The 14-time Olympic gold medallist was disappointed with fourth place, with coach Bob Bowman blaming poor preparations since Beijing.
Differences over how to proceed after winning the bid for the Games in 1997, and micromanaging by the socialist government, were blamed for keeping preparations at a virtual standstill for nearly two years.
When high school students are asked to explain their lack of interest, 18% cite a lack of knowledge about health science careers, while others either blame poor preparation in high school (16%) or an inability to do well in these subjects (21%; USciences, 2012).
She blamed poor mental preparation for the results.
He was not making much progress in arithmetic, for which he blamed his poor preparation, but he had read many good authors, particularly Hume.
Sonia Gandhi, the Congress president, was reported today to have demanded the resignations of Ashok Chavan, the chief minister of the central Maharashtra state, and Suresh Kalmadi, the organiser blamed for the messy preparations for last month's Commonwealth Games.
He blamed his lack of preparation for his poor performance.
According to EU ambassadors and several officials, the organisation of the summit was "shambolic" and "chaotic", with Herman Van Rompuy, the European council president, and Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, being blamed for the poor preparation.
Since September 2008, Anand, 40, has slipped from No. 1 in the world to No. 4. That slide can be blamed on his inactivity — including preparations for this match — rather than a decline in his skills.
It was the India of flair and imagination, of first-class technology and channeled energy, a "rising superpower", in the words of Suresh Kalmadi, the organising committee's chairman and the man widely blamed for the stumbles in preparation, who was booed during his welcoming speech.
