Why did India, with a population of 654.38+04 billion, send only one person to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, because it was impossible to choose the second person?

Or you can't imagine, as a big country with a population of nearly 654.38+04 billion, India only sent one athlete to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics!

Some people may say that India is a tropical country and there is no snow in the country. Of course, we won't play the Winter Olympics. In fact, this is not correct. Although there is little snow in India, there are still some places, such as Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which are located on the south side of the Himalayas.

Not only the Winter Olympics, but also India's performance in world sports competitions is not strong. Although India has always claimed to be a "big country", in sports, they admit that it is a "weak country in sports" and a "poor country in sports". Why?

No, it can also be seen from the news of India forwarded by the Internet in recent years that India has a strong sense of national pride and a strong "great power complex".

The Indian sports delegation of Rio 20 16 Olympic Games only got a silver and a copper, which was scolded by Indian netizens. The media is full of words like "disappointment", "rubbish" and "shame", so don't report on the China Men's Football Team at all. In fact, Indian sports will be scolded every Olympic Games.

Niraj chopra, the only gold medal winner of the 20021Tokyo Olympic Games in India, received a hero's warm welcome after returning home. Thousands of people blocked the airport exit and struggled to get into the car.

This shows that Indians still attach great importance to sports glory. By the way, India also plans to bid for the 2048 Olympic Games.

India's GDP per capita is really low, only over 2,000 US dollars, but the total is 3.07 trillion US dollars, which is between 2006 (2.75 trillion) and 2007 (3.55 trillion) in China. The total economic output ranks sixth in the world, and it is still developing at a high speed.

In 2006, China's sports development has been quite good, although it has not reached the current level, but it is also the top five in the world. On the other hand, India has never won a medal in the Winter Olympics, while in the Summer Olympics, since 1980, India has only won two gold medals in all Olympic Games, which is the absolute countdown of the world.

In 20021year, the national sports investment in India was only $2.5 billion, less than $2 per capita, less than one sixtieth of that in the United States. India's sports investment is insufficient, but its military expenditure is "generous". In 2022, India's defense budget reached US$ 54.2 billion, ranking third in the world.

Economy is the foundation of development, so it is surprising that India can achieve good results in this kind of investment in sports. Aref Khan, the only Indian athlete who participated in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, still participated in the Beijing Winter Olympics through crowdfunding.

Indians are generally not enthusiastic about sports, which is inseparable from the hot weather of most people. They are sweating all over when they move casually, which is particularly uncomfortable.

India's conservative religious culture also inhibits the healthy development of its sports diversity, and they believe that restraining emotions and asceticism are important ways of life practice. Compared with external things, they prefer to pursue the satisfaction of the spiritual world and pay attention to inner peace. Sports is just a foreign culture.

In addition, Indians are not interested in sports, which is also seriously related to the gap between the rich and the poor and the racial system in China. People of high caste have a bright future. They pay attention to better education and basically don't want to be athletes.

As for people of low caste, forget it. Life is hard to guarantee, and no one will pay attention to it at all. Without the corresponding sports industry, there will be no income from practicing sports. Low-income groups would rather be couriers, drivers and salespeople than athletes.

To sum up, for various reasons, India's performance in the Olympic Games does not match the country's population and economy. As for the sports of the Winter Olympics, India is influenced by the regional environment, and the number of participants is even smaller.

And the Winter Olympics also has a threshold. For example, freestyle skiers need to participate in at least one World Cup during the Olympic qualification period and score 50 points, ranking in the top 30 of the International Snow Federation. From this point of view, it is not easy for India to choose a second Winter Olympics athlete.

It seems that it is impossible for India to become a sports power without decades of efforts.