An interesting article about why India, with the world’s second-largest population, does so poorly at the Olympics.
The good news is that the country has already done better at these Olympics than at any other since 1980. Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver medal in the men’s double trap shooting event, achieving India’s best ever individual medal performance. In cricket-crazed India, however, his fame is sure to be brief.