Indian Athletes, Why so few Options

[shapingo]

With a country that is supposedly going to have 2Billion people in the next 100years, why are there so few international athletes? With Korean females moving in golf and winning, and Chinese into tennis, I only know of Sonia Mirza as a star. Sim and Tanveer Bhullar will hopefully be the Shaqs of the future. Are sports not highly regarded in India? I know Cricket is.

[PeterKChan]

Correct your statement. Chinese are more into basketball. They've already sent 8 to the NBA (3 present and 5 past).

[Tenjikuronin]

There are a lot of well known Indian wrestlers, both past and present.

[shapingo]

There are a lot of well known Indian wrestlers, both past and present.

Didn't know that, will look them up. I was really wondering why a country with as many people doesn't dominate sports. China is starting too as seen by the last Olympics and India is not that far behind China globally.

[abymac]

In India, it is difficult to make a good living on anything but academic pursuits, so parents tend to discourage kids from spending too much time in sports. In fact, if you score above average in academics, they push you so hard that they won't let you have a life beyond books.

Apart from that, government sporting departments are out-and-out corrupt. Rather than accepting blame for their lack of initiative to make India a sporting power, they simply excuse themselves and say "Indians don't have the physiques/build/killer instinct required for Olympic competitions". There is also a regional discrimination, good athletes outside the Northern India are usually ignored, both by the government and the media.

[KraterosHellas]

it's not just india. i think all of SEA and most of middle-east don't have good atheletes either. all the best athletes are either black or white.

[AnybodyKiller]

it's not just india. i think all of SEA and most of middle-east don't have good atheletes either. all the best athletes are either black or white.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lincecum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonito_Donaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Munoz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Del_Rosario

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedy_Bruschi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Slaton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efren_Reyes

Just off the top of my head.

[KraterosHellas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lincecum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonito_Donaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Munoz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Del_Rosario

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedy_Bruschi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Slaton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efren_Reyes

Just off the top of my head.

wow. ok i guess that was an overstatement. but of course i was basing my conclusion on the sports that i'm familiar with.

[AnybodyKiller]

wow. ok i guess that was an overstatement. but of course i was basing my conclusion on the sports that i'm familiar with.

It's good dude, I know a lot of people who would say the same thing.

[Tenjikuronin]

International Athletes of Indian descent

Alexi Grewal - First ever Indian American to win an Olympic medal, Gold Medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics in cycling
Mohini Bhardwaj - Second Indian American Olympic medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist in gymnastics
Raj Bhavsar - Third Indian American Olympic Medalist, 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the team gymnastics competition.
Sanjay Beach - Former NFL wide receiver. He played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers.
Bobby Singh - Former Football player for the St. Louis Rams
Brandon Chillar - NFL player, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers (Father of Indian descent)
Manny Malhotra - NHL player, currently in the Vancouver Canucks
Sunil Gulati - In charge of United States Soccer Federation.
Laxmi Poruri - Tennis player
Shikha Uberoi - Tennis player
Rajeev Ram - Tennis player
Neha Uberoi - Tennis player
Prakash Amritraj - Tennis player (born in U.S.)
Stephen Amritraj - Tennis player
Sonjay Dutt - TNA Pro Wrestler
The Great Khali - WWE Pro Wrestler
Jinder Mahal - WWE Pro Wrestler
Ami Parekh - Figure Skater
Vinay Bhat - Chess Grandmaster
Sushil Nadkarni - American cricketer
Sunitha Rao - United States/Indian Tennis Player

This post has been edited by Tenjikuronin: Dec 19 2011, 12:32 AM

[Justinedu]

My favourite is Freak
Timothy Leroy Lincecum pronounced /ˈlɪnsəkum/, LIN-se-kum;[1] born June 15, 1984 is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "The Freak" and "The Franchise. He throws right-handed and bats left-handed

Lincecum was known for his long stride, unorthodox mechanics, and ability to generate high velocity despite his slight build: originally listed as 5'11"[4] and 160 pounds, Lincecum put on about 15 pounds prior to the 2011 season.

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This post has been edited by Justinedu: Dec 20 2011, 11:29 PM