Photo: PTINew Delhi: As the stadiums empty and the athletes return, India can reflect proudly on a memorable Asian Games. The three East Asian countries are Asia’s sporting leaders— accounting for more than half (56%) of all medals ever won at the Asian Games. Research has shown that sporting success is driven by both population and wealth. In their book, Successful Elite Sport Policies, Veerle de Bosscher and co-authors analyse the performance of 15 successful sporting nations to highlight nine pillars for sporting triumph. Only that can give India a sporting chance for genuine, sustained sporting glory.

Source: Mint September 05, 2018 04:07 UTC