and 3-2 in 2023 WC where she won bronze.
Qualification- 7 Aug, Medal round- 8 Aug
2)*Mirabai Chanu* – Silver medal prospect. It needs to be noted that she has come back from injury which she got in Asiad (4th place). She is confident about getting a medal this time again. She says anything above than 200 kg will guarantee a medal. She is eyeing 207 kg. Her PB is 205 kg. In Tokyo, she did 201 kg. Chinese is gold medal prospect. Her PB is 217 kg.
Medal day- 7 Aug
3) *Nikhat Zareen* – 28 Jul
4) *Lovlina Borgohain* – 31 Jul
5) *Satwik/Chirag* – Top Gold medal prospect. Surely a medal prospect.
Badminton starts- 27 July
6) *Neeraj Chopra* – Top Gold medal prospect. Surely a medal prospect.
Qualification- 6 Aug, Medal- 8 Aug.
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