PV Sindhu would be eager to turnaround her fortunes when she begins her title defense at the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday.The Indian superstar PV Sindhu remains enthusiastic since winning the World Championship gold medal, to change her fortune she begins defending the title at the end of the BWF World Tour final season in Guangzhou on Wednesday.Sindhu scored the biggest victory in her career at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, in August, but since then India seemed to be in very poor state.The Olympic silver medalist, who reached the final of the Indonesia Open Super 750 tournament in July, has achieved two first-round exits at the Korea Open and Fuzhou Chinese Open and fell in the second round in three events: China Open Super 1000, Denmark Open Super 750 and Hong Kong Open Super 500.It was the only quarter-final finish was at the French Open tournament of USD 750,000.Only the first 8 players in the BWF Race to Guangzhou qualify for the world tour finals, and Sindhu finished the year at 15th place, but still made it to the women’s singles field by virtue of being the world champion.Despite the recent drop in form, all eyes will be on Sindhu, as she has a reputation for producing the best in highlights. India had a break after the Hong Kong open to be in the best shape for the World Finals, having reached the summit twice in 2017 and 2018.This time, the Sandhu was placed in Group A with Chinese duo Chen Yu Fie and He Bing Jiao and Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, while Group B consisted of the remaining four shuttlers: Taiwanese Tai Tzu Ying, Thai duo of Ratchanok Intanon and Busanan Ongbamrungphan and Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara.Sindhu will open his campaign against Akane Yamaguchi, who won two titles in Indonesia and Japan before having a hip problem as she got four first-round exits. However, the Japanese showed signs of regaining their form with the semi-finals in the French Open, Hong Kong Open and Korean Masters.The world no. 6 Indian to have a 10-6 health record against Yamaguchi, but lost to the Japanese in the last two meetings.Also against Chen Yu Fei, Sindhu has a 6-3 record, but the Chinese have been fit this season, having won six finals, including the England Championship.But Sindhu lost nine times to He Bing Jiao and four of them in the last four games. The Chinese won the Korea Open, in addition to the second place in the Indian Open and Badminton Asia Championships.Read More: Top 15 Indian Sportswomen: The Pride Of Our Country
Cycling World Championships 2020The UCI Track Cycling World Championships includes a set of world championship events. These events take place for many disciplines as well as various distances in track cycling. These events are regulated by the UCI (the Union Internationale). Before the year 1900, the Championship events used to be administered by the predecessor of the UCI, the International Cycling Association (ICA).The 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships by Tissot will be taking place in Berlin, Germany starting from 26th February 2020 till 1st March 2020. The venue for the event is the Velodrom Berlin.The current events that will take place include the time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium and madison. The events that take place for Women are shorter than the men's events. Also, motor-paced events and tandem events are not held anymore.The World Championships were held for the first time in the year 1893 in Chicago, under the ICA (International Cycling Association). They were held for the amateurs. The Championships are open to the riders who have been selected by their respective national cycling association. They will be competing in the honour of their country.The ICA championship winners were awarded a gold medal. While the UCI Championship awards their winner with a gold medal as well as a rainbow jersey. The participants who came at the second and third place are awarded the silver and bronze medals respectively. The World champions wear this rainbow jersey until the coming year's championship. However, the winners may wear the jersey only in the same type of event in which they had won it. At the same time, the Former champions can also wear rainbow cuffs to their everyday jerseys.Each year, the World track championships are by tradition allocated to a different country. The championship is then run by that country's national cycling association. However, the top referees including the President of the Commissaire's panel: PCP, Secretary, Starter, and Judge Referee are the International Commissaires who have been appointed by the UCI.The competition will be held over a period of 5 days and will be fought over 20 different titles. A total of two sessions will be held each day of the Championship. The tickets are starting from 7€ (reduced 5€) per head.The five days of competition will take place on the 250-meter wooden track that will host the best athletes in the world. They will be fighting over 20 coveted titles as well as the rainbow jerseys. After 1999, the Berlin Track will be hosting a World Championship for the second time. The competitors from Berlin are Theo Reinhardt and Roger Kluge.When it comes to the events, following is a list of the events of the UCI World Track Championships: SPRINT EVENTS Individual sprint After the knockout heats of 3 laps, the Qualification 200 m time trials happen to select the two best riders who will line up against each other in the final of the championship. Team Sprint In this race, teams of three contestants will race over three laps of the track. For women, two riders will race over two laps. Two teams will be starting on opposite sides of the track. The final remaining rider for each team will sprint to the finish line to establish the team’s time. Kilometre (or 500 m race for women)Two athletes will be riding simultaneously during the qualifications. The fastest 8 athletes will go to the finals. The finals will be raced as an individual time trial from a standing start. The competitor who has the fastest time will be declared the winner. KeirinThe Riders are going to follow in the slipstream of a pacing motorbike for 750 m before undertaking a three-lap sprint to the end. The motorbike will gradually increase the speed from 30 to 50 km/h before pulling off the track so as to begin the sprint. ENDURANCE EVENTS Individual PursuitTwo riders will be starting on the opposite sides of the track and race over 4 km (3km for women's race). The rider who will manage to catch his/her opponent or the one who gets the fastest time will be declared as the winner. Team Pursuit Two teams consisting of four riders each will be starting on the opposite sides of the track and race over a distance of 4 km. The team that wins is the one that will catch its opponents or the one that records the fastest time. Points RaceThis is a race of about 25 km for women and 40 km for men. The Riders will earn points during the sprints (one point for every 10 laps on a 250m track) and more than 20 points for lapping the rest of the field. By calculating all the points won, they will derive the final result of the race. Also, the points that are gained during the last sprint after the full distance will be doubled (10 points, 6 points, 4 points, 2 points). MadisonThis relay race will be fought between the teams of two riders contested through the intermediary sprints (for every 10 laps). When one team member races, the other one will slow down and rest before racing fast again with a hand sling from his/her teammate. By calculating all the points won, they will derive the final classification. In the points race, any team that will gain a lap on the main bunch will earn 20 points, and any team that is lapped by the bunch will be deducted 20 points. Also, the points that are gained during the last sprint after the full distance will be doubled (10 points, 6 points, 4 points, 2 points). Scratch RaceThe Scratch Race is a mass-start race for the individual riders who will race for 15 km for men and 10 km for women. The first lap will be neutralized. COMBINED EVENT Omnium The Omnium will consist of four endurance events that will take place on the same day. These are Scratch race, tempo race, elimination and points race. Previously, the Omnium used to consist of 6 events held over two days consecutively. If the riders wish to top the final classification, they must be consistent throughout all the events.Read More: Cycling Races: Top 5 Great Cycling Races eventsThe tempo race has been newly added to the Omnium. The rules of the tempo race are similar to the rules of the points race. After the first five laps, intermediate sprints will occur every lap with one point being given to the first rider. The Riders will also gain points for lapping the main bunch. But, the riders that are caught by the main peloton will have to leave the track and will lose all the points.Cycling world championships 2020 streamingThe Track fans can easily live stream the UCI Track Cycling World Championships 20200 online on their devices whether it is a Pad, Mac, PC or any Android device. The fans can even watch and look at the examinations at whichever point or place on the planet. The UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2020 Live can be watched on various channels including ESPN, DAZN, Hulu TV, Fubo TV, Direct TV, Sling TV and some others.The tickets for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2020 are available at the Ticketmaster. 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented to you by TISSOT.26th February 2020, WednesdayTime: 13:00Venue: Velodrom - Berlin27th February 2020, Thursday Time: 14:30Venue: Velodrom - Berlin28th February 2020, Friday Time: 15:00Venue: Velodrom - Berlin29th February 2020, Saturday Time: 11:00Venue: Velodrom - Berlin1st March 2020, Sunday Time: 11:00Venue: Velodrom - Berlin
At the last meeting of the FIS Council on May 25, 2020, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) submitted a request to postpone the World Championships until the 2022 season due to the massive shock of the Covid-19 outbreak. The city of Cortina and the Italian region of Veneto were among the first and hardest hit, with unprecedented financial ramifications for the local and national business community and the general population.Since the request, the FIS family and Infront's commercial and media rights holders have gathered with the broadcasters, sponsors, and partners to support the Italian Winter Sports Federation, and have actively collaborated to find a solution so that del Mundo Cortina 2021 can be staged as originally scheduled."We are pleased that we were able to find a solution whereby the FIS Cortina 2021 Alpine Ski Championship will be held during the originally scheduled period in February 2021, to replace it as one of the most prominent events in the winter calendar in the FIS," the FIS said. President Gian Franco Casper. "The last month of efforts to find this solution demonstrates the strong collaborative spirit of the ski family and relevant stakeholders to enable this important decision to be made."“FISI has worked closely over the past five years with all stakeholders participating in the World Championships in Cortina,” said FISI President Flavio Roda. “After speaking with them in recent weeks, it was evident that there was a strong desire to implement the event in 2021 and put all available resources into ensuring that the World Championships are held at the highest level. Building on these comments and the clear commitment from all parties, FISI expressed to the FIS Board the importance of These world championships to be presented in 2021 as a positive sign for the entire country of Italy.The FIS Alpine Ski World Championships is a very important event for the International Skating Federation and its member national ski associations during the two-year cycle, as well as for its many stakeholders. This applies to sports promotion, athletes, financial aspects, visibility, and sponsorships of the National Skating Federation, as well as broadcast rights holders of tournaments, sponsors, and partners.Also Read: SUPER BOWL | WHEN, WHERE AND EVERYTHING
The Indoor Athletics World Championships in Nanjing, China, has been postponed for a second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now scheduled to be held in 2023.World Athletic said it made the decision with the organizers "with regret" as a result of the global health situation.The competition was to be held in Nanjing between March 19 and 21 next year.This was indeed a one-year delay, as the event was initially the 2020 Championship and was scheduled to take place from March 13-15.Work is now set for the Cube Gym in Nanjing Youth Olympic Park in 2023, as the Serbian capital, Belgrade has already been named the venue for the 2022 World Indoor Athletics Championships.The main indoor event was one of the first major sporting events to be moved due to the COVID-19 crisis, which originated in China when World Athletics announced the original delay in late January.The fact that it was postponed again after nearly a year clearly demonstrates just how severe the pandemic's impact on the global sport is."We regret that we have agreed with the organizers of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Nanjing to postpone the event until March 2023," she said.“While we have been coordinating with the Organizing Committee and the Chinese Athletics Association to assess the launch of the tournament over the past few weeks, given the current global situation, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first part of 2021.“For the safety of athletes and technical officials, we must give due consideration to the dangers of bringing a large group of people to attend the event in case of a pandemic and fully respect the epidemic prevention policy and its implementation in the host country.“The indoor sports season is within a tight time frame (until the end of March), so the event cannot be extended later in the year.“We would like Nanjing to host our Indoor World Championships due to the extensive planning and preparation they put into this event, so we agreed that they will host the event one year after the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. In 2022.Despite this postponement, our athletes will continue to have important competitive opportunities available in the first part of 2021 through the Inbound World Tour, which includes 26 meetings spread over 12 countries in Europe and North America."The indoor world tour runs from the end of January until the end of February 2021 and is organized into three different levels of competition: gold, silver, and bronze."Also Read: FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021 IN CORTINA CONFIRMED
Komalika Bari became the new under-21 world champion at the youth World Championships in Wroclaw on Sunday. India's junior recurve archer also took gold in men's and mixed team events. In the U21 men's team final match, the Indian team Dheeraj Bommadevara, Aditya Choudhary and Parth Sushant Salunkhe took the gold in a very exciting way. The Indian trio rallied to score a 5-3 victory over Spain. Parth Salunkhe later joined Komalika Bari in the mixed tag team event, for another gold for India. The paedal of thir made a great comeback against the Spanish pair to win 5-3 after losing 2-0 in the match. Previously in the U21 Bronze Medal Match, the trio of Komalika Bari, Tanisha Verma and Tisha Punia lost 1-5 to Ukraine in India's first loss. Komalika Bari then grabbed her second gold me day in the women's individual competition after defeating Spain's Canales Elia 7-3 in the final. She became the second Indian woman after Deepika Kumari to win the U-21 World Championship and the U-18 title. Bari won the title of cadet in Madrid in 2019.Also Read- KL Rahul becomes 10th Indian to hit Test hundred at LordsPreviously, in the men's U-18 recurve team final, top seeds Bishal Changmai, Vickey Ruhal and Amit Kumar beat the France team in a tight final. The Indians beat the France team by 5-3.
Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia will not compete in the upcoming World Wrestling Championships after recommending a six-week rehabilitation program to treat a ligament he suffered in his right knee in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics. The World Championships will be held in Oslo, Norway, from October 2 to10, and Punia will not be able to begin his mat training until his rehabilitation program is completed. Punia recently underwent an MRI scan to find out the extent of his injury in Russia in June before the Olympics and consulted with Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, who runs the Center for Sports Medicine at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. "It's a ligament tear and Dr. Dinshaw asked me to go through a six-week rehab program. I won't be able to compete in the world championships," Punia told PTI. There are no ranking series events organized for the rest of the year and Punia said his season is over. "The World Championship was the only major tournament on the calendar this year. I don't see myself competing in any other tournament this season." Punia was injured in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics when he participated at Russian tournament, Ali Aliyev in June. He had lost his semi-final match against AbulMazhid Kudiev, who grabbed the Indian's right leg and threw it roughly in the first half of the match. This impact had an effect on Bajrang's right knee and he immediately left the mat, but he competed in the Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 65kg category. "As it was my first Olympics and I had a dream of winning an Olympic medal, I participated in Tokyo despite the pain," he said. Bajrang said he has not consulted any particular physical therapist for his rehabilitation. "I'm doing it myself in a Sonepat. Dr. Dinshaw recommended some exercises that I do every day now in the gym. The mat training time will also go to rehab." The 27-year-old said he wants to continue with his Georgian coach Shako Bentinidis, who has now left for his country Since the Indian Wrestling Federation has not offered him a new contract.Also Read- Odisha FC sign Malaysian international Liridon Krasniqi on loan
Young Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar smashed the world record in the final to win gold in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event at the ISSF junior world championships here.Tomar equaled the junior world record of 1,185 in qualifying to lead the field on Monday.The youngster then bettered the junior world record in the final with a score of 463.4, finishing nearly seven points ahead of second-placed Frenchman Lucas Kryzs, who won the silver with a score of 456.5.Gavin Barnick of USA won bronze with a score of 446.6.Among other Indians in the field, Sanskar Havelia was 11th with a score of 1160, Pankaj Mukheja 15th with 1157, Sartaj Tiwana 16th with 1157 and Gurman Singh finished 22nd with a score of 1153.Earlier in the day, India's 14-year-old shooter Naamya Kapoor fired her way to the gold medal ahead of celebrated compatriot Manu Bhaker in the women's 25m pistol event.Kapoor shot 36 in the final to take the top prize ahead of France's Camille Jedrzejewski (33) and 19-year-old Olympian Bhaker (31), who has already won three gold so far in the tournament.Bhaker settled for the bronze after the French markswoman prevailed in a shoot-off on Monday.Rhythm Sangwan, another Indian shooter in the women's final, finished fourth as the country dominated the event.Kapoor was sixth in the qualification with a total of 580 as Bhaker (587) and Sangwan (586) grabbed the top two spots.Delhi's Kapoor had shot the second-best score of 583 in qualification to finish fifth in the national shooting selection trials at the Dr Karni Singh Range in August.India leads the standings with eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals for a total of 17 medals.This is the first multi-discipline shooting event since the Tokyo Olympics, with as many as 32 nations and nearly 370 athletes participating in the championship.Also Read- England All Rounder Moeen Ali Retires From Test Cricket
