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CHENNAI: The plethora of Indian athletes who competed in the Commonwealth Games in 2018 had a common mantra while addressing the press after their victory dance. "Our real test is at the Asian Games." At 30 days from the date of arrival of the caravan in Jakarta, it is easy to understand why most of the best indians sang in the same song after collecting their gongs. In the last five GTC, starting from the 1998 edition in Kuala Lumpur, the country has won 112 gold medals (and 309 in total). These figures drop sharply to Asiad, 53 gold medals and 246 total medals. In other words, for every gold that India has owned in Asiad since 1998, they got more than two at the Commonwealth Games
. , India has enjoyed a home advantage, a factor that comes into play even at multi-disciplinary events. But, overall, this falls because India's expertise in disciplines like shooting and weightlifting is limited at the CWG level. At Asiad level, they are nowhere in the picture. The best of Asia in the two disciplines mentioned above usually win medals at the Olympics. Statistics prove it. Seven of the eight Asian medalists in Rio won gongs four years ago in Incheon. It is the same in women. Two of the four were on the podium in Incheon as well as in Rio.
This kind of contrast is not limited to shooting. In fact, it is more difficult in sports like table tennis, where India has won eight unprecedented medals. "You can not really compare both (Asiad and CWG), know?", Tells Sharath Kamal to Express. "Asiad is harder than the Worlds because in the latter there are chances to play some inferior nations.At Asiad, you will have to be at the top of your game to have a chance." The paddler simply tempers expectations before what will be a sport very much watched from an Indian point of view. Fifty-two out of 60 medals at the last five Olympics have been won by Asians
Weightlifting is another sport where Indian athletes are kings at the Commonwealth level, but poor when it comes to competing with the Asian elite.India has accumulated 58 medals in CWG weightlifting since the beginning of the century but has not still open his account in this discipline to the Asian Games during the same period.Zero
The flip side of this conversation is athletics, where India has had a lot more joy at the Asian Games than at the Asian Games. To the Commonwealth The indie Federation Athletics (AFI) has sent 26 Indians to the 2018 edition while the contingent in Jakarta exceeds 50. "We are expecting 15 medals from our athletes," said the AFI secretary, CK Valson, to this newspaper.
"Even though it would represent one of the richest courses in the country, Valson expects the best of India to be present or just about in some tests . For example, Jinson Johnson should be medalist in both the 800 and the 1500m. The same goes for PU Chitra, which has two of Asia's six best times in the women's 1500m clbad this year. If history is something to do, the same trend – less medals with athletics being the king maker – will continue in Jakarta.
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