Near misses in Paris: How India lost as many as five medals by a whisker at the Olympics

巴黎奥运会：印度以微弱差距失去五枚奖牌​

India experienced multiple close calls at the Paris Olympics, finishing just outside the medal positions in several events. Losses in archery, shooting, and badminton, among others, hindered India's ambition of achieving a double-digit medal tally. Notable near-misses included the archery mixed team bronze playoff, Arjun Babuta in men's 10m air rifle, and Lakshya Sen in badminton.

在奥运会这样的重大体育赛事中，最令人沮丧的结果是与奖牌失之交臂，排在可怕的第四名。在之前的夏季奥运会上，印度也有过类似的心碎经历，包括米尔卡·辛格(Milkha Singh)和PT·乌莎(PT Usha)等传奇人物与奖牌擦肩而过。

The ongoing Paris Games have been no exception, with India facing several heart-wrenching near misses despite securing three bronze medals so far.

正在进行的巴黎奥运会也不例外，尽管迄今为止印度获得了三枚铜牌，但仍出现了几次令人心碎的“失之交臂”。

The Indian contingent has lost out on as many as five medals in the 10 days of competition so far, leaving fans and sports enthusiasts wondering 'what if'.

到目前为止，印度代表团在10天的比赛中失去了多达5枚奖牌，这让球迷和体育爱好者们想知道“如果……会怎么样”。

The near misses in Paris have vastly hindered India's ambition of a double-digit medal tally. Now, even bettering Tokyo's tally of seven medals is getting tougher as the time passes by.

这些“擦肩而过”极大地阻碍了印度取得两位数奖牌榜的雄心。现在，随着时间的推移，想要超越东京奥运会七枚奖牌的成绩变得越来越困难。

From shooting range to badminton court, here are the heartbreaking results for India so far at the Paris Olympics:

从射击场到羽毛球场，以下是印度在巴黎奥运会上令人心碎的成绩：

Archery Mixed Team: A heartbreaking bronze-medal playoff

Men's 10m Air Rifle: Arjun Babuta's agonizing miss

Women's 25m Pistol: No treble for Manu Bhaker

Badminton: Lakshya Sen's meltdown in bronze-medal match

Mixed Team Skeet: Third narrow miss for Indian shooters

射箭混合团：铜牌争夺战失败

男子10米气步枪：阿琼·巴布塔失误

女子25米手枪：巴克尔未能成功卫冕

羽毛球：拉克什亚·森在铜牌争夺战中失利

混合双向飞碟：错失铜牌

印度时报读者的评论：

amit

In recent times we have read many news reports of young Indians suffering from heart attacks. India is one of the most polluted countries in the world. 35 of the 50 most polluted cities are in India. Being subjected to terrible air pollution since birth impairs lung capacity. We will never have the lung capacity , cardiovascular endurance & stamina of people who are brought up in clean environments. There will be some rare exceptions. Lifestyle changes, Yoga & exercise *cannot* mitigate the effects of TOC air pollution.

最近，我们读到很多关于印度年轻人心脏病发作的新闻报道。

印度是世界上污染最严重的国家之一。

50个污染最严重的城市中有35个在印度。

从出生起就受到严重的空气污染，损害了肺活量。

我们永远不会在干净环境中长大，肺活量、心血管耐力不行。会有一些罕见的例外，但生活方式的改变、瑜伽和运动也不能减轻有毒空气污染的影响。

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Indian athletes along with skill in thrir resoective spirt needs training on handling pressure on the big stage! Then and only the can the near misses be converted to medals. Also the need to aim fir gold and not be satisfied with a bronze performance

印度运动员需要提高在大舞台上应对压力的能力，还有他们的战斗精神。

只有这样才有可能获得奖牌。

此外，要奔着金牌去，而不是满足于铜牌。

Rico

At the sport's highest competitive levels, a split second can make a huge difference. Imagine, an athlete practises for 4 years for the 100 M sprint ..the race lasts less than 10 seconds and a 0.01 second difference can make the difference for glory.

在最高水平的竞技场上，一刹那就会让你错失奖牌。想象一下，一个运动员为了100米冲刺练习了4年，比赛时间不到10秒，0.01秒的差距，结果截然不同。

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manish

Olympics is biased against Indians. Why don't they have any Indian sports ? Ludo , Carrom , cricket , Kabaddi, mob lynching ...etc.

奥运会对印度人有偏见。为什么他们不让印度体育项目加入奥运会？比如骰子、印度桌游、板球、卡巴迪舞、暴民私刑等等。

Chiro

Heard Prakash Padukone's interview, he said the sports academy are doing their best. Happy to hear that, because Bollywood has made us believe that they do nothing. It am sure we will soon see positive results.. Just need to be mentally stronger..

听到普拉卡什·帕度柯尼的采访，他说体育学院正在尽最大努力。很高兴听到这个消息。我相信我们很快就会看到积极的结果，只需要在精神上更强大…

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Don't write such hilarious articles. At the end you are a winner if you are at the podium of the top three. Doesn't matter if you missed a whisker or a mile. Such statements are seen as an excuse and makes one look like a sore loser.

不要写这么搞笑的文章。最后，如果你站在前三名的领奖台上，你才是赢家。差一点点也不行，不要借口，好像输不起似的。

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One of the constant issue across all the misses is how Indian athletes squandered strong positions to lose. The way Lakshya lost was shockin given the huge leads he had. Arjun Babuta but for last 4 shots was ranked 2 and was fighting for gold, before screwing up. Ankita’s poor performance in key moments is expected as she and Deepika Kunari consistently underperform in key moments. Bhaker was on track for a silver before she slipped.

所有失误一直存在的一个问题是，印度运动员浪费有利局面而输掉比赛的。

Lakshya本来领先优势是巨大的，他输掉比赛令人震惊。

阿琼·巴布塔在最后4枪中排名第二，在搞砸之前，他一直在为金牌而战。

安基塔在关键时刻的糟糕表现是意料之中的，她和迪皮卡·库纳里一直在关键时刻掉链子。

巴克在她失手之前，本来是要拿银牌的。

James Todd

Accept the fact that we are no good in anything physical to compete with anyone in the world! It is the cricket mania that made us all like that ! As Bernard Shaw said ! 11 players and 11000 fools watching it ! In our case, it is 11 players and 1.4 billion watching it !!

接受这样一个事实：我们不擅长体育运动！是板球狂热让我们都变成这样的，11名球员和14亿观众！

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And great ipl making them super rich

印度板球联赛，造就了一批超级富豪

amit

We need to focus on basics & priorities.,Have we eliminated child malnutrition ?,India is one of the most polluted countries in the world . Air pollution , water pollution , high pesticide content in foods . Harmful chemical additives ...etc. But focusing on basics requires boring hard work. Our corrupt Politicians and media only want shiny objects to appease their own personal Egos.

我们需要关注基本需求和优先事项。我们是否解决了儿童营养不良的问题？

印度是世界上污染最严重的国家之一。

空气污染、水污染、食品中农药含量高，有害的化学添加剂等等。

但专注于基础需要展开枯燥艰苦的工作。

我们腐败的政客和媒体只想要一些面子工程来作秀。

User

Thats where practice at international standards come into play. India must have dedicated people, coaches, infrastructure and loads of money to finance and motivate athletes. The Gold medal in last Olympic by Neeraj proves that Indians do have the proper genes but their skills need to be polished and nurtured. If India prepared ots atletes like China we can be at the Top 10 in no time. But we need dedicated teams and loads of money for that

这就是国际标准发挥作用的地方。印度必须有专门的人员、教练、基础设施和投入大量资金，资助和激励运动员。

Neeraj在上届奥运会上的金牌证明了印度人的基因还是可以的，但他们的技能需要打磨和培养。

如果印度能像中国那样培养更多的运动员，我们很快就能跻身奥运会奖牌榜前十。

但我们需要专门的团队和大量的资金。

Mark

PHeKU Panauti is directly responsible as soon as India got first medal he was first to take credits. Glad we could make three medals

印度一拿到第一枚奖牌，莫迪就来邀功。我们获得三枚奖牌不错了。

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rohit

Not a single Indian in Men's weightlifting . There are millions of Gym addicted young Indians spending hours in the Gym, but none of them are strong enough to compete in Olympic weightlifting ? Pathetic. Even Chinese women are lifting more weights than Indian "MEN".

没有一个印度人参加男子举重比赛。数以百万计的印度年轻人喜欢去健身房，花上几个小时在健身房，但没有一个足够强壮，能参加奥运会举重比赛？可悲啊。就连中国女性举起的重量也比印度“男人”举起的更重

Rico

You have a valid point. From a anatomy point of views, Indians are generally not structured for heavy physical related activities. Indians are meant for mind and spiritual activities.

你说得有道理。从人体学的角度来看，印度人通常不适合从事繁重的体力活动。印度人是为思想和精神活动而生的。