Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Beijing08 said about 1 year ago:

I agree with you Swarup. It is sad that out of a country of over a billion people the Indian Squad only has 56 Sports people....and has over the years won a total of only 16 medals. Most countries win that many in one Olympics. I truly feel that sports is not given importance at the schooling level...that's when talent should be scouted and nourished. Instead whatever talent's is quashed by the time the player reaches college when realization hit's that there is no future in sports in India apart from cricket. India talks about wanting to host the Olympics and it's even managed to play host to the upcoming Commonwealth games..But without encouraging sports and growing the nations level of sports I feel it's a waste.

vickys202 said about 1 year ago:

A billion people, not quite, 700 million of these dont have proper means of livelihood, you expect them to win medals for you, not fair, that leaves 300 million, it still is a huge number and we can definitely do much better than this

anonymous said about 1 year ago:

All said and done we are not a sporting nation. period. we have overemphasized (...and still continue) the need for college education but not the kind of education that make us men! We have enough money for bollywood and cricket...enough money to host IIFA in South Africa....but not enough for proper nutrition and training facilities for sportspersons (..i´m not even talking about the millions undernourished). No incentive. No sports. No medals. It´s as simple. And not should we just blame our govt for this whole mess; how many of us (including the mental support from our homes) take sports as seriously as mathematics or economics in schools/colleges. The truth is...we´ve never faired well in sports...and it will take miracles to turn the tables around. To produce our own Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt, will require some considerable amount of will, grit and time. don´t see it happening in the next 100 years unless we take things seriously NOW. sorry, don´t count cricket as sports...it´s as silly and entertaining as bollywood! As for the Olympics 2008 medalists from India, I bow to them for their efforts despite being alienated by their own people - us. It´s a lonely world for them.