Showing one of the best performances ever in the Olympics, Indian sportsmen performed with confidence to come out with flying colours. Nobody thought that a small contingent of just 98 sportsmen can bring in great laurels to the country.

Nobody knew, Sushil Kumar, Virender Kumar before but now it seems that it has become a household name. Although people knew about Abhinav Bindra, his injury 2 years ago had people writing him off.

A nation where Cricket is considered to be a religion and Tendulkar to be a Demi-god, games such as hockey and wrestling were almost forgotten.

But 3 medals in shooting, boxing and wrestling will do wonders for these sports in our country. The time is now ripe for our Government to take concrete steps in order to improve the infrastructure of other sports on the lines of Australia and US.

As Commonwealth Games are being held in New Delhi in 2010, these steps would give tremendous impetus to other sports and help the sportsmen to gain confidence and perform their best in these games.

As the spirit of Olympic says, "Faster, Higher, Stronger" - So does the wishes of 1 billion people for our sportsmen in Beijing Olympics.

All the Best!!!

Rajat Gupta

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