So near and yet so far...
  8/12/2008 5:29:44 PM

Twenty-one Olympics, 104 years and seventeen medals – this has been India’s journey in the sports mega event. A country of over a billion population has not faired well in this sports extravaganza. India has won eight golds, three silvers and six bronze medals with maximum medals coming from our national game hockey.

But their were few moments in the Olympic history when Indian athletes fumbled at the last hurdle and the medals slipped away from them. India still rues those moments but what made it all the more painful was the fact that our best athletes let them down. Despite all heroic efforts, hopes were dashed.

Here is a tour down the memory lane...