New Delhi: Athletic World President Sebastian Coe, Wednesday said India had to take the opportunity given by the historic gold medal Neeraj Chopra at the Tokyo Olympics and athletic footprint expanding in this country by holding more international events.
The First Indian Olympic Gold Therming in athletics “as a very important moment”, Coe suggested the state to use it in improving sports profiles.
“Chopra is a very strong element (in an Indian athletic profile).
A one-off performance of a athlete, how important it is, not a strong if you don’t have a strong federation behind it.
And you have now,” said COE during Virtual interaction with Asian media choose.
“(This is) the opportunity to use performance that expands footprints for athletics,” he added.
“Regarding the performance of the athletic branch, India is what will come in wanting to do that.
I don’t know the current thoughts of the Indian government but I really think that one day India will host the Olympics.” Coe, a double Olympic gold medalist at 1500m (1980 and 1984), also said that the impact of Chopra’s gold would surpass India and reach many countries in the world.
“To do as he did at the biggest global stage, it would have an impact not only in India and Asia, but also widely throughout the world.” I know very well that there is an Indian community in all our large urban populations throughout the world.
So that goes far and wide and helps in attractive communities in the US, England, and most of Europe and Africa wants to be part of our sports too.
“Transmission mechanism, because they will say in the economic field, is a very strong one.” Chopra javelin throws won the Indian first athletic medal at the Olympics with an effort of 87.85m in Tokyo on August 7, he also became only the second Indian after the Bindra Abhinaav shooter to win individual gold at the Olympics.
During his year-end interaction media, Coe said athletics came out as the number one Olympic sport, which was reinforced during the Tokyo Olympics.
“We are changed to the competition calendar, the quality of the continental tour that has grown from year to year and creates more international events.” He said Tokyo games did not really help the world recover from broken enthusiasm was created by Covid-19 pandemic and “there was light at the end of the tunnel”.
Taking About Roadmap Until 2030, CoE Quoted by the Athletics Program as an important one in expanding a sports base and improving public health.
He said driving more partnerships with the government and NGOs were also a key element of the world plan.
“The main thing is to connect athletes with fans and connect athletes with causes …
such as climate change.” Coe overcome a lot of criticism to say that the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics will only function as “meaningful attitude”.
Responding to the criticism, he said, “I philosophically against sports boycott.
I experienced it himself in 1980 and the 1984 Olympics.
They did not achieve what they were set to do.” I have to say they are intellectuals a little dishonest.
To use the power of sports in transients or even permanent political structures is actually a very dangerous thing to do.
There is a large part of the world where we must accept the world very different.
“The point is I want to make is, nobody in sports, especially me, is arrogant …
about human rights, we think it is very serious.” China has been accused of violating human rights from Uyghur people in the Xinjiang region.
Coe said the criticism he received was mostly for the reason “people don’t really understand that sports and strength have played historically”.
“Sports are always given to unite the influence.
The boycott has unwanted consequences and the most suffering people are athletes,” he said.
“In a complicated world, sports may be a constant activity we have to fall on.
But those who do not get the sport and the importance they play in people’s lives may not notice the world in the way I see.”