Dt 14 Sep 2021
Its been quiet a glroious patch for Indian sports over the last few months. It all started with Tokyo olympics 2020. The olympic games were postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the raging global pandemic and even when it started in 2021 it was subdued as no audience were allowed to enter the grounds and the whole games were asked to be played to closed stadiums.
After a disappointing start to the games with Indian shooting stars missing opportunities to win medals . It seemed like it was all going downwards once again when the medals started flowing from the most celebrated Indian sport - wrestling . Things were going good when suddenly news came flyng in that Indian Hockey teams both men and women have entered the semifinals of the hockey competition.
The feeling of pride and nationalism that flew through the streets of India when India beat Great Britain in the mens hockey quaterfinals was phenomenal .The entire hockey crazy nation then was glued to their TV sets watching the semifinals against Belgium .Hoping and egging the team to go on and win the match.Although we lost the semis , a spirited performance in the Bronze medal game won us a Olympic medal for the first time after decades.
The womens team missed the medal but overall fitness levels had risen several notches .The fitness itself is the main reason why Indian teams are now abe to challenge at the highest levels.We endend the Tokyo Olympics with 7 medals our best tally so far. Adding to that India went on to win 19 medals in the Paralympics . Most athletes have thereafter gone on to praise the Indian government for better managing the Olympic aspirants and giving them better access to funds and resources using the TOPS program. Lets hope India rises further and becomes one of the top 10 medal winners in the future games.
Finally when there was so much glory we could not leave cricket behind. Virat Kohli's men went on to beat England in two test matches .Both matches looked like lost cases on the last day and seemed like heading for a draw. Inida's bowling talent has risen several notches and now we are no more a liability in Away tests . There might be a day in the future where we clean sweep a test series in the SENA countries.
All said and done India now looks forward to the IPL and then the Cricket T20 worldcup to wind up the sporting year on a high.
