How India Can Do It ; to Stand Up to Neighbour Chinas Success in the Global Sports Arena, India Must Break Some Myths, Channelise Funds to Bring Changes at Micro-Level and Show Respect to the Sportspersons.

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Travelling to Beijing on the eve of the Olympics, an Indian diplomat said admiringly, China puts facts on the ground. He was referring to issues other than sport but the message was the same: the Olympics hosts first did, and only then worried about debate.

To put India up against China in a sporting context is to invite defeat, most often with democracy cited as the most critical factor stopping Indias sports establishment from working like Chinas does. It is only a part of the truth that seeks to hide Indian sports biggest weaknesses.

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How India Can Do It ; to Stand Up to Neighbour Chinas Success in the Global Sports Arena, India Must Break Some Myths, Channelise Funds to Bring Changes at Micro-Level and Show Respect to the Sportspersons.

Yes, very few Indian parents are willing to send a six-year-old to a sports school on the slim chance of becoming the one success story of every 10.

Yet, young Indians in sport have hazardous futures too, caught in a highly-political system that crushes merit with outdated coaching, poor medical back-up and a culture of carelessness.

Even as China pushes its athletes to t...

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