Why does India always do so poorly in the Olympics

[retaxis]

Australia - 6 gold medals and multiple silver/bronze 20mil population

America - 24gold and heaps of others 300+mill pop

China - 14 gold and heaps of others 1.4bil

India - 0 gold 0 silver 0 bronze 1.3bil

[feyki]

Vision

Outside of devshirme athletes , Turkey is/was always terrible too .

[aj1987]

No one really gives a shit about any sport other than cricket. Literally non-existent funding and sports infrastructure. Politics/influence play a massive role in who gets the spot as well. It's not always the best athlete representing his/her sport.

Also, most Indian parents want their kids to either do engineering or medicine or one of the financial fields. They feel like sports are a waste of time. That's why a lot of schools and colleges/universities do not even have an athletics department.

Last Olympics, India won 6 medals. Everyone was elated and it was the talk for all of two days. No one gave a shit about the Olympics until a couple of weeks ago.

[deja vu]

Hard to produce world class athletes when you have poor sanitation.

[TaLvsCuaL]

Usually most developed countries are better at sport for obvious reasons.

Sports culture also influences a lot. For example, my country, Spain, is mediocre at Olympics, and good at popular sports such as Soccer, Basketball, Motorsports, Tennis or Cycling. We have bad support for most sports, and quite bad or none for minority sports.

[chocolatethunder]

Usually most developed countries are better at sport for obvious reasons.

Sports culture also influences a lot. For example, my country, Spain, is mediocre at Olympics, and good at popular sports such as Soccer, Basketball, Motorsports, Tennis or Cycling. We have bad support for most sports, and quite bad or none for minority sports.

Spain has a pretty good history in track. Cacho was an absolute monster and they have had some solid other runners. Not on the level of Fermin but def good runners.

[lilteapot]

Genetically inferior at least when it comes to body type and athleticism.

[warriorfan]

No one really gives a shit about any sport other than cricket. Literally non-existent funding and sports infrastructure. Politics/influence play a massive role in who gets the spot as well. It's not always the best athlete representing his/her sport.

Also, most Indian parents want their kids to either do engineering or medicine or one of the financial fields. They feel like sports are a waste of time. That's why a lot of schools and colleges/universities do not even have an athletics department.

Last Olympics, India won 6 medals. Everyone was elated and it was the talk for all of two days. No one gave a shit about the Olympics until a couple of weeks ago.

No excuses

[Nash]

Why does India always do so well in spelling bees?

Different priorities.

[aj1987]

Why does India always do so well in spelling bees?

Different priorities.

They're American's dude.

Not even gonna bother with the trolls ITT.

Usually most developed countries are better at sport for obvious reasons.

Sports culture also influences a lot. For example, my country, Spain, is mediocre at Olympics, and good at popular sports such as Soccer, Basketball, Motorsports, Tennis or Cycling. We have bad support for most sports, and quite bad or none for minority sports.

China literally runs concentration camps. India doesn't give a flying [COLOR="Black"]f[/COLOR]uck. India literally deals with it the worst way possible though.

[bobopenguin]

the only thing they are good at is cricket.

[plowking]

You'll notice China started doing well after its industrialisation period...

Give India time.

[FireDavidKahn]

You'll notice China started doing well after its industrialisation period...

Give India time.

China's industrialization period and doing good in the Olympics are completely unrelated.

China only started to become good once they started to take children out of preschool and force them to train 24/7 non stop for decades.

Their policy is sickening.

India just doesn't give a shit about sports.

[Hey Yo]

Australia - 6 gold medals and multiple silver/bronze 20mil population

America - 24gold and heaps of others 300+mill pop

China - 14 gold and heaps of others 1.4bil

India - 0 gold 0 silver 0 bronze 1.3bil

Why do you think LeBron took a giant shit on your face??

03-24-2016, 08:38 AM
Lebron will definitely not win a championship because he has no integrity or honour and can not win as the man. In Miami he was a third string behind D wade and Pat Riley. Here is a clown 10x worse than Dwight Howard and takes the team on an endless emotional rollercoaster. One minute he is patting you on the back next minute saying you ain't worth what I paid you type of sh1t. He is gonna flop again and then leave for another team or cry until they bring a friend of his in. What he doesn't realise is that a beta performs best under alpha leadership and he doesn't want to come to terms that he is a beta emotionally which is why he can't lead and can't win a championship. Watch this season as he puts his head down again in the finals and gives up.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

The 3 greatest Indian basketball players are Bollar, some other guy I can't remember the name) and Satnum Singh. And all 3 of those guys have been in the NBA long enough to get a cup of coffee. None will ever be anything more than a 15th man off the bench if they are lucky.

India may not push basketball that much, but it doesn't appear they have a lot of talent in that area either. Just because they haven't practiced as much doesn't mean they would be capable of producing athletes good at basketball.

That is why you rarely see players from certain countries ever playing for the NBA much less competing in the Olympics via basketball.