As a sports administrator from Assam, I see the state's consistent success in boxing and hockey, but I must say, it is not just a matter of natural talent. It is the fruit of decades of investment in specific, gritty district-level academies and a culture that fiercely champions its sporting heroes, which my own state is still striving to build with the same focus.
What makes me say this is the struggle I see here to fund even basic equipment for our promising young athletes, while I read reports of Manipur's systematic, village-to-stadium talent pipelines. My joy is in a student's 'Eureka!' moment in math, but their athletes get that moment on a national platform because the system is built to catch and polish it.
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