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the reasons why indians don't do well in sports is that we lack talent, physical ability and infrastructure. indians just arnt up toi the mark. except in games like cricket, shooting/archery, snooker and (once) hockey, whcih are more technical than physical. even in the one department in cricket which is very physically demanding - pace bowling, we have produced a precious few. muhammed nissar and munaf patel are of pathan blood in any case and that leaves out amar singh. the non-aryan indians are better off physically, be it the tribals or the northeasterners. almost all our reams are dependent on them, from football to hockey. even the cricket team is trying to find pace bowlers from amongst tribal indians.

we ourselves are also to blame. we just go overboard when someone pulls of a bronze medal or some small time achevement. the classic case baing milkha singh. so much is his reputation as a sporting legend in india, that one woiuld think that he must have won at least a couple of golds. turns out he won nothing, yet has more fans in india than carl lewis has in usa!!!

we just suck at sports. kenya is better as is korea. our level is saf games and commonwealth, where the top guys dont participate in any case. we best learn to live with it.