WTT India? Best of luck to WTT...

[zeio]

Hmm, IOC is not convinced...

India's Bid For 2036 Olympics In Jeopardy Due To Huge Doping, Drug-Use Problem
India's 2036 Olympics bid faces hurdles due to doping concerns, IOC scrutiny, and past scandals like the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
https://www.news18.com/sports/india...uge-doping-drug-use-problem-ws-l-9575923.html

Drug cheats put India Olympic bid and careers at risk
India’s struggle with doping scandals threatens athlete careers and raises doubt on its push to host the 2036 Olympics
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2567176/drug-cheats-put-india-olympic-bid-and-careers-at-risk

 

[zeio]

😰

Alisasa: "And the whole city smell really bad. It smell like chemical." "End of the world." "It's just 100 rupees, seriously, yo mama, and they just had to be greedy over it!"
第一天到印度就哭了😭連夜逃離可怕旅館….｜愛莉莎莎Alisasa (I cried on my first day in India 😭 I escaped from a scary hotel overnight…｜Alisasa)
https://youtu.be/du8pO0vE1MU?t=181
https://youtu.be/du8pO0vE1MU?t=653
https://youtu.be/du8pO0vE1MU?t=817

Alisasa: "If I don't end up getting the runs later..."
台灣女生獨自印度一日遊😱到底多可怕？｜愛莉莎莎Alisasa (How scary is it for a Taiwanese girl to go on a solo day trip in India? | Alisasa)
https://youtu.be/S83KriFhQDk?t=216

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

sums up while zeio behaves like he does

https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/1hp2bc1

hold himself up as "high IQ" and belittling other races/ethnic groups.

 

[zeio]

Bump 🥹
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...s-2025-bhubaneswar-10-11-15.37489/post-544990

Hypothetical: If India got the 2036 Olympics, what do you think would happen?
https://www.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1nbpgrk/hypothetical_if_india_got_the_2036_olympics_what/

https://www.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1nbpgrk

 

[igorponger]

UNHAPPY DESTINY FOR ALL THE BOOSTER ADHERENTS.

China would yield up the world throne by 2036 because all Hurricane products get then marked with a conspicuous safety labels. Sorry about the way China incur troubles. Yes, it was our continued argumentation that every rubber should be labeled permanently.

 

[zeio]

Why India is so determined to land the 2036 Olympics
https://youtu.be/qNxcNnEBDGE?t=182

@00:58
Rudra Kshirsagar: India has the infrastructure and all...
CBC: The infrastructure is not quite there yet...

2036 or bust: India is building an ambitious Olympics bid
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-olympics-bid-2036-9.6958964

According to its latest figures, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) identified India as the country with the highest positivity rate for banned substances in 2023, at 3.8 per cent, out of major sporting nations. The agency has also released data that shows India is the second-worst offender when it comes to doping among minors, behind only Russia.

And yet, in a decision that will be rubber-stamped next month, the South Asian country has just been awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games, which will take place six years before the Olympics India is gunning for, also in Ahmedabad.

 

[zeio]

Best of luck to WTT, again.

Arnab On Badminton Embarrassment: Why India Must Not Host CWG or Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=job5gqtLgT0

Delhi Pollution: Players Pull Out, Badminton Event Raises Concerns | First Sports With Rupha Ramani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_8eWIGbps

Debate With Arnab: AQI | Pigeon Droppings | Monkey In Stand During India Open
https://youtu.be/CM3_Uzhy_V8?t=694

How Come India Open 2026 Became a Total Disaster?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdK-1hkxU8

 

[zeio]

I take it as a no to more events in India.

With Europe in fray, ITTF Doubles World Cup unlikely to be held in China, says president Sorling
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/tabl...sorling-utt-2026-goa/article71208164.ece/amp/

Asked if ITTF is looking at India for hosting more tournaments, Sorling said the number of events hosted by the country recently has been on the rise.

“First and foremost, the number of events is always something that we debate. On one hand, we need more events. On the other hand, we have 52 weeks and for the players, there is a lot of events already. We have to balance this,” she said.

“When it comes to events here in India, we have seen, I was here in Goa 2023 when it was the first WTT events. It was a successful event and since then you have hosted a lot of WTT events.

“You also have hosted the Continental Championships, the Asian Championships. From ITTF and WTT side, we are looking forward to come back here in India for big events like this one,” she added.

 

[zeio]

An interview from a few months back right before the resignation of Dainton.

Table Tennis in India - Bigger Events Coming Soon? | ITTF President Petra Sorling exclusive chat
https://youtu.be/p7rjHla2jcg?t=157

So on that topic of course you're you're more than ready to take on also the next level of events title events or a grand smash. So looking forward to come to India also for those events in the future.

 

[zeio]

Palki Sharma et al. take shots at Japan and the double standards of the press around the world toward India... 😰

Japan’s Asian Games Hit by ‘Crisis’: Would India Face the Same Scrutiny? | The Palki Sharma Show
https://youtu.be/j0Hm-KbuhBQ?t=273

And here's the irony. The world may not acknowledge it but India is already solving the problem that Japan is facing. India wants to host the 2036
Olympics and India's approach is built around a multi-ity model where Ahmedabad would be the primary hub. It will have
the main Olympics village and the major events. Buberneshwar has been discussed for hockey, Bhopal for rowing, Pune for
canoeing and Mumbai for cricket and football. The idea is not to build everything in one place. It is to use the existing infrastructure and build
new facilities where they can have a life after the Olympics. The point we're making here is simple.
Don't judge a host by its name. Judge it by how well it hosts.
And when you pick the next one, pick a country that actually wants the games, not one that is looking to cut corners.
We say that's one hosting bias we could use.

‘Would India Get Away With This?’ Asian Games Hosts Face Backlash | First Sports With Rupha Ramani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODMVb3sWTwQ

Japan’s Asian Games Mess: India, China Athletes Left High & Dry On Arrival I Cost-Cutting Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2SXalpQdQ

 

[JackJohnson]

If it was China and India hosting these events the criticism they would face if their hotel/place where they sleep was like this you wouldn’t hear the end of that but since Japan is hosting it they get a free pass for it.

Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world but the host Japan could not even get decent accomodation for the India Cricket Team. This was originally going to be their accomodation look how much space there is for 2 people. No way it looks enough to have multiple luggages and cricket gear fit in this room for 2 players

 

[zeio]

@latej

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...aichi-nagoya-2026-9-19-10-4.39788/post-590030

India is a joke of a host because it succeeds in confirming itself as one.
Japan is a joke of a host because it succeeds in transforming itself into one.

...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...aichi-nagoya-2026-9-19-10-4.39788/post-590050

I wanted to write about the following a few weeks ago. Will follow up later.

There is an interview with an Indian reporter who is/was stationed in China over a decade in which the interviewers asked genuine questions about China and its history with India, both good and bad times, and one part was how the Chinese view Indians and why they tend to look down upon them, and my previous post reflected her answer.

An Indian in China | WHAT THE CHINESE THINK OF US | with Pallavi Aiyar
https://youtu.be/JIZgvvY3V5o?t=868

Mani Shankar Aiyar: So they look down on us deservedly.
Pallavi Aiyar: Yes, we are I think have failed our citizens. We have failed our citizens. We have failed to provide urban infrastructure. We have failed to provide sanitary conditions. We have failed to provide the conditions in which people can be healthy, uh uh, you know from the air to the water to the medical system to we've we've we've failed in I feel even creating a sense of people feeling like they are equal to each other as citizens of the country instead...

https://youtu.be/JIZgvvY3V5o?t=937
Yes, you're absolutely right. I actually do not think that they look down on Africans. It's Indians because they feel that there's a kind of hubris in India and that India positions itself as an equal.

https://youtu.be/JIZgvvY3V5o?t=961
I keep meeting Chinese who say why don't India take it why doesn't India leverage China's uh economy right next door to actually improve India's economy and then start talking about all these geostrategic things there is a sense that they are essentially playing a game of being with the west uh to contain China and so a lot of that uh attitude towards India has to do with this sense that we are not to be trusted uh because ultimately it's not about the poverty it's about the trying to through the power of the west unfairly inflate our strategic power.

https://youtu.be/JIZgvvY3V5o?t=2003
But to go back to answer your first question of uh Deng Xiaoping did as you know offer the eastern-western sector swap on the boundary and if we had accepted it this problem would not exist today but we had a sense of being in the driver's seat at that point of time and we rejected it. Uh and today China is not going to offer anything like that because it is does not any in any way need to be consiliatory towards us. They do not need to be consiliatory towards the US. When Trump tried to go to them with a big stick with tariffs they were able to stare them down. Right? Right? So there's no way that they can't stare India down. So we missed a big opportunity.

 

[latej]

It's always encouraging and mood improving when I read about someone, who is capable of humbly voicing critique of his own "side". Be it a nation, town, club, whatever... We need more of such people everywhere...

At the same time, you yourself @zeio, I think are often interpreted as someone who does not voice critique of his own "side". Also, e.g. your posts about hidden serves of LYJ are interpreted as a form of "damage control" after the ugly LSD serves...

At the same time, I think your posts are honest, I don't doubt that.

Another point is, while I know there are problems in India, and in China, and in Russia, I am predominantly occupied with the totally degrading "west". But the way out is not saying one is worse or better... I'm glad people in Germany and also in France are beginning to wake up and see what is the problem...

 

[zeio]

First time to see the restroom of a stadium being advertised as a world-class feature...

World Badminton Championships 2026: Delhi’s IG Stadium Gets Major Upgrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS0jnNZAE20

Almost all the toilet blocks have been renovated and made absolutely world class.

Explained - Drift, court conditions prove to be MAJOR challenge in World Badminton Championships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QfkrbETS7c

Badminton Authority of India Hires Langur Mimics Tournament | WION Newspoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2taI98rsK1Y

BWF World Championships 2026: New Delhi turns to langur mimics to tackle monkey menace
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/bw...hips-2026-animal-control-langur-calls-monkeys

India's world championships organisers hire monkey whisperers
https://www.reuters.com/world/india...organisers-hire-monkey-whisperers-2026-08-10/

 

[zeio]

This is the problem with India. They always compare themselves with China when they don't even compare with Japan and Korea.

Medal Standings
Aichi-Nagoya 2026 - 8th with 2 days to go
Hangzhou 2022 - 4th
Jakarta-Palembang 2018 - 8th
Incheon 2014 - 8th
Guanzhou 2010 - 6th
Doha 2006 - 8th
Busan 2002 - 7th

Asian Games 2026: What Explains India's Poor Performance? | Examining Challenges | Plain Speak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLY3gNs7BMg

https://youtu.be/tLY3gNs7BMg?t=403 ...furl=false]https://youtu.be/tLY3gNs7BMg?t=491
G Rajaraman: we do get despondent Shivani uh that India is now struggling in the 12th place on the medal table and when we are supposed to be an Asian giant and we are supposed to be rocking Asia.

印度羽毛球运动员批名古屋亚运会，印度媒体焦点却在挑战中国金牌数？（Indian shuttler slams Nagoya, media challenges China golds?）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA3GrWTh3MY

20th Asian Games and Aichi–Nagoya 2026
https://results.asiangames2026.org/#/medals/standings

 

[barusu]

If it was China and India hosting these events the criticism they would face if their hotel/place where they sleep was like this you wouldn’t hear the end of that but since Japan is hosting it they get a free pass for it.

Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world but the host Japan could not even get decent accomodation for the India Cricket Team. This was originally going to be their accomodation look how much space there is for 2 people. No way it looks enough to have multiple luggages and cricket gear fit in this room for 2 players

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Small rooms like that are normal in Japan. If you go there and book a hotel room, you will know what i mean.

A hotel room from Borussia Düsseldorf is also not much better than that.

 

[zeio]

7 candidates for Olympics 2036 - GER, HUN, IND, QAT, KOR, RSA and TUR.

2036-Olympic-Games-Host-Selection-Handbook.pdf
https://stillmed.olympics.com/media...036-Olympic-Games-Host-Selection-Handbook.pdf

India among seven countries vying for 2036 Olympics, IOC says
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW807707102026RP1/

IOC sets course for 2036 Summer Games race
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/ioc-sets-course-for-2036-summer-games-race

Qatar and India among seven countries bidding to host the 2036 Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-t1fZD2GM

https://www.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1wyyofy/ioc_sets_out_next_steps_for_selecting_2036/

https://www.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1wyyofy