kolkata in the backdrop of developments surrounding cricket in india sixteentime world champion in cuesports pankaj advani feels that any sports code would only yield results if athletes and measures to support them are given primacythe worlds sports policy needs to be centred on the athletes and their requirements only then will it be successful advani said on the sidelines of the 3rd kolkata open national invitation snooker championshipthe championship organised by the west bengal billiards association kicked off today at the bengal rowing clubtalking about the countrys performance in the olympics advani said in our country we give much greater importance to results in quadrennial events like the olympics than to consistent performance at world events consistency is the hallmark of a champion in any sportask roger federer how he compares his performances at the olympics versus wimbledon he rates wimbledon higher and he has won seven times there said advanispeaking about his 16th world championship title he said that he was looking forward to the 2017 seasoni enjoy my game and would like to keep playing as long as possibleaditya mehta the countrys only professional snooker player and the current national snooker champion said he was looking to improve on his world ranking this year but rued that given the state of cuesports in the country it would perhaps take 1015 years to come up to international standards in the professional circuit