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Over 50
participants from across the country have been nominated for the course
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New Delhi(Agencies): India's
only individual Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Saturday stressed on
the importance of high-performance programmes for producing champions in a
"structured and accountable format".
"Champions have to be
built through systems and processes," said Bindra during the online launch
of high-performance leadership programme organised by ELMS Sports Foundation
and Abhinav Bindra Foundation.
"It requires a detailed
and relentless pursuit of greatness. At the end of the day, when every athlete
has been trained to the hilt, it is the small things that separate the good
from the excellent."
Talking about the
high-performance leadership programme, Bindra said it was an "initiative
linked at creating advocates and architects of high-performance sport in the
country, laying the groundwork for a robust Indian sport ecosystem that
continuously generates champions by design and not by chance”.
"High-performance sport
is simply attention to detail in recruiting, training, and creating champions
in a structured and accountable format," said the ace shooter.
Over 50 participants from
across the country have been nominated for this course, which will be attended
by leaders from the SAI, state governments, national sport federations and
private sector enterprises.
"High performance has
been a possibility not just because of great athletes and coaches but also due
to sports leaders. These leaders not only created an athlete-centric approach
but also executed plans with perfection," said Bindra.
"...we need to innovate
to meet the evolution of Indian sport and take it to a higher level of
performance and success. This is only possible if work is done to empower
institutions and people involved in influencing the way sport is developing in
India."
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju,
DG, Sports Authority of India (SAI) Sandip Pradhan, ELMS Foundation's promoter
Vita Dani, and celebrated Indian badminton coach Pullela Gopichand were also
part of the launch programme.
Rijiju said: "We just
want medals and results but there is no collective national effort which can
yield results... How will we move forward until and unless we have a course
structured for athletes as well as administrators?"
Talking about the significance
of the programme, co-promoter of ELMS Foundation Vita Dani said: "This
programme aims to create high-performance sports administrators, who can lead
and create one of the world's best sports ecosystem in India.”
"It is our hope that
leaders passing out of this programme will become catalysts in India's journey
to becoming a global sporting power." PTI
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