why do indian athletes falter at the olympic level? what steps should be taken so that our athletes take medals at the olympics? In the last 60 years at olympics indian athletes have not performed well in individual and group events at the olympics as seen in the medal tally. Athletes have failed to qualify even for the finals of the events in many individual and team events. The reasons for such poor performance are many Indian athletes are not able to compete with other athletes due to lack of quality training facilities which are available for athletes and poor planning while taking part in such activites. People of India are more focussed on academics than on other sporting events. This leads to the athletes not being serious and competetive enough in order to win medals. Also there are few sponsors and less media attention for various sporting events when compared to cricket leading to winners not being recognised and supported properly in our Indian system. Proper care should be taken to groom athletes for their performance oriented development.Also sponsorship and media attention should not be given to cricket alone when compared to other sports. Athletes should be recognised at the district and zonal level and proper training,sponsorship and encouragement should be provided to them. Performance should be the sole merit for the selection of athletes instead of selecting candidates based on politics. Also performance based rewards and incentives should be given to deserving athletes.
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