The performance of Indian wrestlers in the last two games is a sure pointer to the bright future of this sport in India. What needs to be done is a training school at par with world standards, retention of the medalists as coaches, pick up promising youngsters, give them a good stipend and ask them to forget about everything else and focus on training with a promise of handsome rewards for medals won in world meets. I am confident that we can do even better in future games.
1) Identify target sports activities that we want to really excel (say 10-15 nos). More can be added as things change.
2) Establish standards for each in this target list and rate potential stars against those benchmarks
3) Provide adequate financial security to all sportsperson that practice the target list of sports that meet with the benchmark so they maintain a standard of living. This should be sponsored by state and should continue as long as they are engaged in the sporting activity.
4) Provide financial and other incentives if they out do themselves and achieve higher goals. This should be regulated and monitored by sports ministry.
5) Increase awareness / visibility amongst public about the target sports in the country by state sponsored programmes
6) Sponsoring norms for private agencies should be revised so that all sports persons engaged in the target list of sports get an equal chance towards gaining public visibility.
India will get more medals if these are done systematically.
i just want to say one thing about these wrestlers, they are fantastical, old school with all the tricks under their sleeves, extremely rapid and extremely powerful. All of this comes into terrific effect when they have ingrained humility in their minds, like Yogeshwar and Sushil...these guys have set such a standard that the younger wrestlers have enough to get themselves inspired and motivated and accomplish close to what these heroes have achieved! Hats off to their "do or die" attitude, Yogeshwar would have quit wrestling if he had won a medal in Beijing due to an old knee injury, but he was fearless against all odds and he fought like he deserved more than the bronze medal, he deserved the gold! Both of them are legends!
it would be nice if Rediff can run a report on the coaches who coached the Indian medalists. it is they who made the winners who they are, and have tirelessly worked in the background, molding them into world champions
Re: Yogeshawar 's last 3 fights were fabulos
by free trade on Aug 16, 2012 01:37 AM
Last one was awesome. the way he twisted the N korean guy was terrific
What you did is not easy. Wrestling is a tough grueling sport. And it is very competitive. I am happy that you and Sushil have taken India at par with the Iranians, Georgians, Ajerbajians, Japanese and Russians. I can only see good days for Indian wrestling ahead of us. You are the best, you have seen the best and you have completed against the best - so I request Indian government to do whatever necessary to help our talented wrestlers (physio, funding etc.) so that we can stay at par with the best countries in the world.
Re: Yogeshwar, we are proud of you.
by bharath ks on Aug 15, 2012 06:53 PM
WHENEVER I SEE YOUR RIGHT EYE SWOLLEN PHOTO TEARS COME OUT. YOU ARE THR HERO BOSS...SLEEP WELL AND GET MORE MEDALS FOR US GOD BLESS YOU
