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Athletics chief coach unhappy with players, coaches Wednesday, 20 July , 2005, 10:28 Panaji (Goa): Bahadur Singh, the chief coach of Indian athletics team, has expressed disappointment over the attitude of junior coaches and players. Accusing them of not taking their professions seriously, Singh said: "Our attitude is the main thing we are totally linked with our jobs only, if we are paid for this we will come for two hours or three hours only. I have seen in foreign countries there they (coaches and players) are doing their jobs day and night and till the job is done there is no question of relaxation. So, when the attitude will change, which is currently going on and the coaches and administrators involve themselves fully the results can definitely be seen." Singh, 60, is still enthusiastic about shotputting, and wants youngsters to win medals in international championships. He feels things are improving but the pace is very slow. Singh feels foreign coaches should be asked to train Indian athletes to get better results. "I have trained a number of sportsman who even won gold medals at the Asian Games. But I am not able to train athletes to win gold in the Olympics. People who have experience in training world champions, and who have won gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals in Olympics, we can definitely take advantage of it," added Singh. Singh is currently preparing athletes for the Asian Championships due in September, the Commonwealth Games in March 2006 and the Doha Asian Games in December 2006.