WHAT FOR INDIA TAKE PART IN OLYMPICS?
The forthcoming Olympics will be held in Paris from July 26, 2024 to August 11, 2024. India's performance in the Olympic history is below par. We could not compete with even small countries in the sports arena. Unfortunately neither our successive governments nor the large number of sports bodies our country is taking adequate and result oriented measures to enhance the standard of our country in the field of sports. Our performance in the past three Olympics are given below.
(P - participants, G - gold, S - silver, B - bronze,
T - total and R - rank)
2012 (London) Countries 204
P 83, G 0, S 2, B 4, T 6, R 55
2016 (Rio de Janeiro) C 207
P 117, G 0, S 1, B 1, T 2, R 67
2020 (Tokyo) C 206
P 124, G 1, S 2, B 4, T 7, G 48
The top six countries in the 2012 medal tally are given below (in the order of country, gold, silver, bronze and total)
1. USA - 48,26,30,104
2. China - 39,31,22,92
3. G Britain - 29,18,18,65
4. Russia - 18,21,27,66
5. S. Korea - 13,9,8,30
6. Germany -11,20,13,44
Top six in the medal tally of 2016
USA - 46,37,38,121
G Britain - 27,23,17,67
China - 26,18,26,70
Russia - 19,17,20,56
Germany - 17,10,15,42
Japan - 10,8,21,41
Top six countries in the medal tally of 2020
USA - 39,41,33,113
China - 38,32,19,89
Japan - 27,14,17,58
G Britain - 22,20,22,64
ROC (Russia )- 20,28,23,71
Australia - 17,17,22,46
We may find the population of these countries (in crores ) in 2021 who reach within the sixth position of the medal tally.
USA - 33.19
Russia -14.24
Japan - 12.57
Germany - 8.32
G. Britain - 6.73
South Korea - 5.17
Australia - 2.57
The top six medal winners shown above are less populated than India who have a population of 141 cr(2021). We have more people to compete in Olympic games than all other countries, but our performance in the entire Olympic history is quite pathetic. Who is responsible for this situation? Undoubtedly it is the successive governments that ruled our country. We have all the facilities to prepare our youth to take part once in four years in every Olympics and have the capability to secure the top position among all participant countries. Without knowing ourselves we always send a large contingent to take part in the competition and we shamelessly return near empty handed . We mus find an end to this nasty participation.
India is the largest populated country in the world. The median age of Indians which is 28.2 years make one of the most youthful country in the world. We are the fifth largest economy in the world. We are also the fourth largest power in military strength. Our spacecraft has landed in the moon. Our space vehicle is in the orbit of Mars. Indian spacecraft Aditya -L1 would be reaching the solar atmosphere in coming January. In many areas we are proud to tell the world that we are on top of the world. However, when it comes to sports we admit that we are on the bottom of the world.
K V George
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