The sports ministry is headed by an Olympic silver medallist, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has no doubt guided and instructed the various federations on how to go about their training and preparation routines for the athletes.
India’s performance in the Asian Games isheartwarming indeed. It only shows that if the athletes are given proper training facilities and good coaching, they will lift their performances and bring the medals home.
There is also the matter of the sports ministry of the government of India being headed by an Olympic silver medallist, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has no doubt guided and instructed the various federations on how to go about their train ing and preparation routines for the athletes.
Such experience as Rathore has is so crucial, for even the most wellmeaning official who hasn’t done the hard yards that Rathore has put in will ever be able to understand what an international athlete re quires to win at these events.
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