Individual brilliance shine from beginning to end in record-breaking medal hauls at Common wealth and Asian Games while the iconic Sachin Tendulkar raised the bar further on the cricket field in what twisted out to be a golden year for Indian sports.There were moments of pure ecstasy when the country's athletes notched up 101 medals (including 38 gold) in the Common wealth Games here and 64 (14 gold) in the Asian Games in Guangzhou.It was the best ever medal haul in both events for a nation which hardly looks beyond cricket on its sporting calendar.
Speaking of India's unofficial national sport, cricket, there were cherishable moments all through 2010 and Tendulkar provided two of the biggest ones by correctly becoming the first batsman to pull off a double century in one-dayers at the beginning of the year before signing off with another first of recording 50 Test hundreds.But for a change, cricket and Tendulkar did not matter for at least 14 days in October as India hosted its largest sporting event after the 1982 Asian Games.
The 19th Common wealth Games were supposed to showcase India as the next big sporting destination but left fans with mixed feelings after a botched build-up but a historic medal haul.The athletes were without a doubt on an unparalleled high at the event in front of home fans but the administrators touched a nadir when they made the country a subject of international mockery with preparations so careless that it seemed that top participating nations would give the Games a miss.
Speaking of India's unofficial national sport, cricket, there were cherishable moments all through 2010 and Tendulkar provided two of the biggest ones by correctly becoming the first batsman to pull off a double century in one-dayers at the beginning of the year before signing off with another first of recording 50 Test hundreds.But for a change, cricket and Tendulkar did not matter for at least 14 days in October as India hosted its largest sporting event after the 1982 Asian Games.
The 19th Common wealth Games were supposed to showcase India as the next big sporting destination but left fans with mixed feelings after a botched build-up but a historic medal haul.The athletes were without a doubt on an unparalleled high at the event in front of home fans but the administrators touched a nadir when they made the country a subject of international mockery with preparations so careless that it seemed that top participating nations would give the Games a miss.
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