Chess Olympiad gold medal winner Tania Sachdev on need by the Government to support athletes in Delhi, It’s very difficult as an athlete when you dedicate so much and it goes unrecognised. How can you promote the sporting culture of your state if you can’t celebrate the achievements of your own players. I hope that changes in the future as it's been a difficult journey for me and that is the reason why you get more athletes from a particular state.
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00:00It was very difficult what happened in 22 because even though it was a historic bronze for the Indian women team
00:05We had not won a medal at the Chess Olympics until then
00:08For us, you know, we lost the last match
00:10We had been leading the tournament throughout and it felt like the gold was just sort of snatched from us at that last moment
00:17So that joy of celebrating the bronze was impossible to feel
00:22Because yeah, like I said, it wasn't that we won a bronze. We lost a gold
00:26Getting back into the team in 24, you know, I I felt it was my 8th Chess Olympic
00:32I don't know if I'll be in the team next time and for me getting into the team this time
00:37I just felt like I had sort of made peace with myself that perhaps Chennai was where it was at for me
00:42You know, I might not play another Olympic and bronze he likha tha
00:45But when I got into the team, I just thought ki jo bhi hai
00:48Ja kar khelna hai to give to give our best and I think I had it
00:53I had this feeling that there's a reason why this has happened, you know
00:56It's been a long journey and what happened in 22, it's time to settle the score
00:59I think that's one of the probably the best
01:03Part about about being a sports person being an athlete
01:07Is that you know, you get to do what you love you get to dedicate your life
01:12to the work in a profession that you love and along the way perhaps inspire and
01:18Let others also dream and follow their own passions and believe in themselves
01:21So I think if you're able to
01:25Able to do that for a younger generation
01:26It's it's the best thing about sport and I and I hope that you know from my city as well
01:31We can have many many more girls come forward and play. I think it's very difficult
01:36You know when as an athlete you dedicate so much of your time the efforts if they don't if they go unrecognized
01:44It's very difficult
01:45And how are you going to promote a sporting culture in a state if you can't celebrate the achievements of your own players?
01:51I hope that changes in the future. It's been a difficult journey for me throughout
01:57You know and that that's the reason why we see so many athletes come out from certain states more than others. It's because
02:04It's also the vision of sports right because with sports
02:07It's not just about becoming a professional player and bringing laurels to the country or your city
02:11It's what sports teaches us as well
02:13Imagine a youth young boys and girls being bought up on the values of sports learning discipline learning accountability responsibility for your action
02:21Learning so many things. How are you going to it? How are you going to truly inspire them to do that?
02:27If you don't recognize the efforts of those who've gone on to do it and achieve for the country