Words' worth: Guangzhou

After a struggle to get the pronunciation right, am now fairly in control over Guangzhou. I must say its been fun keeping track of the action from the 3rd largest city of China. The river show set just abt the perfect tone for the sportive actions to follow. Esp after the gala show at CWG, all the eyeballs were on AG opening ceremony. And no prize for guessing- china produced a spectacle which the whole continent had no clue to until the curtain was raised. ZIMPLY AWEZOME !!! for Indian interest, i mean for those who love/follow Olympic sports, the games started on a not-so-great note with out much high rated shooters failing the targets over and over again. It was until the cue-ist Pankaj Advani struck in billiards, the yellow medal eluded the 2nd most populous country of the continent ( oops they are also the 2nd in the whole world). and then a long silence till the lanky army man got the well-deserved 2nd. Half way through it was a mixed-bag for the Indian contingent. However things suddenly changed as athletics events started. India has never been known as great prospects in the track and field so far as Intl meets are concerned. But this time around it was a different story. Started with Preeja and now the hurdlers ( Ashwini and Joseph), its been a great haul.....I just hope many more follow- esp the 4x400 women's relay team of which Ashwin is a member and not so many weeks ago they created history at CWG. It was heart-breaking to watch the women's discuss throw event. But then poor girls gave their best- and the silver lining being the bronze by Poonia. Shooters were not the only ones who failed to live upto their names, wrestlers also did so. Now that we have quite some prospects in boxing, am with my fingers crossed. Women's kabaddi team is on the verge of getting the 11th gold as I write. Hope the day gifts us at least 4-5 more yellow medals........all the best ...