Formally, the Olympics 2024 ended last Sunday, on August 11. Now that Ms Phogat has come back as well with the last nail in the heartbreak, the game is over for India finally. Despite her loss, she was celebrated. That shows the real sports spirit, the Olympics spirit!
'Citius, Altius, Fortius' is the Olympics motto. In 2024, the games became truly ' wide open' because of the wondrous response to it. The spectacle of the last day, with those unimaginable stunts, was a tribute to the spirit, sporting literally from the skies.
In India, the Prime Minister welcomed and encouraged the contingent, despite the rather dismal show. As far as the medal tally goes, we are way down the list. Even then one could say that the sporting spirit has taken roots in India, what with the traditionally patriarchal Haryana hugely encouraging the women athletes and players!
Well, high achievers like Neeraj Chopra have already started preparing for the next event! Oh, yes, for a change, the India-Pakistan rivalry did not throw its long shadow in this area, unlike the cricket field, where the feel is such that one thinks George Orwell wrote his famous denunciatory essay to describe it!
May be, that is the Olympic Spirit which is highly competitive, and yet in some way truly celebratory of the best, and genuinely participatory of the world wide open! Long live Olympics!
Pratima@ Yet again journalists played the cringe game of declaring the most attractive woman players, and of pairing off couples! Hardly the wide open attitude, right?
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