Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- Experts have stressed the need for India to focus and develop world class players in water sports like canoeing and kayaking so as to end up with rich medal hauls in important events like Olympics and Asian Games.
"Canoeing itself has 16 medals in Olympics and Asian Games, similarly kayaking also has multiple medals. A country like Hungary with a population of about 10 million does well in Olympics mainly because of these two sports. So if India excels in these two sports we can strike a rich haul of medals at prestigious tournaments," former Indian kayaking international Bijender Singh, who is here in connection with the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival (KIWSF), said in an exclusive chat with UNI.
Bijender...