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PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR 84 / FUTURE MEDICINE / DECEMBER 2018
CENTRE FOR SPORTS SCIENCE, CHENNAI A research hub, CSS focuses on exercise science and sports medicine and provides world-class services in teaching and training India’s ace rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal was the best bet for the country to qualify for the semifinals in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. His beginning in the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls was strong. He kept a steady pace, maintaining the second position in most part of the race. But then gradually slowed down to lose his chance of advancing, and finished fourth, just behind the last qualifier. Again in 2018, Bhokanal had another forgettable show in the Asian Games when he failed to complete the men’s single sculls, though he commenced strong. This is typically the case with many Indian athletes, who are mostly not trained to maintain and optimise their energy levels with the best control on body movements all through the race. Naturally. that causes them to lose the last milliseconds that separates the gold and the silver. On the other hand, sportsmen from winning countries are used to the concept of sports science that makes them fully prepared for enhancing the performance scientifically. As the difference between winning and losing is getting slimmer and slimmer in today’s competitive sports, the role of sports science is becoming critical. In this context, what India lacked was a clear understanding of this concept and, certainly, a competent facility to assess the strengths and weaknesses of its sportsmen and help them perform at their best through scientific training. Making things worse for Indian athletes, there weren’t even good facilities in the country that practised sports medicine to train them to avoid injuries and recover when injured, forcing them to look for a few centres abroad that cost them a fortune. Reversing the trend “Though India has been scoring the world’s best in many areas, including science, software and space, it has failed to make a mark in world sports so far. This is not because it lacked talent, but due to its unscientific approach,” says Dr S Arumugam, an orthopaedic surgeon and an avid rower, who has been trying to reverse the trend. Dr Arumugam set up the country’s first fully integrated centre of sports science, research and training, making Chennai a hub for world athletes. The Centre of Sports Science (CSS) at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College (SRMC) campus at Porur is currently a regular hang-out for several sports celebrities, including Bhokanal, from India and abroad. “As a consultant arthroscopy DECEMBER 2018 / FUTURE MEDICINE / 85
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