Today is a red letter day in history of Indian sports.
Abhinav Bindra did all of us Indians proud by winning the Olympic gold medal in shooting. Let us hope that this 25-year-old lad's grand accomplishment will inspire many of our sportsmen to go for the gold.
This is a great achievement. It is definitely a matter of great pride for all Indians.
ReplyDeleteThe best part is he is not a product of our sports system.
He has a personal air conditionedpractice range with the latest computerised target management system. Plus he has a personal trainer - a Swiss lady.
We have a big open air training range in Mumbai but in a serious state of disrepair.
If similar facilities are made available, I am sure we could have aimed at 4 - 5 golds in the shooting category.
This, however, does not diminish in any way Abhinav's stupendous achievements. It is not his fault if he can afford the best facilities.
Thanks a lot Mavin. Yes, Abhinav is lucky to have afforded expensive training and equipment. But as you rightly pointed out, that does not take the shine off his heroid achievement.
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