Gold at last!!

Today is a special day. Today India won an individual gold in Olympics for the first time in it's history. The gold was won by Abhinav Bindra in 10m shooting. The way the Indian contingent was performing I was heartbroken, I thought that this will be a worse Olympics than the last one also. But at least there is something to cheer about now!!
The events leading up to my becoming aware that we have won a gold were funny. I was on my laptop when one of my friend messaged me that we have won a gold after 28 years. At first I thought it was a joke and didn't reply immediately, but to be sure I switched on the T.V. And there it was as breaking news, a happy turn of events.
How I wish we can win more medals at the Olympics, but for that sports infrastructure has to be developed and the politics and gross mal-administration in our sports federations should end. And the win was ironic in the sense that on the same day in the most hyped sport of the country- cricket-India lost meekly to Sri-Lanka. Cricket infrastructure is possibly the best among all other sports in our country, but results are the most inconsistent by far, they always flatter to deceive.
We live in hope for that day when India will become a sports powerhouse too!!