ARE WE ATHLETIC? | Rajat Poonia Rajasthan
*** ARE WE ATHLETIC? ***
Despite of being a nation of more than a hundred million people, not more than a couple of Olympic gold medal has been eluding us for the last many Olympics.
No doubt we have the privilege of producing some great batting giants like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. But where is the element of athletics in donning gloves as a batsman? The lack of genuine fast bowlers proves that we lack in athletics.
And now about other fields. Coming to our football first, we see that this sport has never had even a semblance of international recognition. Hockey, our national game, has seen a sharp decline ever since some developed countries joined the fray. Barring some occasional outbursts of success, the overall scenario in this game does not augur well. And the crux of the matter is that our hockey is not as fast as that of the European nations.
Why not say, we are not as athletic as the game today warrants us to?
Despite of being a nation of more than a hundred million people, not more than a couple of Olympic gold medal has been eluding us for the last many Olympics.
No doubt we have the privilege of producing some great batting giants like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. But where is the element of athletics in donning gloves as a batsman? The lack of genuine fast bowlers proves that we lack in athletics.
And now about other fields. Coming to our football first, we see that this sport has never had even a semblance of international recognition. Hockey, our national game, has seen a sharp decline ever since some developed countries joined the fray. Barring some occasional outbursts of success, the overall scenario in this game does not augur well. And the crux of the matter is that our hockey is not as fast as that of the European nations.
Why not say, we are not as athletic as the game today warrants us to?
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