The Paris Olympics just ended with India securing six medals — one silver and five bronze — to place 71st in the medals tally. The country’s performance led to many questions about the need for a sporting culture.
Was India’s performance in the Olympics an outcome of its lack of sporting culture outside cricket? What more can be done? Here we discuss the question in a conversation.
Guests: A.B. Subbaiah, former goalkeeper for India, two-time Olympian, and a three-time Asian Games medallist; Tejaswin Shankar, current national record holder in high jump and India’s first Commonwealth Games medallist in the event
Host: Uthra Ganesan
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