New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): During his Independence Day speech at Red Fort in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the significance of sports activities in growth and expressed happiness at how mother and father of kids from this technology specific satisfaction each time they take up a sport.
PM hoisted the tricolour on the Red Fort in Delhi, because the nation marked the celebration of the 79th Independence Day.
Speaking from the Red Fort, PM Modi stated, ‘Sports additionally maintain significance for growth, and I’m glad that in the present day, if youngsters take an curiosity in sports activities, mother and father are crammed with satisfaction. I contemplate this a really auspicious signal for the way forward for the nation.’
He additionally highlighted the efforts of the central authorities to provide sports activities a push, notably the Khelo India coverage, underneath which a number of multi-sport competitions are held at many ranges and classes, such because the Khelo India Youth Games, Khelo India University Games, Khelo India Winter Games, Khelo India Para Games and the inaugural Khelo India Beach Games, which occurred this 12 months.
These competitions have helped in growth and identification of expertise which might signify India at Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships and many others for years to come back. The coverage has additionally led to a series of world-class sporting services developed throughout India, named the Khelo India Centres of Excellence.
‘To promote sports activities, we have now launched the Khelo India coverage within the nation after many many years. So that efforts might be made for the all-round growth of the sports activities world. From college to the Olympics, we need to develop a whole ecosystem,’ PM Modi added.
India aspires to host the 2036 Summer Olympics, marking an enormous step of their rise as a sporting superpower. Under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) launched in 2014, a number of younger and promising skills and veterans alike have been supplied with the most effective of the providers, gear, cash and many others to assist them land a medal within the Olympics. This led to India’s greatest medal tally on the Tokyo Olympics 2020, with seven medals (one gold, two silver and 4 bronze medals). In the Paris 2024 Olympics, India gained six medals, together with a silver and 5 bronze medals.
An enormous distinction was additionally seen in India’s Paralympics performances. The Paralympic revolution kickstarted in true sense at Tokyo with 19 medals, together with 5 gold. The Indian contingent, motivated by this efficiency, took their performances a number of notches above in Paris with a record-breaking 29 medals, together with seven golds, 9 silvers and 13 bronze medals.
In the Asian Games Hangzhou (2022) and Para Asian Games (2022), Team India breached the 100-medal mark for the primary time ever, with 106 medals (28 gold, 38 silver and 40 bronze) and 109 medals (28 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 49 bronze) respectively.
Indian authorities’s efforts to spice up sports activities tradition has additionally produced landmarks like Team India’s maiden Thomas Cup win over 14-time champions Indonesia by 3-0 again in 2022, Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal at World Athletics Championships in 2023 at Budapest amongst many different accomplishments.
Also, notably, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha not too long ago expressed her delight on the approval for India’s bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games throughout its Special General Meeting (SGM) on Wednesday.
There are varied speculations concerning the host metropolis, and Ahmedabad has emerged because the frontrunner. However, Usha confirmed that they’ve but to determine on that, contemplating there are lots of cities with the services, together with Bhubaneswar.
‘Actually, the assembly has gone properly. We have unanimously made the Commonwealth 2030 bid proposal. When you’re employed collectively, you get the most effective outcomes. I’m so comfortable in the present day. We have quite a lot of services in Ahmedabad is there, and Bhubaneswar is there; we’re but to determine that, and that will probably be coming very quickly,’ Usha advised ANI.
After the assembly concluded, an IOA supply revealed that ‘Ahmedabad is probably going going to be town to host the Commonwealth Games 2030’. Proposals are anticipated to be submitted by August 31, and Commonwealth Sport is anticipated to determine on the host metropolis in November.
Notably, in June, a senior state delegation led by Harsh Sanghavi, Minister of Sports, Government of Gujarat, met officers from Commonwealth Sport as a part of efforts to grasp the bid framework for the 2030 Games. (ANI)