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  • Why does India suck at the Olympics?

    I mean, when you compare them with China the contrast is striking.

    Even if only 5% of their population cared about sports, their result should be much better.
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    What kind of sports do Indians like anyway?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Maniac
      What kind of sports do Indians like anyway?
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Maniac
        What kind of sports do Indians like anyway?
        They enjoy a good cricket game, they love cricket, and they are also obsessed with cricket. Oh yeah, they like cricket too.
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        • #5
          Perhaps because they don't have a command economy or a government who is willing to basically enslave potential athletes, and even breed them?

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          • #6
            To succeed in Olympics, a powerful state/government is needed.

            Indian government is a joke.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Asher

              Scavenging for food, Bollywood Danceoffs, shanty building, elite caste auditions, rickshaw racing, and Forcibly arranged weddings.
              you forgot pyre building.

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              • #8
                Also, when your country still has the plague, that hurts your chances.
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                • #9
                  Slovenia, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan are among the dozens of countries to have more medals than India. Based on population alone, you would expect enough potential competitors to snatch away more than 3 medals.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Why does India suck at the Olympics?

                    Originally posted by Barnabas
                    I mean, when you compare them with China the contrast is striking.

                    Even if only 5% of their population cared about sports, their result should be much better.
                    For one thing, India may not sink as much money into training. Some of the countries ramseya mentions, I'd have to question whether sinking that money was a value. I'm inclined to say "No".
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                    • #11
                      Olympic medal acquisition is the one thing that India deemed it best to outsource to the rest of the world.

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                      • #12
                        Exactly, Winston.
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                        • #13
                          I don't think India has much of a sports culture - outside of cricket, I can't think of any sport in which Indians participate much -hell, even soccer, which is the world sport, and one in whcih you can be dirt poor and still do well, and India is a non-entity.
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                          • #14
                            Indians love squash. When that becomes an Olympic event (it's being considered for 2016) India will be a powerhouse.
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                            • #15
                              I hate it. I don't like okra either, though. Egg plant. None of that healthy garbage.
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