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‘When Olympics come we are not preparing for success, we are preparing for failure... that needs to change’

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  • Abhinav Bindra, Olympic Gold medalist shooter

    All of us in India know who we are referring to when we use the expression the Big B or AB, but I don't think even the man who has owned those expressions would mind today if I said, that for this moment. those expressions fit my very young guest for this week — Abinav Bindra. I said AB, Abhinav Bindra and Big B because you know you've done us all proud. You've done something that nobody has managed to do.

    Thank you, thank you very much.

    And I think even you would wish that more people are able to do that in future.

    Absolutely. I think it's the first, but I think it should just be the beginning and I really hope that we win many many more gold medals in the future. So it's just a start.

    Somebody has to pick the door open, isn't it…and then the belief comes in.

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    Well I really hope so. For me, this medal is for all my fellow athletes. I really believe in the Indian athlete and it should just give them the confidence that we can do it. I m hopeful, we'll have some more medals in Beijing, and definitely in the future we should win many more.

    But, tell me when Indian participants go to the big meets, usually we console ourselves by saying that we believe in the Olympic motto: playing is the thing, winning or losing doesn't matter. We've become a country of good losers.

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