The games are over, and India has turned in a very impressive performance - 38 gold, 101 medals in all (exceeding the "outrageous" target they sent for themselves) including some very rare medals in athletics and gymnastics, in addition to sterling performance in wrestling, archery, shooting, boxing, badminton (Saina just got a gold) and tennis. The hockey team also did very well reaching the final, beating Pakistan and England in the last two games, but unfortunately were routed by Australia in the finals.
India finished second overall behind CWG powerhouses Australia and ahead of England (although England had a lot more medals overall).
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I was truly impressed with Sania Mirza's silver in the singles game. Not too bad for someone who has got recent attention for all the wrong reasons.
Sania should have done much better, she was doing very well a couple years back and has got distracted since then - plus injuries and her fitness have been of concern.
She was one of our best ones two years ago. All eyes were on her. No doubt about that. Then, the pre-marriage mess happened. Since taking care of personal issues like getting married, etc, also hold an important part of one's life, I guess she did good for herself, nevertheless. You never know, her being married and sort of settled on the personal front now, might add to her overall state of wellbeing/confidence and she might train more earnestly in the near future. I am all for optimism.
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