30th Olympics (2012), London:
No. of countries participated: 204
No. of games/ sports items: 26
No. of parts in all these games: 302
No. of players who participated: 10,820
No. of countries which bagged medals: 85
Medals Tally [Tues, July 31, 2012]
No. of countries participated: 204
No. of games/ sports items: 26
No. of parts in all these games: 302
No. of players who participated: 10,820
No. of countries which bagged medals: 85
Medals Tally [Tues, July 31, 2012]
China - 8 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze, Total :14
Today [Tues, July 31, 2012] China is leading with 8 gold medals, the next best USA with only 3 G-medals. Where is my beloved country India? Today it made a beginning with 1 bronze medal.
We are yet to see the final tally at the end of the Games on Aug 12, 2012. More or less the ranking will be on the same lines as we witness today with the difference only in the ratio of gold, silver and bronze medals. Let us reserve comments till the end.
Later on
After 10 days, USA had changed the trend and, at the end of the Games on August 12, become the first ranker ( 46 gold and a total of 104 medals) pushing China to the second place ( 38 gold and a total of 87 medals) and the host Great Britain took the third position ( 29 gold and a total of 64 medals) with the fourth place going to Russia ( 24 gold and a total of 82 medals) and India taking 55th rank with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
India takes pride that it has bagged 6 medals in all although it failed to get a single gold medal this time. As a nation India is not up the mark compared to other countries looking to its strength in terms of population, economic growth etc. Small nations have fared well and better than us. What is that preventing us from competing with China on equal terms? Is it politics or bureacracy or industry or local governemnts or the character of Indian citizens that is responsible for such a poor performance consistently? We don't seem to learn a lesson from others in this sphere of activity. When and how are we going to put up a show like China?
Anybody in the government or any political party is in a position to give an answer to this question?
Later on
After 10 days, USA had changed the trend and, at the end of the Games on August 12, become the first ranker ( 46 gold and a total of 104 medals) pushing China to the second place ( 38 gold and a total of 87 medals) and the host Great Britain took the third position ( 29 gold and a total of 64 medals) with the fourth place going to Russia ( 24 gold and a total of 82 medals) and India taking 55th rank with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
India takes pride that it has bagged 6 medals in all although it failed to get a single gold medal this time. As a nation India is not up the mark compared to other countries looking to its strength in terms of population, economic growth etc. Small nations have fared well and better than us. What is that preventing us from competing with China on equal terms? Is it politics or bureacracy or industry or local governemnts or the character of Indian citizens that is responsible for such a poor performance consistently? We don't seem to learn a lesson from others in this sphere of activity. When and how are we going to put up a show like China?
Anybody in the government or any political party is in a position to give an answer to this question?
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