Since 1960, every host country of the Summer Olympic Games has figured in the top six of the medals table, with three exceptions: Mexico in 1968, Canada in 1976 and Greece in 2004. Mexico and Greece won three and six gold medals respectively, with each finishing a respectable 15th in the medal tally. Only Canada ignominiously failed to deliver a gold at home in Montreal. By starting to develop budding athletes aged between 7 and 12, India could boast a competitive medal haul should the Olympics come its way in twelve years. But that would mean starting now.
The writer researches US foreign policy in Washington D.C.
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