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Publisher’s Note
Winning against circumstances
Let us savour the sweet taste of victory. The fact physios, orthopaedic specialists, scientific advisors,
that we finally won a gold in a track-and-field sports kit designers. Clearly, India has a lot to catch
event is a cause for great celebration. However, up.
what comes out from various interviews on Political leaders of all hues have vied to
television is that the overwhelming hardships congratulate the victors, doing their best to upstage
athletes had to overcome included not just others in an attempt to reward the new hero.
competing against their rivals but winning against Unfortunately, far from benefitting sports, this
their own circumstances. was essentially a photo-op on television. I wish
The wins of Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, someone had announced equal amounts of rewards
Ravi Kumar Dahiya were sweet but what for Rani Rampal and her team. They also served
was remarkable was that Indians were medal the nation just as well; it was simply unfortunate
contenders in many other sports. In some we that they didn’t get to score the win.
almost won the bronze. India’s resurgence in Great talent can be found across the country.
hockey has genuinely brought happiness. There The emergence of our new sporting wonders is an
is a deep sense of gratitude towards both the indicator that if trained well, even the sky is not the
teams, and even to those who have no memory of limit for them.
our country’s mastery of the game. Odisha Chief Just three years to go for the Paris Olympics and
Minister Naveen Patnaik’s sponsorship of the various tournaments before them. Let’s hope the
game will hopefully set an example for other chief euphoria this year converts to some definite work
ministers and people in power to do something towards a leapfrog in our performance.
about Indian sports.
What is unfortunate is that we don’t seem to have
the mechanism to spot a winner. We need to have
world standard coaches. As we grow in sports as a
nation, I am sure many good coaches and training
centres will come up. This whole business is very Vickram Sethi
complex. Apart from sports coaches, it involves Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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