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ONEBI

LLI
ONANDTWOMEDALS
Indi
aisanat i
onofabout108cr or
epeopl
ebutithasnotshownanyr emarkabl
eperformancein
theOlympicgames.Notev enasi
ngl
egoldmedal hasbeenwoni nanydi
scipl
i
neexceptin
shooti
ngi nBeji
ngOl ympi
csandthegameofhockeyy earsago, andi
nthatgametoowehav e
fall
enbelowthet opfivet
eamsintheworl
d.Ahugecont ingentgoestocompetei
nt heOlympics
withgreatexpectati
onsbutthewhol
enati
onisdisappointedwhenmostoft heat
hletesfai
leven
toqualif
yforthef i
nal
s.Anoddsil
vermedalorabronzeisal l
wegeti nt
hemegaspor tsevent
.

Wel l
,Idon’tt
hinkmoneyi sanissue.Ther
eisastri
ki
ngquesti
onthatmanyAf r
icancount
riesar
e
doingbet t
erthanIndiadespi
teofhavingl
owerGDP, l
owerpercapi
taIncomeandpoor
governanceaswel l.Alsoi
nthesecountri
esther
earemanyissuesrel
atedtopubli
chealt
h,
education,opport
uniti
esforadvancement.t
henwhycan'twe?

Thereisaneedtotakeini
ti
ati
vesrelatedt
osports.Onlygovernmentini
ti
ativ
esarenotenough,
ther
eisalsoneedtosensit
izeIndi
anpeoplewhoar emor efocusedtowardsacademicsand
beli
evesspor
tsisnotagoodcar eeropti
on.I
ndiahastremendouspot ent
ialtobecomeawor l
d
l
eaderinsport
sifthecorr
ectfacil
i
tiesandopport
unit
iesaregiventoeveryoneattheri
ghtage
andtime

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BIVI
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2016105588

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