Pakistan's dispiriting performance in Paris Olympics 2024
Pakistan's dispiriting performance in Paris Olympics 2024
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00:00My question is that if 26 people are participating in swimming in 200 meters,
00:06if I reach there even after swimming for an hour,
00:09my number will still be the 26th, right?
00:11Yes.
00:12Then I can also participate.
00:14But to qualify you, of course, there are some merits to which you have to come.
00:19Anyway, as Ashfaq has already mentioned,
00:22Gulfam and Kishmala were not able to make their places in the international event.
00:26After the singles, both the athletes failed in the team event.
00:29Pakistan's pair came in 14th from 17th.
00:32After the shooters, the swimmers were also left empty-handed.
00:34Ahmad Durrani, 200 meters freestyle, came in last in the beats.
00:38And in the same way, the journey of the swimmer Jahara was also completed
00:42and he came in 26th from 30th.
00:45So, let's talk about this.
00:47Najeeb-ul-Hasnain is with us today.
00:50Good morning. We woke you up.
00:51Great. We are so lucky.
00:53Thank you so much for joining us, Najeeb-ul-Hasnain.
00:55Good morning.
00:56Good morning.
00:57Good morning.
00:58I can guess from your voice that you woke up in the morning.
01:01So, how are you? Are you fine?
01:03I am absolutely fine.
01:04240 million people are represented by 7 athletes in the Olympics.
01:09And along with them, 11 officials.
01:11One second.
01:12Samir Khan is also present with us.
01:14He is a former Olympian.
01:15He is a legendary hockey player.
01:16Obviously, our hockey team was not able to qualify for the Olympics.
01:20But we will still talk to them.
01:21But Najeeb, let's start with you.
01:23I just wanted to ask Sadaf.
01:25Our swimmers have reached the last number.
01:30Obviously, they must have put in some effort.
01:33But I asked Sadaf and I am also asking you.
01:35If I had reached 200 meters in one hour,
01:38my number would have been the last one.
01:40No one could have changed it.
01:42Obviously, you can talk about this only.
01:46The kind of bad performance we are having,
01:48the kind of results we are getting.
01:50240 million people are represented by 7 athletes in the Olympics.
01:5511 officials are with them.
01:57Because they will also enjoy touring and taking pictures in Paris.
02:01I am just giving you an example.
02:04What is the situation of happy countries?
02:07There are 26 million people in Australia.
02:10And there is a squad of 460 people.
02:13And in New Zealand, there are only 5.1 million people.
02:17We jokingly say that there are more sheep than people.
02:24There are more sheep than people.
02:26There is a squad of 195 people in a population of 5.1 million.
02:30And there are 7 athletes in 240 million.
02:34In which you yourself said that
02:36Gulfam did not even give the performance that he gave in the last Olympics.
02:41He came 22nd in 10-meter air pistol.
02:44Kashmala came 31st.
02:46She came in 14th.
02:48The Indian couple came in 3rd.
02:50So you can guess from this that
02:52what is the standard of talent and skill in our country.
02:56And what facilities do they get from the front?
02:59Yesterday, I spoke to Mr. Razi Ahmed,
03:01who is the secretary of the Rifle Association.
03:04One athlete wanted to order a pistol for himself from outside.
03:09He was given so much duty that he said, let it be.
03:13The federation plays a role in this.
03:16Mr. Samirullah has joined us.
03:18Thank you so much, sir, for joining us.
03:20And good morning.
03:21First, our athletes went.
03:24We are saying that
03:26let's talk about the 1990s.
03:29When our first Olympics took place in London,
03:3240 went.
03:33Then 44 went.
03:34Now this number has come together.
03:37What do you think is the reason for this decline?
03:41Our other athletes couldn't even qualify for the hockey team.
03:44But what do you think about this overall?
03:48First of all, I would like to say that
03:50the participation is decreasing day by day.
03:53We only qualified for one.
03:55We only qualified for one.
03:56We got all the wild cards.
03:58And we came to the pre-coast.
04:01The International Olympic Committee says
04:04that these sports should be better in these countries
04:07so that there is an incentive.
04:09Otherwise, our athletes are not as good as Asia.
04:14But I would like to say that
04:15at least they will be Olympians.
04:16And God willing, they will do better in the future.
04:18When the Asian Games come after two years,
04:20they will perform better on this performance.
04:23Then you said that hockey is the third Olympic Games.
04:27First it happened in Brazil.
04:29Then it happened in Tokyo.
04:30Then it is happening here now.
04:32So the overall condition of Pakistan's hockey is not so good.
04:36The athletes are roaming here and there.
04:39They don't know what to do.
04:41The Pakistani Federation has been
04:44a victim of politics for the past 20 years.
04:47The government of Pakistan has no interest.
04:52And the people who come here,
04:55the President and Secretary of the Federation,
04:57I think they don't know what sports are,
05:00what are the problems of the athletes,
05:02what should be in hockey,
05:03what should be the facilities,
05:05what should be the grooming,
05:06how should the camps be set up,
05:07how should the teams of 2018, 2021 be made.
05:10Sir, if the charge of the Federation or the Association
05:14will be with one person for 20-20 years,
05:18then what can be expected of improvement there?
05:21And there must be a reason
05:22why these people are on such seats.
05:24So why is there no voice on this?
05:26And as far as hockey is concerned,
05:28we make fun of it,
05:30calling it a national sport.
05:32In India, they have given all sports the same status
05:35and there is a complete focus
05:37on how to groom them.
05:39And the interest of the people is obvious.
05:41When the team wins and performs well,
05:42they remember the names of the players.
05:44Why do we remember your name?
05:45We remember the names of other players
05:47and we don't know the name of the current team
05:48or the name of the captain.
05:49There is a reason for that.
05:53You are absolutely right.
05:54The new players who have come to this Olympics,
05:58the Federation has prepared them
06:00that after this,
06:01their professional career will begin.
06:03If they beat the world record here,
06:06come to the second number
06:07or win the bronze medal,
06:08then their overall next period
06:11will continue till the Olympics,
06:12but it will be their professional career
06:14in which they will earn millions, billions of dollars.
06:16So this is just a grooming.
06:17People have to be told.
06:18We don't have grooming.
06:19You can see that any player,
06:22I am talking about the Pakistan hockey team.
06:24The reason why the Pakistan hockey team comes
06:26is that they are in the Pakistan hockey team
06:28and go out and play league.
06:30They don't want to get anything else.
06:32They want to earn 20 lakh rupees
06:34and go home in the morning.
06:35The government should think in this line.
06:38Najeeb, I will come to you again.
06:40What should we understand?
06:42You yourself have told us the numbers
06:44of the population of New Zealand,
06:46how many athletes are there,
06:47so our focus is not here.
06:49Our priority is not sports.
06:51Now leave aside those sports,
06:53like hockey, cricket,
06:55our swimmers,
06:56the individual sports,
06:58don't we have talent?
07:00Or to hunt talent,
07:02there is no event,
07:04it cannot be polished.
07:06Facilities come much later.
07:08So if we don't bring these people up,
07:10then what will they perform further?
07:12What do you say about this?
07:14What is wrong with the system?
07:16Pakistan is a country of raw talent.
07:18The talent you have,
07:19you go ahead and showcase it.
07:21You don't have a nursery
07:22for their improvement,
07:24to give them facilities.
07:26The example I gave you,
07:28what is the situation in a happy country,
07:30there they are basically
07:32protected,
07:34that they don't have issues
07:36like food, earning,
07:38running a house.
07:40First of all, when you have peace,
07:42financially,
07:44only then can you excel at a game.
07:46Your focus will be on that.
07:48There is no money here for food.
07:50What Sami Bhai was saying,
07:52what a great
07:54hockey career he has had.
07:56Now tell me,
07:58the boys who are playing now,
08:00their biggest tension is money.
08:02They don't get their dailies
08:04for a long time.
08:06They don't get paid
08:08for 6 months.
08:10How can they focus on the game?
08:12So the first thing is,
08:14that you give an athlete,
08:16a player, a sportsman.
08:18That's why he is saying,
08:20that after the players come,
08:22they go and play in the leagues.
08:24This is an alimia.
08:26Tell me one thing,
08:28this seems like a joke to me.
08:30I think this is a problem
08:32with our nation,
08:34that we are not happy in any way.
08:36Let's say that our hockey team
08:38doesn't have money,
08:40and you said that
08:42if there is financial stability,
08:44then they will excel in their career
08:46and think for the country.
08:48Take the example of cricket,
08:50how much money they are getting
08:52from sports, from commercials,
08:54from cricket board.
08:56But after that,
08:58what is their performance?
09:00They are not hungry anymore,
09:02they don't even want to play.
09:04This is apples and oranges.
09:06You cannot compare this.
09:08The problem there is
09:10because of their structure.
09:12There is a player power,
09:14there is a group,
09:16and you are not able to
09:18give money to the athlete.
09:20Let me give this example
09:22for India.
09:24There is no money in Indian cricket
09:26and they are delivering.
09:28Because their board is strong,
09:30they have a structure.
09:32There is no structure in PCB.
09:34I think from politics to sports,
09:36it is the same everywhere.
09:38Everyone is excelling there,
09:40but not here.
09:42What should be done
09:44so that we also present
09:46the same example.
09:48We have not won any medal
09:50since 1992.
09:52We have won 10 medals,
09:548 of which in hockey.
09:56How can we excel in other sports?
09:58We are all saying
10:00that there is a possibility.
10:02Good people should come
10:04and empower the Pakistan sports board.
10:06There should be facilities in Peshawar.
10:08There should be facilities in Sindh.
10:10There should be facilities in Karachi coaching center.
10:12We are saying that
10:14I don't want this, I don't want that.
10:16These are things for later.
10:18If you have national talent,
10:20you are going to international competitions,
10:22you know that
10:24you have seen
10:26from various programs
10:28what the number one player is doing,
10:30what the number two player is doing.
10:32We just have to tell the players
10:34that you don't have to cry
10:36that I don't have a job,
10:38I don't have this, I don't have that.
10:40First, excel.
10:42And tell the government
10:44to give us 50 crores.
10:46Why should the government give 50 crores?
10:48First bring it in six,
10:50then divide it by 100 crores.
10:52We will also say that we should give.
10:54No one does this plan,
10:56no one knows.
10:58The Pakistan sports board has returned
11:00360 million to the government of Pakistan.
11:02The hockey federation,
11:04football federation,
11:06athletics, badminton, table tennis.
11:08The federation has given this program
11:10The next 26 Olympics will be
11:12the young players under 18, 19
11:14in Australia, Canada, Russia,
11:16America, China.
11:18They will be groomed from now on
11:20that this man
11:22has to beat him
11:24by 10 seconds.
11:26He has to go less than 10.
11:28So when the next Olympics comes,
11:30he will be 9.5.
11:32These things are going to be done
11:34and it is not at all difficult to do this.
11:36We have to work on the level.
11:38We try to go out of the team,
11:40people go out.
11:42There is no use of that.
11:44Spend it on players,
11:46spend it on a grooming center,
11:48put a good coach and a good manager
11:50so that sports can be better in Pakistan.
11:52Thank you so much.