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no 38 Poor performance in Olympics At
the recent Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics India had its best performance
till date with 7 and 19 medals respectively. o Overall India has won only 35
medals at the summer Olympics since 1900 edition. o In the Winter Olympic Games
India is yet to win a medal. Similarly it qualified only once for FIFA World
Cup in 1950. This poor performance from Indian athletes at international
competitions can be attributed to a number of reasons (see image). What are the
steps that have been taken to address the poor performance? With sports being
an important means to promote bonding among people and gain national pride and
prestige government has taken number of initiatives to promote sports in India
such as Policy InitiativesNational Sports Policy for broad basing of sports and
achieving excellence in sports at national and international level. Administrative InitiativesSet up of Sports
Authority of India (SAI) as an autonomous organization to provide training
facilities to athletes and to identify and develop young talent. o E.g Special
Area Games Scheme to identify sporting talent at young age from the tribal
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