Why India stays back in Olympics even with the Huge Population.......

Surely here the really talented one will not get selected. and the government is not spending money to improve the facilities for sports, but our former president had a lot of money to make tour in foreign countries. Liken that every politician is thinking about how to make money, no one want to make our nation pride. If a competition is held to select the most corrupt nation or person, our political leaders will surely get all three medals.

Ind India politicians have master plan only to make money for them. Who care sports and its growth? And sponsors come for publicity, they know that cricket is more popular. If some one perform well in other sports, it will also become popular and sponsors will come for that also.

yes, they spend money for their training coaches and players. they want to make their nation pride. Here 1.75 Lakh crores was shared by politicians in 2G scam,if at least 5% of that were spend for the training or coaching facilities, then our face in Olympics would have been different. And USA and china have good plan and sketch to win medals. All, players, coaches and the government in china and USA work for their medal with dedication. here the camp will for only just a month ago. Our government's attitude and people's attitude should change. We need to participate in Olympics for medal, not just for representation.

ya that is right, but here we enjoy cricket, because we are able to win in this sports. And we can find a decent place in international level of cricket. Surely all other sports will be appreciated in same manner if they perform well. The good example is Saina Nehwal, there were not much fans for badminton in India, But when a lady from our nation started doing well in a particular sports, we all supported.And now the appreciation and support that Saina get for her sports is really huge.Now every one is keenly observing how Saina perform in Olympics. So we cant blame cricket, or become jealous on the support that cricket gets. Even though Hockey is our national game we are not able to display good performance in Hockey. Then how will Hockey get good fan support or appreciation? So if some exhibits good performance surely they will get appreciation and support. I think here the difference is with the training attitude and coaching that other sports get.good coaching facility and training should be given prime importance. Next comes the attitude of the sportsperson and the society. see all athletes didn't came up from good background, many started running without boots and after seeing their excellent performance they were groomed by the society and the nation. Here we are not able to find the talent and groom up them from root level. We must say that our Government don't give much importance for sports or Olympic medal, only thing politician think is that how they can earn more by making us fool.

surely we need this change to happen more and more. In the past When Kapil Dev's team won the cricket world cup, at that time cricket also didn't have that much support or popularity. Surely now the total situation has changed, so we can hope for the best.

Actually I am not saying like that or jealous from cricket popularity as I am big fan of cricket and right now watching India Srilanka ODI.. . I am just saying that others games also get that much popularity.. But yes things are chaining now here.. In past many times our Hockey team have won medals and cups, but still they were no getting that much attention like cricket... But now people are cheering for other games too.. So yes things are changing and we need this change more and more.

In International tournament, when all other countries do well, it is pathetic to see India making this much low caliber. We are 2nd in population, so it would be easier to pick more medal probable candidates from 100 crore people than a nation from 1 crore people. It all due to the less importance given by our government..

That is the main problem in India, this is what reflect in our performance. In everything we are behind, but we know the status only in sports as there is an international event.

ya that is the Attitude by Indians. Even the players enjoy to be there than winning medal.and if they get medal, then it is like a bonus. Indian players reached London just 15 days before start of matches, see how much time they got to practice there? And what is the level of practice and training they get in India. From all these things, the players them self will conclude that they are not going to win Medal. So they will just Enjoy the condition and the time in these events. Only very few sports have chance of getting medal, all others know that we are going to just make the representation. If this attitude should be changed, then the practice and training condition in India should improve, and the players should get the feeling that they are going to win medal, not for just representation.

oh, that is really pathetic. Surely, here money matters for all. only money and recommendation will lift you. Felling shame on my nation hearing this. Yes, in cricket also people who have good hold and money can enter the arena. all else have to wait for the luck...

Every time we hope that India will perform better next time. But i think, Indian performance(up to now)in this Olympics was below the last year's performance. Training, coaching and facility are very much needed to perform well in Olympics, but Indian government is not at all giving importance for it.

yes, we have to prepare well for the big events like this. But why the people and government are taking step to make the recuperation? Here no one is taking the sports or games seriously. But if we want get medal in Olympics we all have to work on it taking it as a challenge and profession.

ya that is right, we are not concentrating to win medals, just need to participate. the support from government to give training and coaching is also not that much good. Even the medal winners in Asian games and all are still job less finding their lives miserable in this busy world. So government should give more bonus and all to groom the medal winning sport person.

I am not agreeing with you that we don't have the ability to win medals. Surly Luck and practice plays a big role, but even from this big nation there is only less number of peoples to participate. I thing we are failure in finding the talents and giving them coaching and training.

Surely winning medal does not depend on the population. Jamaica is an excellent example for that, they are a very small nation, still they yield many medals.But India on the other extreme, with large area and large population, struggling to find medals is really pathetic.Surely in large population there will be more talents, but we are unable to find them train them and yield medals. And as you said here a sportsperson will not get much encouragement to participate in Olympics, and no good coaches and training facilities also. And as you pointed her only movie star or Cricketer or politician, these are the area on can find their living easy. And the attitude of parents and elders is also to give more focus for education and attain a good job, sports has only very low preference.. But we have to change and find our place with decent medal tally in international level. Hope that we will achieve it some day.

China is not only better than India in sports, in all fields they are good. They really use their human resources very well. They are good in production, good in export and all.. Here we stay back in every field and import from them. If we are going like this, we will be forced to import sportsperson to participate in Olympics.In China they are passionate and they want to show the world how good they are. But here nobody wants to do so.