CWG dreams..

The ongoing CWG has proved to be a golden edition for Indian athletics. When was the last time we heard that an Indian has bagged a gold medal
in an international event of this stature? After 5 decades of long wait, India won a gold in CWG, and that too through a woman.
We had athletes who proved their mettle in the world arena. Milkha Singh,P.T Usha,Anju George...we only had few of them.
But after this CWG we can say that Indian athletics has really got a push onto the world stage.

Our women won us golds in discuss throw and 4*400 m relay. Also 1 silver and 9 bronze in total.We never expected them to do this good.

Some people , as always is the case, were quick to point out the flip sides. They said we had won it because of the pullout of the big-league stars.
So less competition favored Indians to snatch some medals. It may be true that some of the top men and women were missing out from this edition
of the games, but how come we take the credit out of our hard working athletes? It takes a lot of pain and effort especially in a country like India,
to come up and perform in a world class level. So when they had just started doing so, we dump them by citing a lack of competition.

What we all should do is to see the positive side of it. Motivate them, give a pat on their back and reward them for what they have achieved.
12 medals in athletics in a CWG was not even in the wildest dreams of any Indian. So we have to back our sportsmen who have done us proud.
Youngsters growing up will be encouraged to see their big brothers and sisters bag medals. They will be motivated to go into athletics.
Actually in contrast to countries like Australia and China, what we lack is a sports culture. They train their sportsmen from schools itself, provide them
with nutritious food and world class facilities. But in India almost 50% of the child population find it hard to fill their stomachs !!

We have got the talents. We definitely got the potential to provide them with the facilities. But some corrupt minds are not letting Indian athletics grow.
Lack of proper planning,sincere effort and some ugly corruption from the part of the so called "authorities" are depriving our children from what
they could achieve.

The mindset & the "chalega" attitude must change. Those serving this country must have some sincerity towards their work.Only then our children
will get the right platform to develop and nourish into world class athletes.