Why do Subcontinentals suck as Sports?

Roybot said:

And you are basing this on?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_records_in_athletics#Men

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I see a great deal of Punjabi names on their dude.

Syama Ayas said:

You serious? Considering how dreaded the Sri Lankan cricket team was once?

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Cricket isn't known for its top end athleticism.

waz said:

I see a great deal of Punjabi names on their dude.

Cricket isn't known for its top end athleticism.

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Bro not every Singh is Punjabi. There are more non Punjabi Singhs than there are Punjabi Singhs.

5 Fastest sprinters from India, all from the South.

http://www.sportskeeda.com/slideshow/5-fastest-runners-in-india?imgid=53796

Look at the last national games tally for example,



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_National_Games_of_India_medal_table

Roybot said:

Bro not every Singh is Punjabi. There are more non Punjabi Singhs than there are Punjabi Singhs.

5 Fastest sprinters from India, all from the South.

http://www.sportskeeda.com/slideshow/5-fastest-runners-in-india?imgid=53796

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Fair enough bhai I thought the Singhs would also be Rajput and Jatt?
Thanks for the link I didn't know that.

Roybot said:

And you are basing this on?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_records_in_athletics#Men

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I see several people from kerala

Wonder if it has something to do with communist Govt influence?

waz said:

Fair enough bhai I thought the Singhs would also be Rajput and Jatt?
Thanks for the link I didn't know that.

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Singh is a very common surname in India, not limited to Rajput, Sikhs and Jatts. You ll find Singhs in all northern, eastern and central Indian states, from Jammu all the way to Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, heck there are some Singhs in the north east as well.

Syama Ayas said:

I see several people from kerala

Wonder if it has something to do with communist Govt influence?

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I think at the end it comes down to resources and diet. If you look at the national games tally, the states that top the list either have a good balanced protein rich diet, or are relatively well off or both.

I don't think India's lackluster performance in sports has anything to do with genetics. If you eat well, and you train hard enough you ll succeed, and with a pool of 1.3 Billion, finding genetically blessed athletes isn't that hard.

waz said:

South Asia is very varied racially and genetically. The further South you go, the less athletic people are, the further North you go, you have folks who can compete with any race in the world.
Much of it is mindset. South Asians frown upon the whole pursing sports thing, unless it is bloody cricket.
You also have diet etc.
But look, Western and other developed states will always dominate due to having the ability to finance sport.

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Hmmm.. Mate as mentioned before the only two sprint medals in Olympics ever to win by any South Asians are two Sri Lankans, Sri Lankan Rugby team is ranked 4th in Asia and 36th in the world out of 130 behind Japan and Hong Kong (HK being completely British expat laden side) and Korea.. In the 7's they are one better being the 3rd ranked side

And this is one of the most toughest contact sports out there

Yes they maybe the exception and cannot even compare with other countries outside the region but still dont agree on North South divide in athleticism, Sri Lanka is as south as you can get.. South Asian as a whole are shyt at sports

Also if you take only South Asia as a measurement Sri Lanka ranks only behind India in medals at South Asian games, To put that in context is like population less than the city of Karachi, with 24 mil competing against India 1.3 bil, Pakistan 182 mil, Bangladesh 156 mil.. Sri Lanka whole population is 21 mil and still manages to be 2nd overall

Indika said:

Well can you say the same thing about chinese or japanese. As I said forget about athletics are we better in other areas? We dont need to in the top but being nowhere is utter systemic failure.


Two different things dear, following dharma doesnt mean you shouldnt excel. Quite often we underestimate western society though for all its faults they still have better principles & values than us.

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Since when do Chinese or Japenese win swimming and athletic medals? They may be better than South Asians but still nowhere near the (Nordid) European or (Congoid) African.
Of course in gymnastics and other sports they have improved with money etc, but I still do not think that they will be the "top dog" due to genes (unless of course they engage in genetic engineering).

Tea addict said:

You have to look at the best region in the sports in the entire south asia and why they are better than the rest - HARYANA.
and you will get your answer.

2016 south Asian games.. although you are right this negative mindset of the OP is not good.

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put South Asia Games with Asean games and everynody will know the end results

madokafc said:

put South Asia Games with Asean games and everynody will know the end results

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Actually South East Asians are the same if not worse.. Apart from some Badminton players or a rare boxer and a swimmer there is nothing much better

Gibbs said:

Actually South East Asians are the same if not worse.. Apart from some Badminton players or a rare boxer and a swimmer there is nothing much better

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you can try, South East Asean compete in the same niche as East Asian in some particular world sport and we are doing good actually in lifting, gymnastics, team sport and other.

and shooting, archery and some martial arts

madokafc said:

you can try, South East Asean compete in the same niche as East Asian in some particular world sport and we are doing good actually in lifting, gymnastics, team sport and other.

and shooting, archery and some martial arts

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Just go through world rankings mate, Apart from Badminton and a few other individuals nothing much to talk about.. Certainly not in team sports