It pains me to hear my Guru Sunny Thomas Sir has passed away. He was a father figure for me as I won medals for India. If I have become a coach, it is Sunny Sir blessings.
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VIDEO | Here’s what double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker's coach Jaspal Rana said after she was ignored for this year's Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.
"How can it be ignored? There has to be some system where points system should be given to an athlete and after that, they should decide. How many athletes are very finely educated and they have every knowledge of how to apply and what to apply? Does that make a sense that only an athlete can apply? Why not federation, why not even SAI (Sports Authority of India), why not even ministry?"
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)
India for 2036 Olympic Games!
Furthering our Hon. PM @narendramodi ji’s vision of India hosting the Olympics, we have submitted an official Letter of Intent to the IOC to host the games in India in 2036 🙏🏽
VIDEO | "I thought it is a good platform where we can speak truth. If somebody is trying to put positive effort to improve the system, and we can be part of it. It will be a great thing to see if this works. It also gives me a pleasure and honour. It's really painful when you go for Olympics and get 6-7 medals. Everybody knows what Manu (Bhaker) went through before the Olympics. By god's grace we got three medals. We need a system, we need not have the miracles, we should create 30-40 good people who would give us medals. The system is doing but more needs to be done. There is a fight happening in IOA. PT Usha is trying to do something, and everybody is after her. Let her do what she wants. I credit PT Usha for two medals. I would say, put everything in public. She is being targeted. Give her a chance," says Jaspal Rana, coach of Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker advocating to improve the system for betterment of sports in India at a sports forum in Delhi.
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VIDEO | "Yes, we can host Olympics (in India), we have the infrastructure. We have the athletes who can crack the medals. Why don't you count the numbers who finished 4th position. If we try to get together and solve the problems, and give the athletes free mind and the strength to crack the medals, we are there. Delhi was reformed at the time of 1982 Asian Games, flyovers came, big hotels came, that's why we can call anybody from anywhere and host them, same way, Olympics will give us next platform. I know it will be very expensive, but we don't need to create everything new, we just have to redo things. We are very close to getting golds in Olympics. See the Manu's score. What athletes need is the confidence to be there and think that the system are behind them. They are there. Everything should be around the athletes. It will be an honour for me coach players," says coach of Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker expressing confidence in hosting Olympics in India at a sports forum in Delhi.
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