Till four years back, it was easy to pretend that we didn't actually want medals. We could be like those kids at school who said that they don't have that iPod/Sneakers/IIT admission or whatever because they didn't want them. Now, that positioning is getting exposed because of these unseemly celebrations at Bindra's medal.
If we didn't get any medal at all, people around the world would have assumed that we weren't into this sort of stuff. They could have assumed that the whole sodding billion of us are on a spiritual plane far above this worldliness. But a billion people getting just one medal and then going wild with joy is just so embarrassing.
Renegades like Rathore and Bindra must be stopped before they do more serious damage to India's Olympic positioning.
Clearly, these two have manipulated the system and managed to bye-pass the foolproof arrangements made by our sports establishment. Rathore came in under the radar by being in the Army and this Bindra guy's father apparently spent crores getting him trained in Texas and Baghdad and places like that.
And it just occurred to me that the next time could be worse. The 2012 Olympics are in London! Which means that if an Indian wins a medal, then the bloody NRIs will start celebrating right there! On the streets of London! And then everyone will know!
I do hope the Indian Olympic Association will wake up in good time and prevent a recurrence. And it's not as if the IOA doesn't know what to do. Just be a little selective and avoid getting involved with outsiders like these two. Just stick to the contestants produced by our official system and all will be well.
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It's also setting a dangerous trend, this winning thing. Look at all the money that's being showered on the young man just because he's won a gold medal at the Olympics. You see what i'm getting at - this causal relationship between winning and earning. It could rock the very foundations of our national sport (cricket, not hockey), where you only need to show up to make your crores.
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