Vijender Singh becomes World No. 2 in 75 Kg Category

Congratulations Vijender Singh !!

Vijender surely deserves a huge pat on his back for this. He has done this in a country where only cricket is worshiped and other sports are looked down upon. The Indian Boxing Association is a cash-strapped association unlike BCCI. They struggle to provide kits to boxers. International coaches is a distant dream. Not that we dont have good coaches here, but international experience sure helps. Let this achievement serve as an eye opener to the bureaucratic babus in the Govt. We need proper fund allocations for not only boxing but other sports disciplines in the country and steps taken to encourage the young to take up other disciplines rather than trying their luck out on cricket grounds and going into depression when they cannot make it. It is real sad to know that This Land of Arjun hasnt produced a decent archer - certainly not a Olympic gold medal winner.

Instead of concentrating on cricket and having other disciplines rot, we can concentrate on limited number of sport disciplines that we are confident of excelling in and then build world-class facilities for that, have coaches, sports pyschologists and physios, have premier leagues to promote the sport, have centralized sports medicine facilities and encourage the young to take them up by offering employment with corporates bigwigs and government with appropriate remuneration. The country is only as young and health as its populace. I just hope that this serves as a reminder to everyone. When we have Gods in Cricket, we certainly can have demi-Gods in other disciplines and maybe even Olympic Medal Gods.