Olympics 2012 Ta...Ta.. Tweeta..

....some interesting tweets on India's greatest (??!!!)  medal tally ever in Olympics....  :)

amreekandesi ‏@amreekandesi
India's medals at the Olympics in wrestling, boxing and shooting should show the world that we are not to be messed with.

India Today ‏@India_Today
Sushil provides the silver lining on last day of the Olympics, raises India's medal count in London to six

India News Headlines ‏@HeadlinesIndia
Olympics: Ram Singh Yadav finishes 78th in men's marathon

FirstpostSports ‏@FirstpostSports
This is still India's best showing at the #Olympics:4 bronze and 2 silver medals.We'v doubled tally of Beijing 2008.

Abhijit Majumder ‏@abhijitmajumder
Fab job #SushilKumar. But here's some perspective. India in Olympics since 1948: 22 medals, 6 golds. Phelps since 2004: 22 medals, 18 golds

Daniel Kerr ‏@DanielKerr93
If Michael Phelps were a country....he'd be tied with India in medals

Mohan Ranganathan ‏@captranganathan
China - 25 gold medals in London Olympics. India- 21 medals in ALL the Olympics put together. And a TV channels calls it "Gold Rush"!!!

Puneet JAIN ‏@puneetsays
Sushil Kumar won Bronze in Beijing, Silver in London, and hopefully he'll win Gold in Rio. #India #Olympics

...One doubtu... will Rio opening ceremony include Samba dancers ?

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