Virender Singh created history by winning a bronze medal in the world Boxing Championship . This is the first time that an Indian have won a medal at the competition of this level. Instead of concenrating on big cities the sports authorities should move to hinterland to harness the talent. This pugilist, Virender singh, comes from a village in Haryana.
All these years India's hope rested on hockey team .Currently, the state of the game is absymal low . Still, hockey is our national game our performance in that game has diminished rather, we lost our space to power hockey of the western nations. We didn't pick the changes in the game rapidly as a result, we are in this position.
India should concenrate on individual's game to win medals at the international games. Boxing proves to be a beacon for india's medal hopes in the next olympic games.
Recently, International Olympic Association has included women boxing events in the next olympic games. Already our women boxers have proved their mettle in this region.Hence, our women boxers do not lag behind their male counterparts.
TAILPIECE: This author has the penchant of watching two women fighting inside the ring or otherwise. If that battle happened to be a gladiatoral battle then there is no way to measure the author's joy. It's called NO QUANTUM OF JOY.
