Six Billion and One Bronze!

India has a population of 6 billion and is hardly able to secure a single bronze medal. It's not because our country doesn't have talent. This is due to following reasons:.

> Our education system doesn't permit us to take out some time for sports. Parents want children to concentrate on their studies rather than on the sport.

> Our country is lacking behind in proving good facilities and coach to the sports person. It doesn't have much money to invest in sports because major chunks of money go into the pockets of corrupt officials.

> Because of lack of facilities, domestic players are unable to compete at international level.

> In India, cricket enjoys a special status as compared to any other sport. In spite of hockey being our national sport, cricket enjoys a special position. That is why our country is performing well in one area and is the worst in the rest.

If at all if there are was a sports like corruption or how to excel in politics India would have bagged the maximum gold. The politicians do not encourage or care for for sports. Proper infrastructure is not provide and the Sports Authority do not have people who have any background in sports. Everyone sits at the top for money.

Foreign coaches and also proper training is not provided at the highest level except for cricket. Of late a foreign coach has been provided in hockey and it is providing results. This itself is a lesson to be learnt by our authorities at the highest level. There is no lack of talent in a country like country like India there is a huge population of six billion people. If India is excelling in cricket then that person is applauded. I do not why foreign coaches are not provided in other sports and foreign physios.

It is just because of our system In student life most of the school focused only on study and not give any priority to sports and the students who wants to be a part of sports field don't have any motivation for sports.

One another things is future of olympians too many of the olympic player who strugle in their life now a day and they have no jobs after the end of their sports life and no source of income, our govt. give priority to only those people who is already highlighted and what about those who is not highlighted.

So it is matter of scarring for the parent whose child wants to be a sport person.

It is very easy for us to complain about the inability of our athletes to win medals at the Olympics, but when we have good players from every corner of the country, it is no surprise that nobody takes up athletics seriously.

My point of view on this topic is due to lack of encouragement from the government India is not performing well in world stage. Government don't encourage sports in our country. Due to corruption and corrupted people in government sports is taking a back seat in India. And one more important thing in our country is that parents don't encourage sports in our country. They think academics is more important than sports. Parents think that sports don't fetch children luxurious life so they don't encourage their children to indulge in sports. And more important thing is that there is nepotism in government sports bodies so their favor their relatives than deserved people.

I think if Indian government abet sports people with enough equipment and encourage them with good environment then only India will be performing better in world stage.

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.

Six billion and one bronze.

This statement aptly signifies the current status of sports in India. With a population of 1.2 billion, we have just managed to win 2 medals in Olympics. The prime reason being support from family and financial support from the government. There is a budget for sports from the government, Maximum part of it is invested in sports like cricket. Rest all other sports get a minimum share of the budget. This affects the training of athletes that are preparing themselves for such competitions.

Also, there is less support for other sports in comparison to cricket. Eg-the final match of champions trophy was seen throughout the nation but on the same day, there was a hockey match that was seen by a mere part of the population. This is what lack of support for other sports than cricket is about.

Hello friends let discuss.

First We must point on the current educational system. All private school management and parents are giving their first preference to studies, ok well its not blamable but the thing is they are not considering any other option other than that even in second place 1) studies, 2) studies, 3) studies, 4) studies, . Until our funeral we had to study. That is the main point they are thinking. Now a days private school management are becoming commercial. Schools without playground had no permission to start but they are showing that they had play ground, but the thing is that is not a playground it is parking place of the vehicles.

In future we even don't find players, artists, dancers, painters,.. We only see the educated fools. I promise that I give full freedom to my child.

Thanking you.

First and for most, the problem that needs to be addressed is the lack of encouragement from the government's side. Incentives must be provided so that the children and youth of the country would be able to take sports as a career. Proper infrastructure should be developed for sports and most importantly, it should also be properly maintained. Economic assistance should be provided to those who cannot afford the huge cost of training. We find there are so many atheletes in our country with great potential but don't have the money to pay for the professional training courses. They are the first ones to whom this economic assistance must go to. Hence, if proper encouragement from the government is made available, the parents would also not be apprehensive about letting their children take a carrer of their choice.

This itself shows that are "system is just not happening"! if you see the olympics medals tally India is way way behind. Other sports apart from just cricket should be taken seriously. Hockey for instance is our national game. Don't you think it should be changed to cricket rather. Why is that only when somebody bags a medal that then he/she is highlighted? abhinav bindra was showered with money after his victory at the olymics. But he is already such a rich guy, why spend so much on him?ther are so many poor athletes who need sponsors. Do they ever get it?the government should really concentrate on the struggling athletes, they should be given proper ground to nurture there talents. Proper coaching should be provided. If this done properly there may be a day soon we see India rising up at the medals tally.

Hi friends,

I think for this there are two main reasons among them first is lack of exposure to the most talented people who are in remote areas and the other is the politics in the selection of candidates which is why the parents whose children are quite talented are not coming into sports because they don't have any political help so they don't want to risk their child career. There may be other reason also which is ours is a cricket mad country so people won't even follow other sports.

So finally if we can keep the selection process free of politics then parents will feel secured about their children career and encourage them to go into sports. This must be done because ours is a country which has a vast talent its getting wasted so now the time is ripe to do everything to stop that.

Thank you.