As a kid, I used to read the monoroma year book, and they used to publish the medal tally. India used to have hardly any medals in thier tally. And, it used to be very disappointing. It was 1996, Atlanta Olympics, when I learnt about Leander Paes and tennis. In 2000 Sidney, it was Mallem Karneswary and weight lifting. In 2004, Rajyasingh Rathore, and 2008 it was first Individual Gold. And, multiple sports were coming into lime light. Boxing, shooting, and wrestling. Later 2012, we have sports on the high light. I was hopeful of a better show this time in 2016. But I was very disappointed with the negative news before the run to Olympics , be it Narsingh Yadav, Leander or later apathetic/sports administration. There are positives in this Olympics, however, no excuse that we failed. With 1/6th of world population, we stood at 67th in the tally. Question is not to atheletes alone but to us as a country whole, and as an individual. Why we fail in sports and is it a mindset or cultural trait ??
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