Born2BKing
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Cricket is coming back in 2028, India will shine then.
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They have 3 medals in shooting this year. Not one athletic medal.
India is the WOAT by far.
China knows they're not winning shyt in sprints, hoops etc., so they load up on table tennis, badminton, shooting etc.
India could win gold in cricket or kabbadi if those were Olympic sports, but they don't have a strong sporting culture...especially sports the rest of the world plays. They got more genetic diversity than most countries but it doesn’t translate into success. Need more $$$ and a desire to win golds. Probably too bureaucratic and corrupt...same as Nigeria.
A lot of it is just fitness. Look at Indians in America. How many (especially the women) do you see going ham in the gym? I see Chinese, white, Black etc., hooping, lifting weights, jogging, doing HIIT etc. Indians don't really value fitness beyond "looking" fit. If you're not pushing your body....you're not winning shyt.
good call on Brazil, why don't they ever show out at the Olympics?India, Nigeria and Pakistan if we're talking raw numbers. But given economic context PLUS population I'd say Argentina and Brazil. For as many people and (in the case of ARG and BRA) not absolute destitution, they don't perform that well internationally. Hell, Brazil just won its FIRST Olympic gold medal in men's soccer in 2016. That's mad.
good call on Brazil, why don't they ever show out at the Olympics?
I feel like Brazil should have a lot of crazy high-level athletes considering their population size and high number of Brazilians with explosive genetics
they're really good in fighting, soccer & volleyball and that's it I guess
What year were you typing this from?Yugoslavia been slipping
They just gotta add Cricket or competitive programming to the Olympics and India would sweep those medals
China, the US, and Russia are pro doping only reason those nations are always at the top
Everyone else is trying to get better, those three put most of their effort into beating the system