August 23, 2016
By Tysin Otto
The populous Asian power, has quietly snuck under the radar of countries being criticised on the international stage, but there is no denying Rio was an absolute stinker for the subcontinent.
A tally of one silver medal and one bronze medal was enough for the country to officially finish 67th on the final medal tally.
But the reading becomes much worse when the medal table is adjusted for population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
India's population of more than 1,326,801,000 and haul of two medals places them in last position of the 87 countries to win a medal at the 2016 Games, per capita.
The country's 2016 GDP of more than $US2 trillion, as forecast by the International Monetary Fund, also places India in 87th position when the medal tally is adjusted for total medals won and GDP....
India needs to do more for it's athletes. If it can spend on nuclear weapons, it can first spend on it's Olympic athletes. This is so typical of a class system that does not recognize the importance of good governance and instead instills deprivation and gratitude for the little the people get.
August 22, 2016
By Abhishek Waghmare
India’s last Olympic gold-medal winner, (click here) Abhinav Bindra, recently pointed to United Kingdom’s spending on athletes at the Rio Olympics, emphasising the money needed to convert performance into medals.
An IndiaSpend analysis of spending on Olympics in particular, and sports in general, reveals that India spends roughly a third to a fourth of the money spent by the UK, which won 67 medals, compared to India’s two—and central funding to sports federations is falling.
The UK spends money on fewer athletes compares to India, where spending is diffused among numerous federations and athletes, according to our analysis.
The UK has 18 million people aged between 15 and 35, while India has more than 400 million youth in that age group.
The original story in the Guardian, a UK newspaper, calculated a £ 5.5 million ($ 7 million) investment per medal by UK Sport, a government body that funds and manages Olympic sport....
