Arshad Nadeem beats Neeraj Chopra in Olympic - Indian Sports Journalist Vikrant Gupta's Reaction

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00:00Let's talk about Vikrant. Thank you for taking out the time.

00:04Wherever we talk about Arshad Adeem, we also talk about Neeraj Chopra.

00:08His friendship, his camaraderie and a healthy competition.

00:12I think a separate chapter should be written on this in the sporting history.

00:17Why is this rivalry different, Vikrant?

00:20Because in cricket, we see that passion and body language change.

00:24Sensible people change their attitude.

00:30But when we saw Neeraj and Arshad performing together,

00:34the level of healthy competition we are seeing,

00:37why does this rivalry seem different to us?

00:40Thank you very much, Maya and Usman.

00:44We see this rivalry because it is healthy and competitive.

00:49Because this rivalry has started.

00:51Even in cricket, off the field, everyone is a friend.

00:55Usman has covered a lot of tournaments.

00:57He would also know.

00:58In the evening, he used to eat with India-Pakistan players.

01:03But what happens in the field is the passion of the spectators.

01:06The way your crowd shouts, you don't want to lose.

01:10So I think that thing will come in javelin.

01:13Even that day, when this final was going on,

01:16I was seeing that Arshad's focus was on Neeraj.

01:20And Neeraj's focus was on Arshad.

01:23But at that time, they were not saying that the other was better than them.

01:27So there is friendship.

01:29But I think that there is a symbol of a sporting country.

01:32That friendship, I won't call it rivalry,

01:36but it should be taken in that competitive spirit.

01:38And like you said about Arshad,

01:40that he came without a system.

01:42I was listening to his story, reading it.

01:45I am still shocked.

01:47Look at his background.

01:49What is sport?

01:51Sport is typically played by the middle class or the poor in India, Pakistan, and Asia.

01:56Because the rich can't play cricket or any other sport in the Mercedes.

02:01The kids go and leave it.

02:03So there is a hunger in the poor.

02:05There is a hunger in the middle class.

02:07Then they compromise on studies.

02:09They say, play all my life.

02:11But I am surprised that Arshad Nateen,

02:13It's not like he came from somewhere at night and won the Olympics.

02:16He scored 92.97 on that night.

02:19That was the difference between the sky and the ground.

02:22In the gold medal, the distance of 3-4 meters was that of the ground and the sky.

02:29So I was a little surprised to read that in Pakistan,

02:32the system is still not supporting him in that way.

02:35In the coming time, you will see that his rivalry will be cut through.

02:38Arshad Nateen will win one day.

02:40He will win one day.

02:41Maybe the next day, Neeraj Chopra will win one day.

02:44But happiness, I think, happened in Pakistan when Neeraj Chopra got gold.

02:49And genuinely, I saw, people were very happy.

02:51Neeraj Chopra also got respect.

02:54And if Arshad Nateen wins today,

02:56then there will be a little sadness in India.

02:58It happens when it comes the second time that gold is out of hand.

03:01But the silver medal, and I think,

03:03who are you and Maria who are going to talk, Usman?

03:06They are the parents of these two who said the best.

03:10Nadeem's parents said that he is my son.

03:15The silver medal is also of my son.

03:17Neeraj Chopra's mother also said that the one who won gold is also my son.

03:23I don't think there can be a bigger thing than this.

03:25We talk a lot.

03:26The Indian game unites.

03:27There is diplomacy.

03:28But let me tell you something.

03:30All that is hypocrisy.

03:31We do all that for the sake of talking.

03:33The real thing is that the parents of these two did it.

03:38One more thing.

03:39Because it is common in Pakistan and India that we are a cricketing nation.

03:42And, Usman, we have seen that people get up at 3 in the morning for cricket.

03:46They can sit at 1.30 in the night.

03:47This is the first time that people were sitting in an area of about 1.25 billion

03:52and watching a Javelin match till late at night.

03:55Obviously, this is also a healthy indicator.

03:59But the money we invest in cricket,

04:02we don't invest that much money in other games because there is no return.

04:06You have to invest a lot of money in it.

04:08Its return has to come after a long time.

04:10Do you think that we are going in that direction

04:13that maybe other sports will start getting a little lift now, Usman?

04:19I hope so.

04:21The world is based on hope.

04:22You know that I died.

04:24The hope will be that now people…

04:26We say that money is so expensive.

04:28And when we compare it with cricket,

04:31cricket is not giving anyone the right to take money.

04:34The money that comes in cricket, it comes from cricket itself.

04:36The government does not run the money of cricket PCB.

04:40It does not run on the taxpayer's money.

04:42Cricket PCB makes its own money and invests that money in cricket.

04:46So, it is not giving anyone the right.

04:48What we say that money does not come in other sports,

04:51that is a problem of federations.

04:54The institutions in Pakistan, the way they run,

04:57you also know how many problems there are,

04:59how many institutions in Pakistan,

05:01whether it is the Olympic Federation,

05:02Football Federation, Athletics Federation,

05:04there are fights going on in all of them,

05:05there is a separate body.

05:07The money comes from the corporate sector.

05:09On this, I will specifically point out that

05:12the corporate sector, for the last 40 years,

05:16at least since the 70s,

05:17they have only seen their money,

05:19that we will invest in cricket.

05:20Obviously, there are eyeballs in cricket.

05:22You have been successful, you have been stars.

05:24But if someone wants to take the lead,

05:27if someone wants to invest,

05:29then that money should also come from the corporate sector.

05:31And obviously, you know, today,

05:34yesterday, the day before yesterday,

05:36everyone has come out,

05:38that we had also given this money,

05:39we had also given that money.

05:40I have seen a few documents today,

05:42the government is providing so much money to Arshad Nadeem.

05:45The government has given Arshad Nadeem,

05:47in this day and age,

05:48in the last 5 years,

05:49almost 40 lakh rupees every year.

05:51That's including his medical expenses.

05:54He has had 2-3 surgeries.

05:5540 lakh is nothing.

05:56As you and I know,

05:57to make a world-class athlete,

06:0040 lakh does not go anywhere.

06:02It does not go anywhere.

06:03And in the 2 years of the pandemic,

06:05the Covid pandemic,

06:06he did not get any money.

06:07So now, I know,

06:08a lot of people want to claim credit.

06:10Yesterday, the Prime Minister's video came out,

06:13that your vision is yours.

06:14No.

06:15This is only and only Arshad Nadeem,

06:18his coach,

06:19his family's vision.

06:20No one else's vision.

06:21The hard work is only and only his.

06:23Celebrate the little money you have given.

06:26This is your duty.

06:28As a federation,

06:29it is your duty

06:30to give money to your athletes

06:32and give them financial security.

06:33You are not doing anything big by giving them money.

06:36So, corporate sector,

06:37federations,

06:38it is their responsibility

06:41to start investing money.

06:43Invest properly.

06:44Do not invest in fights.

06:46Do not lose your money in corruption.

06:50Invest properly.

06:52And from there,

06:53your athletes will be created.

06:54Vikrant,

06:55are the conditions in India better than this?

06:57Because,

06:58all the stages of Neeraj Chopra's training,

07:01we told our viewers.

07:03The system is a little better.

07:05The machinery is a little well-oiled.

07:07But, obviously,

07:08you are a majorly cricketing nation.

07:10In the Olympics,

07:11we see that the volume,

07:12according to that,

07:13medals of Pakistan do not come.

07:15But, India's focus is on cricket.

07:18Do you think that

07:19the time for alternate sports,

07:20especially athletics,

07:21is coming?

07:25The time has come.

07:26Maria,

07:27I think it is a little better.

07:28I think it is much better.

07:29Okay.

07:30With due apology,

07:31I think in India,

07:32in terms of money,

07:33cricket was there.

07:35In one era,

07:36hockey and cricket were two.

07:37Cricket has gone very far.

07:38There is no comparison with cricket.

07:40But,

07:41in Olympic sports,

07:42money is spent.

07:43And, in fact,

07:44a system is in place.

07:47I come from that generation,

07:48Maria,

07:49where in 1980,

07:50India won the Olympic gold for the last time,

07:53in Moscow.

07:54You may not remember the Moscow Olympics,

07:56because it took place in the Soviet Union.

07:59And, the US bloc boycotted it,

08:01including Pakistan.

08:02Hockey,

08:03it is said,

08:04was won by India

08:05in six teams.

08:06And, India won the gold.

08:07I come from that generation,

08:08where I saw Pakistan winning gold

08:10in 1984,

08:11in Los Angeles,

08:12in not a single medal of India.

08:15In 1988,

08:16I did not see a single medal.

08:17In 1992,

08:18I did not see a single medal.

08:19In 1996,

08:20we won a medal in tennis.

08:21And, after that,

08:22one by one.

08:23But, when Beijing won three medals in 2008,

08:25and six in London,

08:26we thought,

08:27is India really trying to become a sporting nation?

08:30I always tell people here,

08:31don't rest on cricket versus.

08:33It is oranges versus lemons.

08:36Leave cricket aside,

08:37and focus on other sports.

08:38And, money is spent.

08:39It is a system.

08:40In badminton,

08:41India was excellent.

08:42Wrestling,

08:43shooting,

08:44so much so,

08:45that,

08:46today,

08:47India,

08:48in the Olympics,

08:49has won five medals.

08:51Maybe,

08:52our wrestler is losing today.

08:54Maybe,

08:56India has won six medals.

08:58It could be seven.

08:59We are saying this on six.

09:01I am very proud of that.

09:03Today,

09:04we are saying,

09:05it was not fun.

09:06Last time,

09:07we were seven.

09:08We had a goal.

09:09This time,

09:10we underperformed.

09:11I come from that generation,

09:13where we waited 16 years for a medal.

09:16Today,

09:17India has won six medals.

09:18We are saying,

09:19it was not fun.

09:21You must have heard about Prakash Padukone.

09:24Many people know him.

09:25He is Deepika Padukone's father.

09:27He was a world champion,

09:29and an all-England badminton champion.

09:31When Lakshya Sen lost,

09:34he said,

09:35the athletes have to realize,

09:37everything is given to them.

09:39The system is in place.

09:41Stop celebrating the fourth place.

09:44Let me tell you in the language of cricket,

09:47there was a time,

09:48in the mid-90s,

09:49I was a journalist.

09:51I interviewed Viv Richards.

09:53I asked her,

09:54what is the problem with West Indies cricket?

09:57She said,

09:58there is no problem.

09:59The problem is,

10:00we are rewarding mediocrity.

10:02The day you reward mediocrity,

10:04mediocrity will become your tool.

10:06People will no longer be mediocre.

10:07Very well said.

10:08I believe,

10:09if we keep calling the fourth place,

10:11Molly Caudling,

10:12well done,

10:13Gil Jeeta,

10:14you cannot become the 14th nation.

10:16Very interesting.

10:17You have told us about your evolution,

10:20how India started gaining the top positions.

10:24Thank you, Usman Samyuddin.

10:26Thank you, Vikrant Gupta.

Arshad Nadeem beats Neeraj Chopra in Olympic - Indian Sports Journalist Vikrant Gupta's Reaction

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