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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:26 am

what happened and why did india lose its dominance in this sport?
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/08/20/sports/basketball/20reuters-olympics-rio-basketball-w.html?

The U.S. men's basketball team earned seven consecutive gold medals from 1936-1968 while India claimed six-straight men's field hockey titles from 1928-1956.

the most popular explanation i've heard is that the playing surface changed and indians couldn't keep up.
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Post by truthbetold Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:03 pm

Astro turf was given as the reason. Pakistan hung on to the top for few more years. But now they are doing worse than Indians.

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