Golden gun

India gets its first individual gold in Olympics, which is really a point of pleasure for the nation. Abhinav Bindra after getting the gold in Olympics 2008 has inscribed his name with golden letters in the Indian Sporting History.
It was v.much expected that Indian Shooting team will give one of the best performance in the Olympics. Over the years no. of Indian Shooters have won of lot competitions worldwide. Rajyavardhan Rathore also won silver in the last Olympics.
But consider the size of our nation. 2nd most populated nation, getting just 1 or 2 medals ......... what is this?? Consider China won its first gold in 1984 in shooting only. But after that it kept climbing in the medal tally. China is close to US in almost everything - economy, military........and at present our concern Olympics. It has won 9 medals , but India has only made it debut. Ok, we can't match the high profile support for sport in such a small time, but if we invest money in other sports other than cricket, we can also see that happen in future.
India has won a dozen and half of medals in Olympics, most would be due to hockey, I think. Indian shooting and weightlifting is fine. To some extent, sponsors are now present for shooting, but not so much like in cricket. But other sports like hockey , etc still lack funds and government support.
There is overflowing of money in cricket, and in other sports there is scarcity. So government can make some policy that redirects money from inflowing in cricket to other sports. Ya hats off to Abhinav Bindra, for such a brilliant performance. But India needs lots many like Bindra, who represent nation in Olympics and other sports and earn our nation the glory, which would make 1 billion people happy.