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India's Olympics performance & way forward

 As Paris Olympics is over, I want a few changes which can better our chances in the upcoming Olympics. 1. Transition from Junior to Senior - Only a small amount of our Junior World medalists can develop into Senior medal contender Exm - Jeremy Lalrinnunga is Youth World Record Holder, so are Rizki Juniansyah🇮🇩 & Karlos Nasar🇧🇬. Latter won Golds in Paris OG, whereas Jeremy is yet to break PB for the past 4.5 years. Komalika Bari could be another example as she became 2 time age-group Archery World Champion but whom she has beaten (Sonoda Waka🇯🇵 / Elia Cañales🇪🇸) has more achievements than her recently. 2. Underperformance at crucial moments - Indian athletes played a total of 5 Bronze medal matches in Paris OG but won 2 (Men's Hockey & Aman in Men's 57kg FS) but lost 3 (Skeet Mixed, Archery Mixed & Badminton MS) - this aspect should be improved in future Handling the pressure in key situations is one aspect I want Indian athletes to improve. 3. Focus on qual