India is nation of 1.3 billion individuals yet we are aching for gold medals. Though little nations like France, Japan and Germany have more gold medals than our complete awards till now. What could be the explanation ? Do our people need potential or difficult work ? No, we have potential however we don’t utilize it.
Since our youth we are advised to do well in examinations, we scarcely have any games period in our school. Numerous nations have sports like gymnastic, volleyball and swimming in their school however we don’t have any. A few guardians don’t permit their children to play any games since they imagine that it could influence their scholarly.
In our nation sports like cricket are given more significance. Cricketers are viewed as God though scarcely anybody knows the names of our Hockey players which is our national sport. Cricket isn’t directed in Olympics. Simply 10 to 12 nations play cricket and we feel extraordinary in the wake of winning a World cup directed between those 12 nations. Cricket is a game which brought by Britishers while games like Kabaddi and wrestling are from India.
Our Government additionally spend extremely less cash on sports. A portion of the players don’t have appropriate equipment. They additionally need to battle a great deal since some of them come from small towns. They need to confront analysis which the players of different nations don’t confront.
After this load of issues we anticipate that our country should win medals and assuming we don’t, we censure our players. We have been playing Olympics from 100 years while China from 69 years then additionally they have all out 250 gold medals though our all out awards are scarcely 40. Our players are not lacking anyplace they simply need our help and legitimate offices. Assuming we need our nation to more win medals in next Olympics then we should chip away at these issues.
Postponed by a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics is now less than a month away. Last week, the Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju urged the people to extend their support to India’s Olympic-bound athletes, the same way they back India’s cricketers. However, India’s abysmal performances at the Olympics is in striking contrast to India’s immense success at cricket. The model of sports governance and financial irregularities are often blamed for the lack of competitive edge in sports other than cricket. So, the most obvious question that comes to our mind is, how much does India invest in the Olympics?
Money allocated for Sports
In the 2020-21 annual budget, the Government of India allocated Rs 2826.92 crore for sports, which meant an increase of mere ₹ 50 crore from the revised estimates of the financial year 2019-20. The Modi government’s flagship sports programme ‘Khelo India’ received a substantial hike of ₹ 312.42 crore and was allocated ₹ 890.42 crore compared to ₹578 crore in 2019-20. On the other hand, the National Sports Development Fund saw a reduction of ₹ 27.15 crore from ₹77.15 crore in 2019-20 to ₹ 50 crore in 2020-21. National Sports Federations saw the highest decrease after Finance Minister allocated ₹ 245 crore, ₹ 55 crore less than the previous financial year, according to The Wire. Even the budget for meritorious sportspersons saw a 40% reduction from the last financial year. It is important to note that the 2020-21 annual budget was presented in January 2020, when the government had no idea of the coming pandemic. It was also supposed to be the year of the Tokyo Olympics.
Target Olympic Podium Scheme
While these are the broad schemes under which Indian sportspersons are funded, the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) provides financial assistance to potential Olympic medal winners. Launched in 2014, TOPS is the flagship programme of the Sports Ministry of India. The top-up funding scheme considers the performance of Indian athletes in the past three years. They are provided with personal coaches and other staff fees, cost of travel during competitions, purchase of equipment, and pocket allowance.
Looking Back At The Last Olympics
In the 2016 Rio Olympic, India spent ₹ 36.85 crore under TOPS, as per Financial Express. Nearly half of that amount was spent on shooting, which was India’s most successful Olympic sport in the previous three games. Shooting is also very expensive, which requires importing equipment from other countries. But shooting failed to bring any medal. Athletics received the second-highest funding of ₹ 7.80 crore in 2016, but India failed to make a mark in the sport. Unfortunately, out of the ₹ 36.85 crore, ₹30.49 crore had gone to disciplines that fell short of goals. Only 1.66 per cent of the total TOPS fund went to the fields that brought India two medals – PV Sindhu in Badminton and Sakshi Malik in wrestling.
Comparison With Other Countries
The United Kingdom allocated close to Rs 9000 crore on sports infrastructure and training in the annual sports budget, whereas India spent only one-third of the UK, Rs 3,200 crore, on youth affairs and sports, before 2016. The UK won 67 medals against India’s two at the Rio Games 2016. Abhinav Bindra had also tweeted back in 2016 that a medal cost UK 5.5 million pounds, and that is the kind of investment India needs to make. Otherwise, we cannot expect much. In the USA, a large number of athletes are privately funded. Individual athletes had started their own funding portal for donations from the general public. Therefore, only 10% of the US Olympic Committee’s finance was spent on athletes in Rio 2016, and the USA finished first. China, on the other hand, is known for its aggressive state-sponsored promotion of sports.
Private Investment In India
Before the 2016 Olympics, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) received donations from Reliance Jio, Amul, Tata Salt, Edelweiss Financial Services, Herbalife, Li Ning, and SBJ. Sakshi Malik had also thanked JSW Sport, a foundation funded by the OP Jindal group, after becoming India’s first medal winner in Rio Games, as reported by Hindustan Times.
However, unlike NSDF, where the contributions and sponsorships are open and documented, private funding to individual athletes is not. And most recently, the JSW Group has come on board to be the official sponsor of Team India in the Tokyo Olympics and has agreed to pledge sponsorship support of ₹ 1 crore to IOA. In 2018, the Sports Ministry earmarked ₹ 100 crore for funding of the athletes for the preparation of Tokyo Olympics 2020, which will take place this year. While the number of medals won cannot be equated to the investments made, since medals are not the only measure of success, India nonetheless needs to invest more and put in a new model of sports governance in action. A
The Olympic flame was lit on 23 July’ 2021 in Tokyo, Japan and the competition for medals and glory is fierce and intense. Mirabai Chanu ended India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category and opened the country’s account on Saturday. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Who is Mirabai Chanu?
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August 1994 in Nongpok Kakching, Imphal, Manipur, to a Meitei family. Her family identified her strength from an early age when she was just 12. She could easily carry a huge bundle of firewood home when her elder brother found it hard to even pick it up.
Chanu’s first major breakthrough came at the Glasgow edition of the Commonwealth Games; she won the silver medal in the 48 kg weight category.
Chanu was felicitated by the Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, who presented her with a cash prize of ₹2 million. She received India’s highest civilian sports honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 2018. In 2018, Chanu was awarded with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. In 2019, she won Gold at Qatar International Cup, after lifting 194kg
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu paved a path for India at Olympics by securing Silver in weightlifting.
Krishan Vikas, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra, Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat, S. Nagal and more players at Olympics today, 24 July 202. Updates.
25 July 2021: P.V. Sindhu, Sania Mirza, P. Nayak, Mary Kom, M. Kaushik, Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat, Nethra Kumanan, Maana Patel, Manika Batra.
26 July 2021: Manika Batra, C.A. Bhavani Devi, S. Rankireddy + C. Shetty, Ashish Kumar, Sharath Kamal Achanta, Sutirtha Mukherjee,Sajan Prakash, P.V. Sindhu, Sajan Prakash.
27th July 2021: Sharath Achanta, Indian hockey team, Lovlina Borgohain(Boxing), C. Shetty and Rankireddy, Sumit Nagal, Sailing.
28th July 2021: Pravin Jadhav (Archery), Tarundeep Rai (Archery), Deepika Kumari (Archery), P.V. Sindhu (Badminton), Pooja Rani(Boxing), Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat (Rowing).
29th July 2021: P.V. Sindhu (Badminton), Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Mary Kom (Boxing), Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat (Rowing), Atanu Das (Archery), Satish Kumar (Boxing).
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 202Kg in four successful attempts. 87Kg in snatch, 115 Kg in clean and jerk.
Z.H. Hou from China secured Gold medal by lifting a total of 210Kg.
W.C. Aisah from Indonesia secured Bronze medal by lifting a total of 194Kg.
Shooting
Women’s 25m pistol
Manu Bhaker secured 5th Position in the qualifications.
Men’s 10m air pistol
J. Foroughi from Iran secured Gold medal with 244.8 points. Likewise, D. Mikec from Serbia and w. Pang from China secured Silver medal respectively.
C. Saurabh from India secured 7th position with 137.4 points
Table Tennis singles
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra have passed Round 1 with flying colors. Both have advanced to second round in Table tennis Women’s single.
— Manika Batra knocks out second room and moves on confidently.
Women’s singles
Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Fu Yu in the second round.
Polcanova Sofia defeated Manika Batra in the 3rd round.
Men’s singles
Sharath Achanta won against Tiago Apolónia, Portugal, in the second round
Sharath Achanta lost to Ma Long, china in 3rd Round,
Table Tennis mixed doubles
Sharath Kamal Achanta and Manika Batra lost to Yun Ju Lin and Ching Cheng of Chinese Taipei straight games in Table Tennis mixed doubles round of 16 match.
Hockey
The Indian men’s hockey team defeated New Zealand in their first match with scores 3-2 respectively at pool matches.
—–Australia defeats India with a margin of 7-1 in their next match.
In, Men’s tournament, India defeats Spain with scores 3-0
India won against Argentina 3-1. (29th July) ———————
Woman’s tournament
The Indian women’s hockey team have their match scheduled at 5:15 pm against Netherlands.
They lost to Netherlands with a margin of 5-1
India vs Germany today at 5:45pm. (26th July) Germany won 2-0
India lost to Great Britain with margin 4-1 (28th July)
Boxing
Men’s Welterweight
We have Indian boxer Krishan Vikas against OKAZAWA Sewonrets Quincy Mensah at 19:24 (Japan), i.e. here in India the match will be shown at 15:24 (3:24)
Krishan Vikas gave his best but lost to OKAZAWA.
Men’s lightweight
Luke McCormack defeated M. Kaushik with scores as Luke McCormack
Women’s flyweight
Our eternal boxer, Mary kom won her first match against Miguelina Hernandez, Dominican Republic — 4-1—
Mary Kom vs Ingrit Valencia, Colombia at 3:36pm. (29th July )
Women’s welterweight
Lovlina Borgohain, India defeated Nadine Apetz of Germany with score 4-3 in round 16.
Men’s Middleweight
Tuoheta Erbieke from China vs Ashish Kumar today (26th July) at 3:06pm
Women’s Middleweight
Pooja Rani defeated Ichrak Chaib from Algeria
Men’s super heavyweight
Satish Kumar defeated Ricardo Brown in Round 16. ———————
Badminton
Men’s Doubles Group Play Stage – Group A
C. Shetty and Rankireddy won their opening match in Group A. Their next match is on 26th Jul.
Indonesia Defeated them in the next stage with scores 21-13, 21-12.
C. Shetty and Rankireddy defeated S. VendyB. Lane of Great Britain at Group play stage with scores 21-17 and 21-19. ——————– 27th July 2021
Women’s singles (Group play stage)
P.V. Sindhu gloriously won her first match with scores as 21-7 and 21-10.
P.V. Sindhu defeats N.Y. Cheung from Hong king with scores 21-9 and 21-16. (28th July)
P.V. Sindhu wins Round 16 by defeating Mia Blichfeldt, Denmark with scores 21-15 and 21-13. ————————–
Rowing (Men’s lightweight double sculls)
India’s pair of Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat finished fifth and eventually qualified for the repechage round.
They secured 3rd Position at Repechage 2 today(25 July).
They secured 6th Position at semifinals. (28th July)
Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat took 5th Place in the Final B (29th July) ———————–
Tennis
Sumit Nagal passed the first round of Men’s singles defeating D. Istomin from Uzbekistan. Next match on 26 July.
Daniil Medvedev defeated Sumit Nagal in the second round. ——————————
Women’s doubles
L. KichenokN. Kichenok defeated S. Mirza, A. Raina
Swimming
Women’s 100m backstroke
Maana Patel finished second in Heat 2.
Men’s 100m and 200m BUtterfly
Sajan Prakash will be competing in men’s 200m and 100m butterfly today.
Sailing
Laser Radial / Laser
Nethra Kumanan secured 27th Position and 33rd Position resp.
49er
India secured 18th position qualifying for race 2
India secured 18th position again in race 4
Archery
Men’s team
India defeated Kazakhstan to qualify for Quarterfinals
But, in Quarter-finals India lost to South-Korea with margin as 6-0
Men’s individual
Pravin Jadhav defeated Galsan Bazarzhapov from ROC (Russua) in 1/32 Eliminations.
Pravin Jadhav continues to shine after he defeated Brandy Ellison from US in 1/16 Eliminations.
Tarundeep Rai won in 1/32 eliminations but lost in the next round.
Atanu Das defeated Oh Shin-Hyek from South Korea with scores 6-5 in 1/16 Eliminations. ———————-
Women’s individual
Deepika Kumari won both 1/32 and 1/16 Eliminations today (28 July)
Fencing
Women’s individual sabre
C. A. Bhavani Devi defeated N. Ben Azizi from Tunisia with score of 15-3 in her first match.
SHE BECAME THE FIRST FENCING INDIAN PLAYER TO WIN A MATCH. ————————-
But, she lost against Manon Brunet, a world top 3 player, in the second round.
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