Beijing - Bindra bags gold

A country with more than 100 million population was starved for a gold medal(individual) at the Olympics.

Today, a young man of 26 years, Abhinav Bindra, erased all that longing, disappointment of the people, by winning gold medal in the 10 m air rifle competition.

Kudos to this young man for making his country proud. What a moment when Indian National Anthem was played at the medal awarding ceremony. Every Indian would cherish this moment.

However, this elation is slightly marred by all the governments handing over booties to the winner.
Why is it that a sports person especially, if he is preparing for an individual event, has to make it to the top on his own and then everyone wants to contribute? Why cant the government/schools identify and train the talented youngsters and prepare them for competitions as Olympics?

Hope atleast after this, some measures would betaken to encourage individual sporting events.