Top 10 Reasons Why India Performs Poorly At The Olympics.
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro began with high aspirations and expectations. This year, with our athletes working really hard to reach the top and fans praying and cheering from the stands, it was expected to be a different story. Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian female gymnast to compete in the Olympics, placing fourth in the women's vault gymnastic events. Sakshi Malik and P. V. Sindhu won bronze and silver, respectively, and we were done.
Since 1980, when Abhinav Bindra swayed them all in the 10-meter air rifle event in 2008, Russia and China had gone away with several gold medals, but India has only received one. All of our previous medals came from hockey. Every year, India produces many deserving athletes, but our medal count never rises above a certain level.
1. A lack of sports culture:
According to Boria Majumdar, "you can never win a streak of gold until there is a synergized sports culture." A comprehensive overhaul is required, and it must be completed as soon as possible.” If there is no sports culture, athletes are left out of the supportive environment necessary for developing a higher-performing group of athletes.
2. Poverty and lack of education:
In India, there is a lack of a good foundation for athletes. While pursuing their passion for sports, individuals must also consider their financial circumstances and devote some of their time to earning a living or obtaining an education. Exams and assessments at school are not waived if you participate in sports.
3. Infrastructure:
We need enough infrastructure for athletes' training and practice sessions, which would enable them to become more competent and well-equipped to compete against world-class opponents. It would have been considerably better if our athletes had had access to better facilities and had the opportunity to play across the country to stay in shape.
4. Lack of encouragement:
Indian youngsters are discouraged from choosing a profession in sports from the start. Our parents are enthralled by fields such as medicine and engineering. And for girls, the situation is considerably worse, with a long list of disadvantages and impediments they must overcome before persuading their parents to let them participate. The majority of them are obliged to give up athletics to pursue something more stable in their careers.
5. Less funding for sports:
Our economy has been booming, and the allocation of funds to various development areas has been improving with each year's budget. Given the vast number of young people who want to participate in sports seriously, there is still a minimal cash allocation for sports.
6. Cricket enthralls all fans:
As a country, we are enthralled by a single sport: cricket. Other sports are only given a spotlight and fan cheering during major events like the Olympics. We don't know who's who in other sports for the rest of the year. They are less publicized, have fewer sponsors than other sports, and even fewer supporters hooting and cheering them on to do better, and then we go around whining and harassing athletes when we don't win enough medals.
7. Corruption and a lack of concern:
One of the greatest athletes tests positive for a banned substance, and despite finger pointing towards defamation strategies, nothing is done about it. Narsingh Yadav showed that SAI had ignored a previous attempt to poison his meals with an unknown ingredient, but no real action was taken, putting his Olympic dreams on hold.
8. The odds are stacked against us:
We lack the world-class facilities that athletes from first-world countries enjoy. They've always been looting third-world countries of their wealth and piling it up in their own bank accounts. According to some sources, because most of the judges are from these countries, there is a chance that some favoritism will prevail.
9. Favouritism in the selection of leaders:
The leaders of sports organizations are simply those that the ruling party favors. They have little knowledge of the sport or its requirements, yet they have been picked to lead those passionate about it. What can we expect from such a system?
10. Genetics and nutrition:
Some studies show that these countries' athletes are genetically and physically fitter than ours. Our athletes rely on their own small efforts to be strong and fit while receiving sufficient nutrition essential for a sportsperson with all of the necessary elements.
Our athletes may not have won many medals, but they are working harder and achieving greater results. These sportsmen will continue to make India proud in the coming years as greater attention is paid to sports infrastructure and world-class training facilities. Most essential, our support and media attention to the sport.
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