Not completlely sure how to interpret that.
I guess you are saying that realistically India will do better overall, but worse in badminton?
Well, India has been medalling in BWF events (Olympics and world championships) every year since 2011.
It will be sad if India fails to win even a single medal at Rio.
Especially after all the promises that Srikanth, Sindhu and Saina have shown in the last few years.
Perhaps I am a bit optimistic, but I also noticed some positives.
- We are competing for 5 medals compared to 4 last time.
- The nation quota has been reduced to 2, which definitely helps a little.
No doubt that the loss of Kashyap to injury was a big one.
But I disagree that Kashyap did better against LCW than Srikanth.
The scorelines are closer for Srikanth, and in fact, although it doesn't count, KS actually won the last encounter in PBL2016.
He also won his last encounter against LD, eventhough it was a long time back.
And most of the recent KS nemeses - Kento Momota, THW, HKV, Iskandar Zainuddin etc are not in Olympics(most likely).
Plus he should gain some confidence from Australia, as long as he remains fully fit.
It is true that Sindhu hasn't done so well since Malaysia and Macau GPG, but part of that was due to injury.
With the addition of Sindhu, at least our Singles squad is definitely stronger than last time.
And not that we ever won a doubles medal at Olympics.
I don't think it is unrealistic to expect 1 medal from badminton.
May be I will change my mind after the draw, but right now I don't see any reason to be so pessimistic.
But yes, the draw is an important factor.
More than Aditi, I was thinking of Anirban and SSP. I don't think it's too unrealistic to expect a bronze from golf.
Especially given the country quotas in OG.
What I meant by mentioning Babita Kumari was this:
It seems that she may be missing out.
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/oly...s-rio-games-major-blow-for-india-2883622.html
but this article is more positive
http://www.newindianexpress.com/spo...ta-safe-for-now/2016/07/09/article3521505.ece