09-16-2004, 04:02 AM
Kalam's big idea to win Olympics
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->President APJ Abdul Kalam has said he was worried about India's poor performance at the Olympics and wants a two-pronged strategy to produce future medal winners - have an Army brigade dedicated to sports and groom 200 talented youngsters with potential.
Revealing that many children had written or spoken to him on opportunities available in the country for a career in sports, Kalam said he was working on his own idea to create world-class Indian sportspersons.
"Imagine if every year the government adopts 200 young children of age up to 15 years, and grooms them in sports, they can build it up as a career. Some countries are already following this practice, and they get a lot of gold," he said.
"Some countries also use armed forces. If our Army decides to use one brigade only for sports, we will have arrived in the international sports scene. These are the two ideas I am developing," Kalam added.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->President APJ Abdul Kalam has said he was worried about India's poor performance at the Olympics and wants a two-pronged strategy to produce future medal winners - have an Army brigade dedicated to sports and groom 200 talented youngsters with potential.
Revealing that many children had written or spoken to him on opportunities available in the country for a career in sports, Kalam said he was working on his own idea to create world-class Indian sportspersons.
"Imagine if every year the government adopts 200 young children of age up to 15 years, and grooms them in sports, they can build it up as a career. Some countries are already following this practice, and they get a lot of gold," he said.
"Some countries also use armed forces. If our Army decides to use one brigade only for sports, we will have arrived in the international sports scene. These are the two ideas I am developing," Kalam added.
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