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Overhaul

If there is any one topic that has been hotly debated in various fora it is our country’s performance in the world’s premier event, Olympics.

Barring hockey in which the country has won as many as eight gold medals we have not shined in any other sporting event in the Olympics.

Nothing much has happened since the country won a silver medal in the last Olympics in Greece to suggest that the performance of the Indian contingent will be better. The administration of sports in the country is mired in politics. Transparency, accountability and responsibility are unknown words for those in charge of sports affairs in the country. Hence it is no wonder that the country is at rock bottom when it comes to winning medals in Olympics. Even in hockey, which is the country’s national game, self-seeking officials have meddled in all possible ways to ruin our reign as is evident from the recent infamous revelations of a private channel, which exposed corruption in team selection.

It is high time the administration of sports was completely overhauled.

J.ANANTHA PADMANABHAN,

Tiruchi.

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