Indian team olympics, 2008 team india

good yaar

Chakde Bindra.. realy we are proud of you. Hasan

Abhinav Singh Bindra has become hero of india..proud on u man..
we r expecting same from other members of indian team...
come on chak de india...
ALL THE BEST

Lets put sarcasm aside and stop blaming whatever is for free. Its not one or two who i s to blame but its a time for soul searching.
Look what we choose and what is our priority.
i was there for quarter final match of boxing for both vijender and akhil and could hardly see indians in one place encouraging our boxers. Rather everyone was in there own seats talking about whats wrong with system including me. for sure we were more than 200 indians there.
when ireland boxer came in the ring all irish people ( not more than 100 i guess ) came together and whole stadium echoed with irish national anthem and even non irish joined them in their slogans.
And still our boxers came upto this stage and vijender even won and entered semi's.
Hats off.... and best of luck for next bout.
you all are already heroes.

From beijing

WE CAN SAY THAT THIS IS NEW BEGINNING IN INDIAN SPORTS ERA
I REQUEST ALL MEDIA PERSON PLEASE CARRY THIS MOMENTUM & ATTRACTION
TILL NEXT OLYMPICS BY PICKING SMALL ACHIEVERS IN SMALL EVENTS INTO MEDIA. SO, PASSION IN SPORT WHICH IS EVOLVED DUE THIS SMALL IN QUANTITY BUT BIG FOR 2ND LARGEST POPULATION COUNTRY CARRY FORWARD SUCH
MOMENTUM & ATTRACTION INTO 4 TIMES GREATER IN NUMBER OF MEDALS AFTER 4YRS

WILL WE EVER WIN THOSE MEDALS?

India and China have long been in constant competition with each other in terms or development and industrialization. Beijing 2008 has easily proved China has run far ahead, and India is huffing and puffing while trying to catch up. Olympics they say is a peaceful proxy war for world dominion, and if that be the case India is years far from joining the elite “developed” nations list with its solitary gold medal in Beijing 08.

To analyze the difference in the performance of these traditional rivals, one doesn’t have to go far. One look at the attitude and resources towards sports makes it obvious that sport does not figure very high in the priority list of the Indian education system. While the Chinese government spends major resources in spotting and training sporting talent from the very grassroots and from the very bud, the Indian government is neither concerned nor serious about developing young sportspersons who will take their country to international glory.

When compared to the Chinese system of rigorous training, incentives and facilities to bring forward the best talent their country has, The Indian sports training and selection system is dismal and completely inefficient. The funds allotted are meagre and even so hardly any of it reaches the players. The inefficiency is most prominent at the school level, especially so in the rural districts. The schools in the urban areas are better for they have more funds and personally take initiative to develop sports men and women from within the school. The support from the government or the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is negligible, and so many potential sports heroes go unnoticed because their school didn’t have enough funds to dedicate to sports.

The government sports officials however are far from accepting responsibility. Baldev Desai (D.S.O) feels that it is the indifference from schools and parents along with a general lack of talent that is to be blamed for India’s dismal sporting history.
“What can the government do if the schools don’t want to spend any time or energy towards sports events?, We do provide some funds to schools to develop sports but hardly any of them take it seriously”, complains Desai. “Moreover Parents also want their children to concentrate on academics rather than sports. Some kids do make it to district or state level but they are not talented enough to go further and make it so far also due to lack of participation or adequate competition”, he adds

The schools have another story to say. They say that except few big schools, its impossible to provide adequate training for individual sports to each and every student, keeping in mind the number of students and the time constrains added with academic pressure. It must be the responsibility of sports authorities to build sports complexes in each district so as to provide equal sporting facilities to all students regardless of the economic and social background. By doing this, the schools can identify talented sports persons and then send them to these complexes to get intensive training and facilities.
“Once we send our students for district level competitions and they are selected to represent the district then is it not the responsibility of the district sports authorities to train these children? But it is assumed that the school must be held responsible. We are a poor country and it’s impossible for all schools to have hi-tech sports ground”, said Mrs Shashi Bhatt, principal S.R.V, Bopal.
One more part of this mind boggling puzzle of athletic mediocrity lies with the parents, who do not give much importance to sports, and give much higher regard to Academics.
“I know its all very well for one to say that each kid is different, some can excel in academics and some can be sportsmen; But things are different when it comes to your own child. There is hardly any career scope for sports persons in India, even our Olympic players live in abject poverty, then why would a parent want their kid to go down that path of hardship and disappointment?”, ponders Poorna Dave, a mother of a 12 year old.

It is a fact well known that the best sports persons are those who start training from a tender age, and so schools become the base for developing sporting skills, but it is also a fact well observed that in most Indian schools sports lie much lower in importance than studies.
“What do you expect in a place where schools run from market complexes and apartments? Schools should be a place for all round development, but most of us want to make our kids into walking encyclopaedias. Imagine if Mohamed Ali was born in Ahmedabad, would he be allowed to become the great boxer he did? He probably would be reprimanded for getting into brawls and then buried under a pile of books”, muses a well known sportsman from the city but only on condition of anonymity, lest he offend the almighty sports authorities.

In about 5 yrs time India will take upto 20 golds and overall 0 medals.

Indians cheering their team in the 2008 Olympics are mostly 'killing flies'!

GOOO MANDEEP! MAKE INDIA PROUD. SHE IS MY COUSIN!! I'M SO PROUD OF HER....GOOD LUCK! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

Akhil..Punch out ..Bring in Gold..Bring in Cheers..

Vasu Annam

I like the last post. Everybody in India is after MONEY - and they don;t care how they get it. I think the basic problem is the greed for everyone to be a STAR. A good sports person does not last long as they start 'modelling' and dream of being a hero instead of working harder in their sport. Eg Sania, Dhoni .... You guys should come out of cuckoo land and get down to earth if you want to progress in any field, especially sports (watching films and wasting time will not get you anywhere). A big nation who only part one sport, Cricket, and are not even good at it... what a shame. As for the government promoting sports... Have we had a government yet who would promote anything but their pockets?

The Major Problem is nobody in india encourages sports. everybody encourages the field where they can get more money. for example IT. Information technology is the field where most of the indian excel that is because of money. If India has to win gold medals in olympics, then indian government has to encourage sports and they need to invest more money in sports. Nobody will work hard if they don't get any fruitful result(in terms of money). Cricket became popular because players are earning more money both in sports and in advertisements. If cricket teams don't see money then its sure that we can't even think of a good indian cricket team.

Bindra Creates History

Kapil says Bindra's Glory is bigger than world cup.

both are on same position there is no difference between boths

both are our proud!!!

Good luck to all the Indian at Olympics.

india has to compare with china not only in population but we have to feeel shameful with their growth.

Go swimmers Go
All the Best Indian Swiming team
go get gold
feel the power in you and win
think of all the practices you have done
it is the right time to put in all ur effort
(Go swimmers Go}

Shame that a nation of a Billion people can only have a total count of such few medals. Politicians need to back off and let sports work like it should.

good luck to win the Olympic medal for the participants from Indians

India has the courage to do that. India have good sports man.

If there is no Politics in sports, India is in Top5 position....

Heartly Congratulations to India

chuk de INDIA
win gold medal in every field

Its not enough to congratulate when one wins. Did you even think India would win a medal, let alone a gold? Did you have faith in our athletes? Had you actually heard of Abhinav before today?

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Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!India........india.....

Start the Count INIANSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS with GOlD!!!

Indian

ALL THE BEST INDIA

IICT, HYDERABAD

Indian Won, All indian's are WON

Hi Abhinav, we are very proud of you.Expecting a lot of gold medals this year..:)

all the best india go go and get the medals

Well done Abhinav.
We Indians living in Australia are proud of you.
You are the one to translate the "CHAK DE INDIA" theme into reality.
What you did is:-
CHAKK DE PHATTE
NAP DE KILLI
URHA TE TOTE(of course with your rifle)
PAA TE MOCHCHHE

You are the one and only one to be awarded BHARAT KHEL RATAN.
And from my heart, I have already awarded you.(No Pun)

Pradyumana Kumar Dhaka
Australia

there are no indians in the olympics

I cant think of anything we are good at

Who can tell me why such a huge country is not strong in sports.

all the best india !!!
We are the best !!!

100% indian girl

all the best to the INDIAN OLYMPICS TEAM. Keep the spirit & the never say die attitude.

Good Luck Mandeep Kaur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chak dwa gye chinniya nu apna gold medal pakka karo ji is baar

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Though We have not been a part of good show till now .... but it's never too late to show the world what real capabilities you have in yourself ! Be Courageous , be a Fighter and atlast be WINNER ! Bring more medals to your country ! Be the best of yourself on the judgement day .... god be with you and so are our wishes and blessings . Go ahead get the Glory for yourself and formost important your country !!! just do it !!!

CHAK DE !!! INDIA !!!

woohoo!! go team india!!

INDIA...i am gonna shout out proudly wen u get back home wid several medals...!! jus wishing u all the best...come on show them v r DIFFICULT..!!!

BEST WISHES FOR MY BROTHERS FROM INDIA

KRISHNADAS.S

PALAKKAD, KERALA

BEst of Luck INDIA bring the most gold medals and win.

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Team India-Just give your 100 % .

Having any Medal would be a Bonus...Chak de..

Amar

Let's just get a medal! Otherwise this post will end up in the funny jokes category.

hey team india lets get more then one medal this year yeh

I'm sure this time India will rock on Olympics. Camon India show your talent.

I love India! your the best so show the world that you are the best in everthing, bring lots and lots of gold to India. God bless India and there team! best of luck

Bmangat

We are the laziest billion people possible when it comes to Olympics. Reason could be hundreds for this but the result is always the same old. Neverthless , I sing HUM HONGE KAMIYAB ......... Ek DIN and wish the guys the very best . JAI HIND

Very best wishes to all.. Comeon India..!

All the best India... Good luck

Each participant should win a Medal - preferably Gold !
Does anyone prefers Bronz , instead of Gold !!

All the Best INDIA-Olympics-Team !!!

- VETRI

SNG

Rock The Olympics India
Go Go India Go Go India

hi my self dr ankur garg

come on india lets bring some more n more gold medal bronze siver medals

kalro sab muthii mein india or dikha do duniya ko chak de india

best of luck and my best wishes with you

my god bless you

t c

chakde india! get some medals back home and show the world.............

best f luck india

BEST OF LUCK INDIA, LETS ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!
GUNJAN

C'mon Indians show the world what we are capable of!!!!!!!!!

If not 100% Atleast Pass 40

It will be very good if at least 40% of our paricipants will get any medal. Just Pass. Ha Ha Ha

Ashis Kumar

come on Indians.Chakde.Bring some Gold medals.
poornima.

There is nothing worse then someone listing a few in Medal Hopes.
Is this kind of thing going to encourage other participating Indian team members.

All the best to the whole Indian Team at Olympics.

All the best team INDIA. Keep the spirits up

CHAK DE INDIA

Come Indian focks.........we can do it this time....lets bring home some more GOLD MEDALS........we stand with u !

Man... I hope they tip if they go to Restaurants.

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