Olympics 2012
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04 Aug 12
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Why is it that a country with such a vast population (well over a billion) are so poor at sport?
Just 20 medals at Olympics since 1912 which means the entire country has less medals in it's history than Michael Phelps.
Just 20 medals at Olympics since 1912 which means the entire country has less medals in it's history than Michael Phelps.
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Eight of those medals are also in its national sport hockey.
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malnourishment and inappropriate clothing
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Just wait until Kabadi! is introduced into the games.
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Half their medals won at field hockey, their two athletics medals won by Norman Pritchard, a few 10m air rifle and other shooting medals, and a few for wrestling.
In 2012 83 (?) competitors including 14 Singhs. Their first individual gold was in 2008 (air rifle). Its the taking part that counts. |
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and competitive yoga
they are mustard at that |
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It is a third world country. The caste system is a nonsense
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Not interested basically . Cricket is the game , they are good at it .
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india is a bloody odd place
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indonesia - pop. 237 million, medals 27
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Current World Chess Champion is Indian. wealthy parents would rather their kids
excelled in brain activities rather than sporty ones. |
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Current World Chess Champion is Indian. wealthy parents would rather their kids
excelled in brain activities rather than sporty ones. |
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majority of their population are struggling to make ends meet so basically those that do proper sports come from the minority wealthy families
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India don't do hyper focused training camps like China (or British cycling)
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When they introduce tuk tuk racing, they'll have a chance.
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They are pretty good at competitive commuting by train
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pretty good at pig-sticking by all accounts
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They'd rather waste public money on a space programme than invest it in the welfare and potential of their people.
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