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Article: ASI's Olympic promise fizzles out.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- July 23, 2008
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ASI's Olympic promise fizzles out
BY: Tapan Mohanta
New Delhi, July 22 (PTI) It started off with a promise to deliver Olympic medals. But going by the trend, it seems, the promise is fizzling out at the Pune-located Army Sports Institute (ASI).
With their strength at the Olympics reduced to one from last time's two, and their much fancied archers coming out a dud having failed to even make the India squad for Olympics trial, their 'Mission Olympic Medal' draws a blank ahead of Beijing 2008.
Worse, having failed to have a good share of representation at the Beijing, ASI now blames the federation for not managing their athletes properly ...