{
  "id": 3559032,
  "title": "Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra Calls For Bottom-Up Approach To Build India's Sporting Culture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/olympic-champion-abhinav-bindra-calls-for-bottom-up-approach-to-build",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T17:39:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/olympic-champion-abhinav-bindra-calls-for-bottom-up-approach-to-build-indias-sporting-culture"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Delhi: Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra has called for a fundamental shift in India's approach to sport, saying the country must move beyond celebrating champions and focus on building a culture in which more children and young people participate in sport. Speaking at IAMGAME 2026, Bindra said India cannot build its sporting \"pyramid\" from the top. While investment in and focus on elite sport…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}