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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Sabi Hussain | TNN

Govt looks beyond traditional sports to improve India’s Olympic medal count

NEW DELHI: India’s underwhelming show at the Paris Olympics, where the country’s athletes could only account for six medals without a single gold, has prompted the authorities to look beyond traditional sports such as shooting, wrestling, badminton and boxing.

The administrators have realised that the time has come to look beyond the usual and shift the focus entirely to developing those sports in which a medal for India was hitherto unheard of.

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