{"id":257868,"date":"2023-08-29T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=257868"},"modified":"2023-08-29T22:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:32:16","slug":"keep-running-athletics-medal-chances-depend-on-not-just-picking-winners-but-investing-to-create-a-large-talent-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/keep-running-athletics-medal-chances-depend-on-not-just-picking-winners-but-investing-to-create-a-large-talent-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Running \u2013 Athletics medal chances depend on not just picking winners but investing to create a large talent pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cKeep Running \u2013 Athletics medal chances depend on not just picking winners but investing to create a large talent pool<\/strong>\u201d published in<\/strong> The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a029th<\/sup> August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance\u00a0 – Government Policies & Intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Achievements of Indian athletes<\/strong><\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The article explains the recent achievements by Indian athletes at the World Athletics Championships and more measures needed to enhance sports in India.<\/p>\n

What are some of the recent achievements made by Indian athletes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Neeraj Chopra won India’s first gold at the World Athletics Championships. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The men’s 4×400 relay team secured fifth place setting an Asian record. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Parul Chaudhary broke the national record<\/strong> and qualified for the Paris Olympics in women’s 3000m steeplechase.<\/p>\n

What has enabled these achievements?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A decade ago, India’s global athletics performance wasn’t impressive.<\/p>\n

However, recent success has been possible due to a model that links talented athletes with global trainers and resources<\/strong>. This model is supported by entities like JSW Foundation.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the government has also increased the funding for the sports sector and has allowed top athletes to train according to their preferences.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>Sports sector in India: Issues and challenges – Explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

What lies ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This approach has shortcomings, and it would only benefit a few.<\/p>\n

Therefore, to enhance India\u2019s sports sector \u2013 a)<\/strong> India’s basic sports infrastructure should be improved, b)<\/strong> sports organizations need to work better, c)<\/strong> talent scouts must be very good at finding talented athletes, and d)<\/strong> stakeholders should understand that, just like in technology, sports also involve substantial failure rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cKeep Running \u2013 Athletics medal chances depend on not just picking winners but investing to create a large talent pool\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a029th August 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance\u00a0 – Government Policies & Intervention Relevance: Achievements of Indian athletes News: The article explains… Continue reading Keep Running \u2013 Athletics medal chances depend on not just picking winners but investing to create a large talent pool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[300,212,10496],"class_list":["post-257868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699519282},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}