The latest sports news (if you happen to have read) besides Sachin's 100th century, Kohli's batting, Dravid's retirement, Pakistan's win in Asia cup, etc., etc. is that Indian Women boxer MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi have won gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship.
And you might be surprised to hear this that India finished a good second (off course to China) with 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze.
Mary Kom is a 5 times world champion, she has 3 Asian titles and eleven national titles and has won many awards (including Arjun, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padam Shri).
Sarita Devi is also a world champion and in 60KG category.
In a country obsessed with cricket it is hard for any game to get any sort of exposure, on top of that boxing and that too women's boxing must be really tough to break into.
Hopefully with the exposure that sportsperson got in last CWG at home and the medals won at Asian Championship, they will get all required support for the upcoming London Olympics and we will win some medals there.
In addition to government help, we as audience also needs to develop interest in other sports and patronize such sports and sportsperson.
The least we can do is if any game is going in our local stadium(s), we should go and watch it and also get the children interested in such sports.
And you might be surprised to hear this that India finished a good second (off course to China) with 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze.
Mary Kom is a 5 times world champion, she has 3 Asian titles and eleven national titles and has won many awards (including Arjun, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padam Shri).
Sarita Devi is also a world champion and in 60KG category.
In a country obsessed with cricket it is hard for any game to get any sort of exposure, on top of that boxing and that too women's boxing must be really tough to break into.
Hopefully with the exposure that sportsperson got in last CWG at home and the medals won at Asian Championship, they will get all required support for the upcoming London Olympics and we will win some medals there.
In addition to government help, we as audience also needs to develop interest in other sports and patronize such sports and sportsperson.
The least we can do is if any game is going in our local stadium(s), we should go and watch it and also get the children interested in such sports.
5 comments:
Very true, Abhinav!
We have so many athletes who excel in their respective sport but fall short due to lack of funding and support.
I'm one of the guilty parties who doesn't go to stadiums to watch others (well, I don't watch cricket matches in stadiums either, but others need support). I'll try to do better and post here :)
Yes Vishal, We all should do it. It's really thrilling when you watch it in a stadium near to sportsmen.
I remember watching an India-Pakistan Hockey match in Delhi, there are no words to describe the atmosphere and then I realized what I had been missing watching sports at home.
Would wait to hear from you regarding your experience watching matches @ stadium!
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