London Olympics have given a cause to feel good to all Indians. This Olympic showed a set of spirited, ambitious small-towners who refused to be swept up by the hype and banked on monk-like devotion and undying hunger to serve up two silver and four bronze medals. Despite of debacles in hockey and ego fight in Tennis, India manage to deliver the best ever performance in London Olympics.
The results clearly shows that winners are emerging from the rural India. Sushil, Yogeshwar, Vijay Kumar and Mary Kom, all come from extremely poor and humble backgrounds. If money was the answer, Gujaratis should be winning more medals. Gujarat is India’s most developed State.
The Sports Ministry alone spent a considerable sum of Rs 142.3 crore on the ‘Operation Excellence for London Olympics 2012’ or OPEX 2012 for short.
Out of the ministry's annual budget of Rs 722 crore, they spent about Rs 34 crore for hockey and boxing alone -- considered India's main sports at the Olympics. Yet, the boxing failure is a minor blip in the work in progress.
All said and done, Rio could well prove our watershed Olympics. An Indian contingent walking into the closing ceremony will no longer seem an ordeal anymore.
The results clearly shows that winners are emerging from the rural India. Sushil, Yogeshwar, Vijay Kumar and Mary Kom, all come from extremely poor and humble backgrounds. If money was the answer, Gujaratis should be winning more medals. Gujarat is India’s most developed State.
The Sports Ministry alone spent a considerable sum of Rs 142.3 crore on the ‘Operation Excellence for London Olympics 2012’ or OPEX 2012 for short.
Out of the ministry's annual budget of Rs 722 crore, they spent about Rs 34 crore for hockey and boxing alone -- considered India's main sports at the Olympics. Yet, the boxing failure is a minor blip in the work in progress.
All said and done, Rio could well prove our watershed Olympics. An Indian contingent walking into the closing ceremony will no longer seem an ordeal anymore.
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