| | Not everyone in our country has equal access to
competitive sports. Many are not effective participants
on account of ignorance or disinterest, disability or
deterrence. This analysis considers two separate arenas
for enlarging the pool of effective participants, one
related to sports and other to social mobility. In both
cases, this paper finds the plausibility of an explanation
based on effective participation rates. It examines
what country characteristics are associated with
greater success in the Olympics at the macro level by
considering indicators such as health, education, and
especially three variables of information and access
(road length per unit of land area, the share of urban
population and radios per capita). It also analyses the
opportunities and achievements in the villages of two
states, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
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