The recent Tokyo Olympic Games provided further evidence of why “Chindia,” a term popular a decade or so ago, is little heard nowadays. Whereas China’s disciplined government-led preparation delivered a huge medal haul, India’s shambolic organization led to the country being ranked behind the Bahamas and Kosovo.
NEW DELHI – The Tokyo Olympic Games are over, and the Japanese people and government have heaved a sigh of relief that the spectacle passed without a major COVID-19 outbreak in the athletes’ village or other disasters. Here in India, the celebrations of the country’s first gold medal in the men’s javelin throw – and its best-ever medal performance at a single Olympics – have not yet subsided. But how good, really, is our best?
NEW DELHI – The Tokyo Olympic Games are over, and the Japanese people and government have heaved a sigh of relief that the spectacle passed without a major COVID-19 outbreak in the athletes’ village or other disasters. Here in India, the celebrations of the country’s first gold medal in the men’s javelin throw – and its best-ever medal performance at a single Olympics – have not yet subsided. But how good, really, is our best?