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India at Olympics

Some good articles on why India has not been able to win as many medals as it should have:


1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/india.olympicgames2008

2. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080813202631AAFWAsJ
3. http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/08/why-does-india.html


Source: Marginal Revolution blog.


My take on this whole issue is that it is related to Indian people psyche. I have expereinced with my own parents and my friends will also agree. People dont consider sports as a career option for their kids exception may be cricket. Not many parents want their child to be Swimming champion or a runner than an engineer or a doctor. That is where it start going wrong. The system obviusly plays a role, but since people really dont belive in sports, think it as TP or a school comtetion activity, we never excel. Just imagine, how can we expect our swimmers or runners to win if their personal bests are way below the wrold record. Yesterday Usain Bolt made a world record with 9.69s for 100m running. Do you know Indian national record??? Its 10.30s... We have never crossed 10s barrier, can you belive it?
Please let me know what you people think about this?
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Nikhil said…
As Vishwajeet and you said it, very few Indians take sports as career(except Cricket and Chess). Most of us look at any sport as enjoyment or just an extra curricular activity. Also, we don't have good infrastructure, govt. seem reluctant. It was after last Olympics when Rajyawardhan won the silver medal, govt. decided to provide facilities for rifle shooting. so efforts should be from both the sides, people need to change their attitude towards sports and govt. need to look at sports as esteem issue and take forward steps.
August 24, 2008 at 9:39 AM
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