What goes behind in making of an Olympic medalist ?
A significant percentage increase of medals secured (111.11%) from the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016 to Tokyo Olympics in 2020 puts a smile on our faces. The memories of Subedar Neeraj Chopra's historic javelin throw on August 07, 2021, drastically lifted India in medals tally from 69 to 48. As much as the first medal (Gold to be precise) in athletics for India, first after 41 years in hockey, etc are caramelizing in our eyes, their preparatory phases are something which should be discussed with the same zeal. • Mission Olympics 2020 :- After the appalling run in the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016, Indian Army launched an initiative of contributing in the same, thus, launching Mission Olympics 2020. In this, potential and enthusiastic kids were selected and groomed for international sporting events. This included – Diet , Training , Equipments , etc. They were actually given employment in the army along with salaries and their ranks and promotions were dependent