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What is common to Vijender Singh and Saina Nehwal apart from the worldwide accolades that they have through their respective sporting disciplines?
Both of them hail form Haryana, India's numero uno State when it comes to churning out sporting heroes from all kinds of disciplines. The trend has been going on for some time and looks sure to continue.
According to a recent study on Sports Performance Assessment of Indian States, Haryana occupies the Number 1 slot in promoting sports in India on account of its strong national and international performances, dominated by Boxing and Wrestling. It also scored points on being a model State in terms of talent identification, policy and incentives. Punjab and Maharashtra were the runners up in that order while Madhya Pradesh came tenth. Delhi was a lowly eighth.
In a first of its kind study conducted by Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Winning Matters, a sports consultancy, promoted by an Olympian, a unique system called Sports Performance Index (SPI) has been developed to rank the states.
In the sporting world, profit and loss are measured by medals won and hence in the first year, the research, based on secondary data, focused on a State's contribution in terms of medals won at major national and international events between 2008-11 with a focus on the big multisport events (Olympic, Commonwealth, Asian and National Games) across 17 individual sports that contribute 85 percent of the medals at the Olympic Games.
Even though Manipur topped the National Games medal tally in 2011 (including all sports and excluding Services) it dropped to No 5 in the SPI ranking on account of lesser medals won in the chosen 17 Olympic sports.
According to the study, most Indian States lose their top sporting talent to the Public Sector companies and hence have little international medal winning performances to their credit. The States will have to find ways to retain their top talent with the right incentives and support systems.
All States need to contribute a lot more through international performances. This is highlighted by the fact that even Haryana, which finished on top, has an International SPI score less than its National.
While Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling influenced the score based on international performances., Athletics and Swimming got influence on the number of medals at the national and international events.
Both of them hail form Haryana, India's numero uno State when it comes to churning out sporting heroes from all kinds of disciplines. The trend has been going on for some time and looks sure to continue.
According to a recent study on Sports Performance Assessment of Indian States, Haryana occupies the Number 1 slot in promoting sports in India on account of its strong national and international performances, dominated by Boxing and Wrestling. It also scored points on being a model State in terms of talent identification, policy and incentives. Punjab and Maharashtra were the runners up in that order while Madhya Pradesh came tenth. Delhi was a lowly eighth.
In a first of its kind study conducted by Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Winning Matters, a sports consultancy, promoted by an Olympian, a unique system called Sports Performance Index (SPI) has been developed to rank the states.
In the sporting world, profit and loss are measured by medals won and hence in the first year, the research, based on secondary data, focused on a State's contribution in terms of medals won at major national and international events between 2008-11 with a focus on the big multisport events (Olympic, Commonwealth, Asian and National Games) across 17 individual sports that contribute 85 percent of the medals at the Olympic Games.
Even though Manipur topped the National Games medal tally in 2011 (including all sports and excluding Services) it dropped to No 5 in the SPI ranking on account of lesser medals won in the chosen 17 Olympic sports.
According to the study, most Indian States lose their top sporting talent to the Public Sector companies and hence have little international medal winning performances to their credit. The States will have to find ways to retain their top talent with the right incentives and support systems.
All States need to contribute a lot more through international performances. This is highlighted by the fact that even Haryana, which finished on top, has an International SPI score less than its National.
While Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling influenced the score based on international performances., Athletics and Swimming got influence on the number of medals at the national and international events.
