Six Billion and One Bronze!

Hello all;.

The Indian sportsperson performance at the Olympics was very regrettable. Due to many problems, India lagging in sports that are funding, sponsorship and training facilities. Most of the sportsperson coming from poor families, they had no source to participate in the sports events. And we also see in many villages, children having more talent in sports but they did not know how to utilise their talent. So they stopped there like a bus. Therefore, In order to curb this problem, we have to create an awareness about sports from school days. Teachers not only encourage the education but also encourage the sports and talented children. The government also takes the responsibility of the funds and talented sportspersons to prove their talent in international sports events.

Yes, there is not denying the fact that ''after having a huge population India is not able to win more medal in Olympic and other international sport. Now India's population is exceeding day by day, in upcoming years it will lag China behind, so the question arises here that what are the reasons that India is lagging in sports, the very first answer is ''interest what I observed is that in India, people are not so much interested in sports. They would like to spend their time illicit work instead of game, next is, awareness there are several sports that are playing around the world but we are not so aware of it, so awareness should b on the top'' ''next is fund because playing sport is not an easy cup of tea that anyone can come & join the crowd. It require proper strategy and clear vision so only it could be possible to participate last but not the least politic because in India, in whichever sector we are lagging behind is just because of our political system, everytime they always found remain in their own caste, creed, custom, communities, culture, or concession etc, soo if they will remain busy on their own so where they will bring the time for sport person, so I'm in a very opinion if we want to win moe and more medal soo it's a time when we will have to push our authorities instead of depending upon them''.

Hi, this is Yogananda.

My suggestion on this topic is we have 1.252 billion people in India. But we get total of 6 medals (2 silver and 4 bronze). We so many talented persons are there but they have no money political power. It full based on caste & recommendation and influence and politics. Of course, its international but money can do this.

Hello, this is Yoganand Katuri.

Wanted to speak few words regarding the given line "SIX BILLION AND ONE BRONZE".

Firstly the population is not in a matter of this kind of information because all depends upon the enhancing of talents in national level. So the person with good practise and concentration regarding certain sport may have chance giving tough competition to opponents and win a medal. Mainly we are responsible not winning the medals because everyone is interested in engineering and medicine rather playing any game. Lack of infrastructure is also another reason for fewer participants in games. Parents should allow the students to learn some sports/games so that they know something about the game, we never expect everyone to participate in Olympics and their conducting way. Mainly every one of must supports them, encourage them rather than knowing only their results and negatives.

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According to my opinion, sports person and athletes have given their best out of bounds under the current conditions of sports in India. Every year on Feb 28 Union budget is presented by our finance ministry, this time also major part of budget highlights only FDI, infrastructure, and industries. No emphasis is given on education as well as in sports sector. It is a bitter truth that condition of sports in Indian is critical. Sportsperson do not get proper equipment, diet and also coaches. They are asked to get their own private coaches, even knowing that athletes do not belong to a rich family. Moreover, they do their practice at a place with poor infrastructure, where condition of drinking water is really bad. Even in that conditions, they are giving their best. Salute!

India had won six medals last Olympics. The number has come down to just two this time with PV Sindhu Sakshi Malika and Dipa missing closely on a medal. Who is to be blamed. The sports infrastructure in India is not sufficient to support athletes to compete at a global standard. Also, youth who look into sports as a career as scared by the financial security which other options offer them. Our population may be large and talent may be good too but many cannot afford these training facilities to compete at a global level.

Hi, Friends!

It's good to hear your valuable opinions.

Yes, I do feel the same. Being the 2nd largest population it is really a matter of shame for us that we hardly can manage to achieve 1 bronze (Sakshi Malik) and 1 silver (P V Sindhu). But the major concern is who is to be blamed for the present scenario?

If we look at our administrative system then yes the government does not take any initiative for the budding athletes in order to promote their talents. Due to which their future is dark if sports are chosen as career options in India, this bears a clear testimony why parents stop their children to pursue sports as a career option. The next thing is those who get into sports profession have to struggle a lot. They have to defy the odds in order to seek proper equipment, necessary training etc. So the lack of infrastructure also plays a pivotal role towards the present condition of sports. Poverty can also be blamed because most of the athletes have to kill their interest and give up because of their financial stature. Thus I feel that the government is totally responsible for the present scenario. If politics is taken out from sports and talent is given opportunity then I surely believe that India will perform better and bring glory to our nation.

Olympics at Rio began with a lot of hopes and anticipations. Our athletes pushing really hard to make it to the top and fans cheering everywhere. This year was expected to be a different story. Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian female gymnast at Olympics and finished fourth at the Women's Vault Gymnastic events. A bronze and a silver by Sakshi Malik and PV Sindhu and we were done already. There are several reasons which together constitute to India's poor performance at Olympics.

1) Lack of sports culture.

Unless there is a synergized sports culture, you are not going to win a string of medals. A fundamental overhaul is needed and urgently so. -Boria Mazumdaar. Without sports culture, athletes are left out of the supportive environment that is strongly needed in the shaping of better-performing bunch of athletes.

2) Poverty and lack of education.

There is a lack of strong foundation for sportsperson in India. While pursuing their interest in sports they also have to take care of their economic factors and pay a part of their attention towards earning livelihood or education for some. You do not get spared from exams in schools for pursuing sports.

3) Infrastructure.

We do lack the proper infrastructure for training and practice session of athletes that could make them more competent and well equipped to deal with world class athletes. It could have been far better of our athletes have access to better infrastructure and get to play all across the country to stay well practised.

4) Lack of encouragement.

Right from the very beginning youth of India is discouraged to take sports as a career. Parents are more obsessed with the likes of medical and engineering. And for girls, the scenario is worse with an obnoxious list of drawbacks and hindrances they have to face before they could persuade their parents to let them play. Most of us are forced to quit sports, in order to do something that would give them better job security.

Our athletes might not have bagged many medals, but they sure are trying harder and doing better. In years to come with more emphasis towards the development of infrastructure and providing world class facilities for their training, I am sure our athletes will make India proud. More importantly, our encouragement and media focus over sports other than just cricket could do wonders.

With a second highest population in the world, we are hardly able to bag only two medals that too bronze and silver. I don't think there is a shortage for talents in India but there is a lack of world-class infrastructure. Our country has not even nominated for hosting Olympics. Our government is ready to build many it's but they didn't show any interest to build a world class stadium. Even though if they allocate something, a major part of that goes to the pockets of corrupted officials. India is good in some sports like cricket, chess, kabaddi but unfortunately, they were not included in Olympics. Our culture of restricting girls to go outside is also the main reason. We should give equal importance to all sports. Politics in sports should be abolished because by that we cannot represent the real talent before the world.

Yes it is really shameful for all of us. With the second highest population in the world we could only managed to achieve 2 medals. But I don't think there is any shortage of talent in this great nation. But I believe that there is lack of infrastructure to get these talents perform at the world stage. A very cause of this is the so called Politics of India. People choose to play just for getting government jobs under sports quota. Government is building up new IITs but with no concern to build a Olympics Stadium. We are not even nominated for hosting great events. India's sports needs to distribute its focus on all games rather than spending all on only one sport.