Six Billion and One Bronze!

I also believe that this is an important area to be discussed. Prima-facie I also thought that the reason why India is not being good at Olympics is because of the fact that Indian talent is unable to find the right place, right infrastructure, right mentor who can provide right direction. But when I gave a second thought, I found that the resources are available in abundance, the problem is with the utilization of these resources. If we say that finance is a major hurdle then it would be wrong to say so. The reason being the today India has a great Tax Collections, it has huge forex reserves and many more. But the problem is with our political system in which corruption has got its deep roots.

At once I thought why this corruption has got such a place in our country, society or even in our lives. After analyzing for long I found that it has got such place because its the way one could get MONEY in a quick time. But then the question comes why do we need this quick money. The reason could be COMPARISON.

We always get into an unwanted race of proving ourself better or superior than others. And when we find that we are behind, we start taking shortcuts to succeed. And slowly, this leads to a path which at a later stage is known as CORRUPTION.

So to end up this, I can say first we should change ourselves and rest will be done by our acts.

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''.

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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.

Six billion but one bronze. All due to us. We are responsible for that. Not only us INDIAN GOVERNMENT also. Parent always concentrate their child in studies. They didn't encourage their child to participate in sport. Off-course some of the parent will encourage their child to participate in sport. And they playing for INDIA.

We have to take our own interest to participate in sports up to that you can blame others. Sitting at home and critizing is very easy one unless we play there.

Government is also major fact for this. They are not giving fair amount of salary for those who plays for India or for their particular state. They didn't coach their players well. No need of foreign coaches required. Indian coaches are well enough to train.

Government should support them. Bichung bhutia (former Indian football captain) said "India in football world-cup may happens after 800 years from here". There are lot of young talent in India. The Government and their parent should encourage them.

In china, America& Australia etc there are separate schools for gymnastics, swimming and some other sports events. They practice throughout the day (24*7). So they bags lots of medal in Olympics. Indians too had lots of talent. And they will do it for India.

Hello gentleman.

The primary reason for the poor state of the nation in sports is the apathy on the part of the sports governing authorities. One key reason for that is most of the top positions in such authorities are occupied by bureaucrats rather then those who knows about sports. This results in very poor coordination in top level and the grassroots level sports authorities.

Lack of funds is invariably cited as the prime factor. But the fact that no amount of funds can be adequate for the purpose due to corruption in these bodies. Lack of proper infrastructure is another factor. The qualities of grounds in India is generally pathetic. This is because they are not conditioned regularly to be in the best shape. Any money if apportioned for the care and up-gradation of the grounds and stadiums does not reach its intended target.

Lack of motivation among players is another factor in India other sportsmen than cricketers are paid peanuts. The media is also to blame for the poor condition of games and sports in the nation sports other than cricket rarely get adequate coverage.

The whole scenario points to the flaws that are hindering the progress of our nation in the domain of sports.

Six Billion and One Bronze! This condition of India can be solved by Giving importance to Sports equal to Academics. Importance for Studies in India is so Badly rooted that Sports are considered as waste of Time by Parents. This attitude of parents is again because of lesser Opportunities for Sports and dilemma that their Children may not be able to procure Success and Luxury which they think can be easily obtained being Engineer or an MBA graduate.

Such posts really addresses the problems of Middle class People of Indians which is a Major class.

So if Education system is reviewed with compulsory SPORTS Just like Academics, Eligibility should be assigned for sports to enter the next level of Degree/Standard from the SCHOOL LEVEL, with standardized Amenities Provided in Educational Institutions (only then they should be licensed).

Then Efficient and talented SPORTSMAN shall be produced under the Right guidance from Childhood. When such a SPORTSMEN addresses the Nation apparently He will gain GOLD not just BRONZE. And the Opportunities increases as a result.

This impacts the future generation to get motivated and hence the PERCEPTION TOWARDS IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS changes radically.

Six billion and one bronze. Yes India is a huge populated country. We have talked about everyone, their mistakes, our mistakes. But why don't we focus on the solution for this major problem where though India is blessed with talented personalities yet is not able to transform itself into developed country. India is having many big bollywood stars, many entrepreneurs, many NGOs are also into an act. They can contribute for the society. They can encourage people to come forward and do something for their country. As a citizen we also have responsibilities.

For the future we are going to become parents of a child. Here its our chance to vow for the betterment of this country. After all its we and our family who is going to reside in this country. We should understand that Indians have such capability that can help them to conquer the world even. Today USA seeks employees from our country INDIA. If we take a pledge that our talent and our skills will be used only for our people then no one can stop to call India as DEVELOPED COUNTRY. As per my view if 6 billion converts to 6 bronze then who will dare to think of attacking on us or competing with us.

There are many reasons behind it.

Our country gives importance only to one sport and that is cricket. Cricket takes all the fans and there remains no one to encourage or motivate our athletes.

Politics has also degraded our sports culture. In our country, deserving people get less chance to flash their talent. Also corruption is one of the reason.

Our sportsmen don't get better platform or infrastructure for practice. The conditions in our country is also not good.

But still we can overcome this problem by people's support, we need awareness, lots of student who want to pursue their dream in sports field don't get enough family support. According to parents sports is just a hobby and its not a source of better income.

Its all about mindset, if we people change our mindset towards sports then we can develop and improve much faster in almost every sports.

Cricket is like a religion for our people still we see lot of politics even there too. Our government need to take serious steps towards the enhancement of sports by providing opportunities and better platforms yo us.

Let's hope for the best in coming years.

"6 billions and 1 bronze" It means that after doing really hard one is getting only few. This topic is not only about our sports but it is about our whole life. As we can see that our country is still developing why is it so.

If we talk about the games and athletics It is not because that we don't have the talent and we are not hard working, It's because we are not given the proper training. From proper training I mean to say that mostly foreigner trainers are present in games and athletics. This causes a selfishness that "why should I train to the Indian team let my country win". So with this thinking in mind these trainers or coaches do not give the proper training to Indian people.

Talking about the developement of our country we are still following the US. , China, Why? because our country is filled with corruption, Big-small, Rich-poor which creates selfishness among people of India. That is why nobody wants that other person gets success. This causes after trying very very hard people get only few.

So to have a developed country we should not be selfish only then we'll get more after doing hard work.

First of all, I want to say that the reason why many Indians fail to win medals is that we need to change our education system. When I was in 5th standard, we had two physical education (PE) periods, but by the time I reached 9th standard, we had only one PE period. This shows that our Indian schools don't prioritize sports. Instead, they focus on extra classes to help students score higher marks. Do any schools conduct extra classes to guide sports students? Suppose a student gets selected for a state-level competition by some luck. In that case, politics often take over, and only those with money can participate at the national or Olympic level. We are missing out on real talent.

Why do countries like the USA and Australia win more medals? It's because they focus equally on sports. In their schools, teachers guide students based on their strengths those good at studies are guided accordingly, and those talented in sports are nurtured. Everyone follows different paths. But here in India, we only follow one path academics. People are often unaware that athletes earn more than many in IT or government jobs.