ATHLETICS | IIS’s Troy Douglas bullish about India’s chances at Asian Games
Troy Douglas, head coach at the Inspire Institute of Sport, is optimistic about India's performance at the 2026 Asian Games. He believes Indian athletes can surpass their previous medal record through rigorous training and preparation.
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Troy Hamilton Douglas talks to coaches from Tamil Nadu as if he has known them for years. At a coaching clinic in Chennai, the 63-year-old listens intently to a young coach explaining how he trained his athletes, including one returning from injury.
Friendly and hands-on, Douglas is the head coach of athletics at the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), Vidhyanagar, Ballari, Karnataka. He is in the city for a two-day coaching clinic organised jointly by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and IIS.
Douglas believes Indian athletics can better its performance at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya after a record 29-medal haul at the Hangzhou Games in 2023. The tally of six gold, 14 silver and nine bronze was India’s best-ever athletics performance at the Asian Games since 1951.
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