India has so far got a tally of one silver and two bronze medals at the London Olympics with at least one more bronze medal assured even if Mary Kom fails to make it to the finals. However, if she does make it to the finals, there is every reason to hope that she might win the only gold for India. If that happens, India will be able to move up from its lowly 41st position by a few notches. As things are, it is indeed unfortunate that a nation of over a billion people have to be content with four measly medals (one of them through a walkover) and the inability of any of its previous medal winners to repeat their feats as Phelps has done in swimming. The Indian media has to take a part of the blame for this with its penchant for speculating about the future. There is so much of media hype about what so-and-so will achieve (on the basis of performances at other international events and the “hard practice”) that they manage to put a lot of pressure on participants. Vijay Kumar, the only winner of a silver medal, has a point for the over-enthusiastic media people. He said that his low-profile build-up and the fact that the media had ignored him (despite his excellent credentials) was a blessing because it gave him all the time he needed to practice hard outside the glare of publicity. But will reporters ever learn?