The long wait for an individual gold for a country of a billion people is over. Abhinav has done it for us and made the country proud. But merely basking in this glory and thinking this will mark a new beginning for the Indian Olympic endeavor would be wrong. The truth is we are still lagging far behind in training our athletes to expect anything out of them. What has been achieved till now is just a result of their individual efforts and perseverance. India where cricket is a religion and Sachin is God, other sports are largely neglected. The training infrastructure provided by our sports ministry is nil no form of encouragement from them is expected.
To analyze this subject lets go down in the history. India has been taking part in the Olympics since 1920. The first gold has come after 88 years. Contrast this with China, which won its first gold medal in the 1984 Olympics and today it is challenging the U.S in the medal tally. The Chinese government concentrated on training and nurturing the talents of their sportsmen and provided them world class facilities. They concentrated on medal rich sports and the result is before all of us. Indian sports arena is dominated by politics and controversies. The people holding posts for different sporting federations just misuse their authority to the largest extent possible. The athletes have to rely on their personal finances to pursue their dream. Abhinav owes his success to his generous and encouraging father who supported his child to chases his dream. Mittal Foundation had also come forward and helped Bindra with finances. These collective efforts bore fruit for him. Now that he has won everybody is coming forward to reward him. probably he will receive gifts in excess of few crores. What needs to be done now is an introspection as to why are we lagging behind. The system need a complete overhaul. Otherwise India will continue to finish among the last in the medal tally.
To analyze this subject lets go down in the history. India has been taking part in the Olympics since 1920. The first gold has come after 88 years. Contrast this with China, which won its first gold medal in the 1984 Olympics and today it is challenging the U.S in the medal tally. The Chinese government concentrated on training and nurturing the talents of their sportsmen and provided them world class facilities. They concentrated on medal rich sports and the result is before all of us. Indian sports arena is dominated by politics and controversies. The people holding posts for different sporting federations just misuse their authority to the largest extent possible. The athletes have to rely on their personal finances to pursue their dream. Abhinav owes his success to his generous and encouraging father who supported his child to chases his dream. Mittal Foundation had also come forward and helped Bindra with finances. These collective efforts bore fruit for him. Now that he has won everybody is coming forward to reward him. probably he will receive gifts in excess of few crores. What needs to be done now is an introspection as to why are we lagging behind. The system need a complete overhaul. Otherwise India will continue to finish among the last in the medal tally.
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