The 38th National Games opened on January 28th at Dehradun. With the usual feast-fireworks, speeches, Bollywood songs and dance-all elements of sports events do not like sports so much, and more Like a big Indian wedding. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Dhami, attended the meeting, at the Maharaana Pratap Sports Institute in Dehradun.
Over the years, the opening ceremony of sports events has become a carefully produced work. The state government has spent a few hours of impressive spectacles. Maybe we hope that we will distract our attention.
At the same time, the experience of real athletes is very different. Bangladesh Kho Kho and the football team endured 37 hours without appropriate votes and were forced to sit on the floor to sleep. The performance of basketball players is much better-stuffing three rooms into a small room. Haldwani, who held a swimming event in Haldwani, was still waiting for time, scores and score equipment.
Since the Tokyo Olympics, the National Games has become obscure, has found new life, and has organized three versions in the past four years. This year, the incident is distributed in eight regions in North Akandang, extending from the Draud and the Holdvani Plain to the hills in Almora, Dekhley and Pisoragal, and even immersed in Harridwal Maybe seeking spiritual enhancement. Nearly 10,000 athletes participated in 35 different sports and chased 450 gold medals.
However, the National Olympic Games feels like the thoughts afterwards, drifting in the calendar without reason in the calendar. Gujarat (Gujarat) in September 2022, Gua (GOA) received them in November 2023. Now Uttarakhand is now in February. The Gua Games arrived at the end of this year, and there were almost no noticeable athletes participating. India’s leading name enjoyed a good rest after the difficult game season.
This version is also inconvenient later in winter, just like most athletes get a position in the next year.
For Indian track and field athletes, outdoor seasons usually start in late February or March. Internationally, there is an indoor tour in winter, but there are few specialty in the calendar of most Indian athletes-except for those who have sponsored, so that they can train overseas.
Not only was the track and field athletes fell into early operations in Uttarakhand. The National Games will be the first competition this season, Indian wrestlers, female boxers and archers.
Of course, all athletes must start the season somewhere. However, ideally, the goal is to be established towards a peak, usually for the World Championships. For multiple sports, it was held in August or September in the summer of Europe.
However, at Uttarakhand, at the end of the winter, the temperature of some competitive places dropped to 8 or 9 degrees-it was very suitable for wearing three layers, but it was absolutely not suitable for sports performances.
Formally, these games are still the most prestigious domestic competition in India, but in fact, they have been simplified into warm -up events.
