: From 1948 hockey gold to Abhinav Bindra’s Beijing triumph: India’s five greatest Olympic moments #IndiaNEWS “Baron de Coubertin said the Olympics were not about winning but taking part, but we

From 1948 hockey gold to Abhinav Bindra’s Beijing triumph: India’s five greatest Olympic moments #IndiaNEWS
“Baron de Coubertin said the Olympics were not about winning but taking part, but we tend to take that literally.???In an article for BBC before Athens 2004, senior sports journalist Rohit Brijnath tried answering the question that was asked repeatedly for years, decades even, in the 20th century: how come a country with a population of a billion people (and more) had so little to show in terms of medals at the Olympic Games? It’s a question that annoys many serious sports fans because population and sporting talent are not exactly directly related. It is also a question that has no comfortable answer even in 2020, as we keep hearing about India becoming a global sporting superpower soon, but that remains a conversation about the future. But, things have certainly improved in the last couple of decades with the 2012 London Olympics being the most successful outing for the Indian contingent. India bagged a total of six medals in that edition. The second best haul remains the three at the 2008 Games in Beijing.On the occasion of International Olympic Day (June 23), here is a subjective look at the five biggest moments in independent India’s Olympics history:Independent India’s first Olympics gold (1948 London)India had won three Olympic gold...Read more

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