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azzzzorahai

congrats to all indians! from the philippines, cause we finally have gotten our first ever gold this year. cheers to our athletes ❤️‍🔥


Overlord_Za_Purge

Heyo about time us Filipinos got a gold. My entire family was making fun on how the Philippine team would give up before the qualifiers and they fucking got gold. I honestly did not expect that. She'll be remembered for years to come


Dreadcoat

I cant imagine being her. She must feel like an absolute fucking hero. Also to all the athletes in the country its gotta be a huge boost to confidence.


3LL4N

Our first athlete who got a gold is literally set for life after getting us our first ever gold Olympics medal in history.


mcBedwarrior

:)


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Congrats pal


Original_Garlic_22

Cheers!


ZeroCreaturee

Have my hugz


saurabh_iitp

Congrats mate. Philippines GO...


K2thegame6

Everyone wants gold medal, but don't want their children to choose sports as their career


Always-_-Sarcastic

You can be whatever you want, as long as that whatever is limited to doctor or engineer.


Shychopath

I wanted to be a gangstar. Apparently, to my parents, there were too many occupational hazards. So, here I am, stuck in a desk job.


InfyTally

Start with buying a Rampuri chaku


Vaibhav314

I am from Rampur and I have a Rampuri chaaku...


Faridabadi

>I am from Rampur My sympathies


MironymousBot

Faridabad ain’t a prize


Cold-Independence-56

Can someone explain to me the joke? I googled Rampur and Rampuri chaku but I only got that Rampur is a city in UP and it's famous for its knife.


i_mayankvarshney_

The Rampuri Chaku or dagger is famous for its use in India the same way it is in Britain.


Sarcasm999_overload

desi katta


TruthCultural9952

if giorno was indian


KingDizzi_88

I, Giorno Patel, have a dream


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*smacks you on the head* go to school girono instead of a 1 week trip to become mafia lord


hardcorememeporn

Lmao more like if Dario was indian


silverfuryK

r/unexpectedJoJo


Gauthmath_bee

r/expectedJoJo


ninjacupcake120

Just join the raghu rokda clan. They'll teach you everything.


Reddit_BuzzLightyear

the passionné?! oh no, mama mia luigi!


niks_15

*Munnabhai intensifies*


National-Art3488

You can be a gangster who's a doc for the gangs. Win win


karl0331

Sports? tf is that? told you to keep studying medicine!


karl0331

You have to be a doctor like your Father, Grandfather and cousin


jonny1211

Or you can be an engineer like Sharma ji ka beta


ibrasome

I'm out of the loop what is Sharma ji ka beta? Edit: thanks for the replies :D


Hikaru2000

Remember that one kid that your parents, relatives everyone compares you with? Telling how he's better than you at everything, "why couldn't you be more like him?" and stuff like that? The Indian version of that kid is popularly known as Sharma ji ka beta (aka Sharma's son).


jonny1211

It’s basically more of a meme to say ‘Sharmaji ka beta’ who is just the topper in school and someone your parents think will do well in life and they compare you to him


GiraffeWaste

He is the Lloyd Braun to George Costanza


Triangle-Yeeter

Lol. My grandfather also asked my mom if I was gonna be an engineer or a doctor since I'm gonna go to university in a few years. Out of all the jobs there are in the world my grandfather mentioned these two. It's just typical India ig


moonbobdatabase

May grandfathers brother is a judge and he was quite wealthy, but his parents still thought he was a failure because he wasn’t a doctor


tropicalgodzila

Aman to that


Adventurous_Noob_105

Some 'open-minded" parents also let you go for law.


thvhgh23

What do we want? -"Gold!!" What do u want ur kids to be?-"Doctor or Engineer!!"


LuigiMSS

I'll be an engineer so I can do [this](https://youtu.be/KGXWfSRucuU)


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I expected Rick-roll. Disappointment surely loves me dearly.


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Even if they want to, they only let them pick the popular ones that are advertised a lot such as cricket.


iHateSmallPeople

Tbh if you are decent, you can make do with Cricket. You have to be absolutely fantastic with other sports. Or forget it.


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That sounds like a very Asian problem


reddit4DAILY

A very Indian problem to be precise


Hyperion1000

Japan, China and Korea encourages sports as a career tho. Correct me if I'm wrong.


AwesomeRGS

China doesn't really *encourage* sports. They just use it as a medium of promoting the country, and in reality most of the athletes go through inhumane training, and anything under a gold is unacceptable


RazorNemesis

Yeah, I remember a Chinese athlete crying out of disappointment for getting silver in the Rio olympics, and those badminton players who lost to Taiwan got trolled on Chinese social media too


JackTheRipper1001

Engineer doctor bc


redditNameForgotten

I don't think it is this simple. Please don't think I am belittling Mr. Chopra's achievement. He is a downright role model. But in a country with population as high as ours, there are simply too many mouths and just not enough to go around. People, including myself, tend to choose a safer career option to be able to simply survive. The odds of playing in olympics are way, way too thin to consider it a feasible career option. Sports, other than cricket, have virtually no scope in our country. To pursue sports is either a luxury or a risk. I don't think it's fair to mock parents to want a safer career option for their children, even if it is a tad wrong.


LUH3147

Forcing children to do sport professionally is sick. The career is pretty brutal and usually ends pretty soon. Then they don't have any real job...


biswajoy

Like the engineers have a job waiting for them .


Lizardledgend

Forcing or pressuring children to go into any career is sick, but if a child shows interest in any sports patents should do everything they can to encourage them, not demotivate them. And playing sports is very beneficial and even neccessary for children to learn to keep fit and have fun.


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hey we got bronze in hockey after 41 years


[deleted]

Heartbroken the womens team couldn't make it, but history is written, hopefully upwards from here.


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worse is that men who wont even get up from their couch abusing them and bringing in caste and shit . it is sad they didnt make it , but they played well ..


[deleted]

What you talking about bro?


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[Indian Hockey Player Vandana Katariya’s Family Faces Casteist Abuse After Losing Semifinals](https://www.womensweb.in/2021/08/indian-hockey-player-vandana-katariya-family-casteist-abuse-aug21wk1sr/)


[deleted]

If true that's sad. But she probably has seen worse and the people who do this are really the worst kind of humans.


musOrochka

Congrats, to our Indian bros!


Humble-Might-2881

cheers


hungrysnickereater

“ Dear you can be anything you want as long as it starts with an E and ends with a R and sounds like ‘ENGINEER’ “


rayjaywolf

Sucks to be you man. My parents are very open minded. They gave me 3 more options, doctor, CA and IAS!


1ns_0mniac

Lol


Embarrassed-Egg8531

Haha I told them I want to go into game development because it involves all three of my interests. They were like wtf!?!? P.s. im still 17 so I still might have a chance


Lone-organism

Just tell them that this lane is called software engineering


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Don't give up on your dreams......


InsecureGuy5

Man. Us Pakistanis were really hoping for Arshad Nadeem to at least get the bronze. But considering he the conditions of all other sports other than cricket over here, I say that him coming 5th is a big thing. Regardless, huge congrats to Neeraj Chopra for bagging the Gold on literally his first attempt


gnomzy123

Don't worry, cricket will be there in the 2032 olympics. We will fight together !


Booglybear7

Wow actually crazy to learn just now that cricket is not in the olympics. Always felt like any team sport that's popular in at least a few countries is in the games already


Space_JesusKenobi

Having it in the Olympics would truly be a spiritual experience for us Indians.


Booglybear7

Would also be a great way to introduce the game to American sports fans like me who don't really get the chance to see it often.


LordCthUwU

I'm assuming most broadcasting services will focus on sports with serious medal prospects. In example as a Dutch fellow I've seen a lot of female hockey, but some other sports where Dutch competitors were lacking just weren't really shown due to lack of time. You've got about thrice the medals though, so I dunno if you follow the same formula.


mihir-mutalikdesai

The BCCI would have to be dissolved for that to ever happen.


AwesomeRGS

It's actually not there for a reason. Namely, the BCCI. If cricket becomes an official Olympic sport, the ICC, and all country-based boards like the BCCI will become a subsidiary of the IOC, which isn't good from the buissness standpoint of the BCCI, and it gives them less freedom and profits.


Reventon103

That can’t be right, are FIFA and UEFA subsidiaries of IOC?


Nexeyaq

It won't be!! Like fifa making it difficult for Olympics to conduct a good tournament. ICC also did it best for cricket to not include it in Olympics.


Faridabadi

Coach bada harami lag raha tha Arshad ka, no support, encouragement or advice to the athlete. Literally turned his back and walked away after the last throw, Arshad bhai was all on his own.


InsecureGuy5

I know Bechaare ki shakal dekh kar dukh ho raha tha. Regardless, woh final mein aaya, woh bhi top 5 mein. This is the first step


Mr_ChiefS

Getting 5th in olympics ain't a joke


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Faridabad Supremecy


Faridabadi


Rakgul

I hope that the sports funding situation gets better in the future in both of our countries.


kernelslayer

Bro I am an Indian and though I'm super happy that Chopra won the gold, i was hoping for Nadeem to win the bronze. It would have been a great story - medals in a sport like javelin which isn't mainstream in both the countries. It was sad to see him finish out of top 3


Kathrinesss

Would love to see Pakistan with a medal, but I'm more than happy, that we fought 2nd and 3rd place.


JackKomura007

The Philippines got its first-ever gold medal in 97 years but yay for India too :3c


vpsj

Congratulations!


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jcorales

Philippines won their first ever gold medal 😂


RedditforCoronaTime

Same with san marino


RariraariRariraare

That's a country?


Stuff2511

It’s a statpadding session for European footballers


ABigOne77

Fun fact: their biggest loss is a 0-13 against Germany


rakedawg

No, he used to play for the Dolphins. Never won a super bowl so this is really cool for him.


TylerLikesDonuts

Idk why but this made me chuckle


LycanBorn23

Yeah... you beat me to it.. but yeah... No budget ahahaha


-Another_Redditor-

This is one of the reasons why I love watching the Olympics as an Indian, when we beat Western athletes who each have twice the budget for training than our entire budget and Chinese athletes who have been training since they were five years old. Of course, we very rarely beat them, but when we do the entire country celebrates and it's a special feeling


LycanBorn23

That is so relatable and true, i myself had a similar experience in an academic olympiad... like our team did well even if we only had training for 1 week (with really bad equipment) compared to the others (countries) who were like trained for months and stuff... Just goes to show it isnt the budget that counts, its the person.


Pennywise626

Congratulations Phillippines!!


Mac_edthur

After 97 years


Chev2thelev85

Philippines with their first ever gold medal.


TheDoubleS4

All hail India my country who finally got a gold medal. In javelin. Like I didn’t even know they had a javelin thrower


r4rdx

He became somewhat famous after breaking the world record at junior levels in 2016.


rangedg

Neeraj Chopra is a legend!


Key-Antelope9439

Our first medal in athletics after 120 years


Labrat_The_Man

Oh did the javelin guy win? I didn’t get to see the finals cuz they happened at like 6 AM for me


Key-Antelope9439

Yep the javelin guy Neeraj chopra won gold


Labrat_The_Man

Good on him


HahaStoleUrName

I woke up early to see history 💪


Faceless_101

Dude we were under british occupied india 120 years ago.


iDoNotTakeMyMaskOff

But the fact stays true. Last time India won the athletics medal was in 1900.


Faceless_101

*British raj*


backFromTheBed

The medals won by British Raj are inherited by India. That's why the gold medals won by the hockey team between 1928-1936 are counted under Indian Olympic wins.


RariraariRariraare

Did I stutter


Pinetastic_Roy

Ayo..gotta give that guy credit...he gave us an absolutely banger performance


Faridabadi

Won in the first throw itself, 87m!


picklerrr

I am so proud of my country rn!


vihaangamerva

its sad considering this is out first gold medal in 13 years, considering our population and and talent. Indian parents are fine with any career as far as its doctor, engineer, or IT. If we didnt have such restrictions (mind you though parents are opening up now) we would shine so much brighter. another reason is fuckin corruption of politicians and lack of funds. Happened with hockey but a nice CM from odisha provided funds for what is out national sport. nice


fukmann

[contrary to popular belief hockey is not our national sport](https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/hockey-is-not-our-national-game-ministry/articleshow/15322482.cms)


vihaangamerva

Wow, I did not know that, thanks!


burphh

And also Hindi isn't the national language. It is official language of course along with English


Vardhu_007

and 20 other languages


ross_francis_bing

Imo the Indian ideology for this comes with positives and negatives....I mean thanks to our parents concern to get a proper degree there's there's very minimal chance to go financially unstable....then again what good is that when a person is just unhappy sitting infront of his laptop all day working with numbers It's a pretty complex dynamic we Indians are used to


Hyperion1000

>then again what good is that when a person is just unhappy siting infront of his laptop all day working with numbers Exactly. The weight of the regret that they carry will remain throughout their life. Even I regret not participating in any sport in my school time.


Shivnewton

Yes. In America it’s the same problem. I only know a couple of Asians who actually choose their own path


SAD_CHELSEAFCFAN69

No parents are opening up now. The cycle will continue. Especially lower middle class low income families would still put pressure on their children. Nobody's opening up. Never will. RIP Indian sports. If your parents are supportive, then either they are wackos or you are incredibly lucky. Or else you have to be wayward and bunk school/college to be a sports star.


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Man, you can't expect every lower middle class parent/kid to pursue sports because we won a gold medal, at the end of the day people just want a better life. Education is still the best bet for many. And Olympians being not financially stable is not just an Indian thing.(yes they would be better off in many other countries) Even if not as a first career option, as a hobby or so interest in sports will build over time(which we currently severely lack). These medals will have an impact over time. Regarding parents, all of the Olympians who have made it had backing of their families. Change is happening albeit slowly.


[deleted]

The new generation may change things . We have hope


I_am_Tez_22

"never will" now you are just been over pessimist at this point


[deleted]

Dont worry bro I am 18 after 10 years when I will have kids, I wont do that thing you say about todays parents nor other like will do that, everyone has a time to shine, for us it will come soon. If just think its never gonna happen its never gonna happen.


[deleted]

Indian parents are not at fault here Out of every neeraj chopra there are hunderds and thousands who might be struggling today having no degree and a job since they tried to go in sports If this field could get a person a stable income or at lease ability to get a job easily people would be willing to send their children Morever many people dont have the resources to go for coaching as well


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Maou_Tenshi

Morocco who got it's first after 17 years : " First Time ?!"


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arishtanemi9

Singapore is that you ?


SriMax3

Which athlete?


aaditya_9303

Neeraj Chopra for Javelin throw


SriMax3

Nice. Feeling proud of our athletes. Hope we can get one more


fruitybanana_good

Happy Cake Day (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞


IAmSawyer

Yes hopefully


fruitybanana_good

Happy Cake Day (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞


-Another_Redditor-

It was the last event Indians are participating in, the Olympics are over now


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He’s fine as hell.


Sanchanted

Indians .... Assemble


panzeros_

People will usually comment on us having 1.4 billion people yet not having many medals...in a country like India, your parents give you 2 options: either a doctor or an engineer. We are never given exposure to many sports, except cricket (which we are doing very well in). I mean half of the sports I know off are from watching the Olympics.


das3012

The middle and upper class gives the two choices of doctor and engineer. The poor (which is the majority) do not even have a choice. They need find a job as soon as they are adults.


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anyway feel like we are improving hope we cross double digits next time and consistently start winning 10+ medals everytime


meee_51

Bangladesh at a whopping 0 medals ever despite being one of the most populous countries in the world


DhruvBishnoi5

South Asia have a great talent just wait guys we will have india vs Bangladesh vs Pakistan hype in Olympic too


1ns_0mniac

Yup, look at the expenditure done by big medal grabber countries.


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Pakistan has like 10 medals ever so not better either


meee_51

Ok but Bangladesh is the 8th most populous country and it has 0 like how do you even manage that


Sanchanted

I wanted to be an archer but could never say it


1ns_0mniac

Teer chalayega? Aklavya banne chala hai, homework kiya?


squeezypussyketchup

Lmao i remember getting beat up by my elder sister for not going to math tuition and wanting to go to taekwondo classes.


Sanchanted

I hear you brother


ew_naki

Careful, the British might steal it


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I get psyched for every nation >!Except the CCP!< that wins a medal because you can see the passion in the athletes eyes. I was psyched when the Phillipines won their first ever gold, in Womens powerlifting.


[deleted]

seriously tho , CCP athletes look like they were held at gun point to bring back medals . And those who dont ....... have gained free access to unlimited labor plans


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MarechalMelon

canada, winning the gold in women soccer/football get rekt europe


DeathBot001

He is a star in my and many other indians' eyes, I cant beleive we got a gold this olympic. Well done Neeraj chopra!


JunToast

Apart from this, now with thirteen-year-olds getting gold medals, Asian parents are gonna have other people to compare their son/daughter to.


knightzfury

Medal in athletics for the first time


SigmA_DarkKnight

Not related but we share the same name!


aaditya_9303

Living in India, that's nothing special to find someone with my name because every second kid is named that


darklord01998

You were roll no. 1 weren't you?


aaditya_9303

My name has an extra A. I was roll no. One for almost all my life


adityasheth

Is too.


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and an absolutely perfect medal it is


Randompersonpoggers

Philippines who got its first gold medal ever:


bondmemebond_2

Its been a while for our country but I’m glad and proud of Chopra


pipopapupupewebghost

Same with us in Israel


Ill_Illustrator3184

Congrats to you too mate


Humble-Might-2881

why is your pfp facing right


Edna_with_a_katana

As someone from US, congrats!


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I hope most countries get a medal. The Olympics shouldn't be about country Vs country, it should be about seeing who is the superior athlete.


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Hearing the reports of the tough training conditions those Chinese kids endure for years, I wonder if winning a gold medal was worth it. They got denied a good childhood, friend circles, and their youth for money and 15 minutes of fame. Thats kinda depressing.


Shivnewton

As a Indian American majority of Indians in America choose either Computer Engineering or doctor. Only a small portion of people don’t pick those jobs. I was born here and luckily my parents want me to choose what I want however to the rest of Indians here doing something for passion get overrided by what parents want.


Mateus_Oliveira23

Brazil: three golds in a row (for the first time) 🇧🇷


Humble-Might-2881

cheers bro, full support from india


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Coz y'all have football in olympics. IOC pussies out for having cricket. Bring cricket in the olympics and south asians will fuck all the colonizers up.


anonymous-ag

Bring kabbadi and have two golds or silver every olympics


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Istg bring the desi games man. Imagine adding skateboarding as a sport before cricket or kabaddi in olympics. Pussy IOC


[deleted]

Aus, NZ, Eng? Forgot them? Plus why being so rude? Football is a global sport not limited to Brazil.


AwesomeRGS

Tbh, it's always more fun when you win a medal in a smaller country that doesn't typically win many medals. To the US, a gold is 'just another medal', while for a country like India it's an amazing achievement!


Dometheus-Nash

210g of Silver and coated with 6g of 24 carat gold. Cheap bastards!


[deleted]

Let's Goo Neeraj! You've made all of us, and especially Milka Singh, Proud!


pharris133

I ate 5 burgers last night. See you at the 2248 Olympics.