In this episode, Naveen John breaks down his and Team India's performances at this year's Asian Championships. Failures are as much a part of sport as successes. In fact in sport we fail more times than we succeed. We talk about how he deals with disappointment of failure at something that he worked so hard towards. We talk about the performance gaps with the top guys at the Asian level and what it takes to bridge those gaps among other things. It was an insightful chat as always. 0:00:00 Intro 0:03:50 Grateful but disappointed 0:06:20 Indian team composition, selection trials 0:10:25 Preparation closer the biggest event, last minute variables 0:19:10 Team Time Trial team composition and how it played out 0:28:46 His ITT performance, not putting all eggs in one basket 0:37:40 Falling ill at the wrong time. Can everything be controlled? 0:41:50 Dealing with the disappointment, having something bigger and looking ahead 0:46:40 Earning support with performance 0:49:55 Is it possible to bridge the gap? 0:55:15 No overnight success but the chase is the excitement 0:56:35 The Joel situation 0:59:50 The road race 1:02:25 Closing remarks! Some Links Below: Working Athlete Community on FB. Link to Anchor Voice messages About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

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