On a daily basis we hear about lot of Not for profit
organizations starting and shutting shops. In fact the number of these
organizations is so big in a developing country like India that we seldom care.
However there is one such Not for profit organization about which all of us
sports lovers should know. It is the Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/index.php
Started in the year 2001 the sole aim of this organization
is to help Indian Athletes win Olympic Gold Medals.
Over the year so many Olympic Events have been held but the
tally of medals won by our boys and girls has been abysmal and many including
us at Sportzmap believe that the onus for winning Olympic medals lies on the
athletes as well as the society in which they live because it is an event which
displays the sports culture of a country.
Through various schemes and development agendas the state as
well as the central govts has been trying to motivate players so that they
excel in their chosen sports however all of us know those efforts be it in
terms of financial aid or equipments don’t land up in their desired
destination. This makes the role of an organization like the OGQ more
important.
OGQ aims to complement the efforts of the various govt
agencies in identifying and funding the best and most deserving prospects for
Olympic medals. OGQ brings together eminent personalities from sports as well
as other sectors to create a system of funding and promoting the best sporting
talent. As of now they are focused on eight individual disciplines viz.
Shooting Athletics, Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Swimming, Table-Tennis and
Badminton as the ones in which the Indian Athlets have the strongest potential
to win Olympic medals.
It was founded by sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash
Padukone and they were first tested during the 2012 London Olympics where four
out of 6 Indian Olympic medal winners were supported by OGQ. The board of OGQ
boasts of lot of legends like Leander Paes and Vishwanathan Anand, both of whom
joined in the year 2010. The current CEO of OGQ is Viren Rasquinha, former
India Hockey captain who after retiring from the sports got a management degree
from the prestigious Indian School of
Business, Hyderabad.
The team at OGQ is highly motivated and looking at their personal
achievements we can be rest assured that the athletes selected by OGQ will be in
good hands. However these few people no matter their stature cannot accomplish
the task they have taken up without the general public support.
Support is not only required in terms of finance however
also in the form of recognition and love. All of us as a country should get
behind the team of OGQ as well as all other Olympians and encourage them to
achieve glory for the nation.
Hoping the billion stong nation takes notice and gets behind its athletes.
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