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Behind the Olympics: Where are all of India's medals? {Gadling}
Aug 20th 2008 10:12AM If it were before 20th of August, 2008 I might have agreed with this article. Not any more. Check the latest news -India's Susheel Kumar won a Bronze in Freestyle wrestling and Vijendra Kumar has assured himself of a bronze by securing semi-final berth in Middleweight boxing - can you imagine 3 guaranteed medals in this Olympics?
It might seem like a small figure but for a nation like India, it's a huge leap forward. 3 Indian boxers qualified for quarter-finals this year, a girl called Saina Nehwal defeated the top seed in Badminton but lost out narrowly in quarter-finals. Percentagewise, at least a quarter of Indian athletes have performed very well -our contingent was worth only 56 participants.
Hopefully, Vijendra Kumar now wins Gold medal. Already, the whole country is ecstatic over THREE medals. Can you believe it? Noone's talking about cricket here. This is what is really needed to succeed in Olympics -an INSPIRATION. For nearly 60 years of its independent existence, India lacked role models so that younger people could achieve greater heights in Olympics.
We already win GOLD medals in competitive events like Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. In the last 2006 Commonwealth games, India won the fourth rank with 22 Gold medals just behind Australia, England and Canada. In the 2006 Asian games, India stood 8th with 10 Gold medals.
We will host the 2010 Commonwealth games in New Delhi. It is hoped this event will boost young Indians to take up sports more seriously. We don't lack potential - we just are a pessimistic country and need to break free from this negative perception about ourselves. Once Indians learn to unleash their true potential in Sports, we will be unstoppable.
