Running the present: Adille Sumariwalla, Rahul Bose, Kalyan Chaubey and Deepa Malik gave perception into sports activities administration.
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Athletics Federation of India president Adille Sumariwalla on Monday identified how the change in strategy in operating athletics in India since his appointment as the top of the federation has introduced dividends.
He stated a whole lot of time and effort went into making a hero in athletics.
“Somebody running a federation should have passion for sport, should be able to give time, and have patience. It took us 17 years for Neeraj [Chopra] to get a medal. He needs vision and organisational skills. Anybody who fits into that can run a federation — it need not be a politician, a sportsperson, or a bureaucrat,” Sumariwalla stated in a dialogue on sports activities federations on the Sportstar National Sports Conclave right here.
Revealing how he modified the functioning of the athletics federation, he stated, an ecosystem wanted to be created. Focus on grassroots on the one hand and elite on the opposite. “If you don’t have elite athletes, you don’t have somebody to look up to,” he stated.
“We shortlisted events and brought in foreign coaches. The reason being that their knowledge of sports science, sports medicine, etc, is far better than that of our coaches,” he stated.
Paralympian Deepa Malik, now president of the Paralympic Committee of India, stated it took time for her to get acceptance as chief of the committee. “My focus was to keep it athlete-centric. As an athlete, I knew where the shoe pinched, so I have been continuously working on that,” she stated.
Rahul Bose, president of the Rugby Federation of India, stated love for the gamers is a dimension of sports activities administration that’s not typically talked about.
