India will do well at Rio Olympic Games: Modi

Jul 31, 2016 at 3:05 PM

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India will do well at Rio Olympic Games: Modi

Assuring “all possible help” to the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 scheduled to begin on August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hoped that Indian sportspersons will be able to win hearts of people from across the world.

“I hope these 119 sportspersons will perform well (in the games), and they will be able to win
hearts of the people, who come there from different parts of the world,” Modi said while flagging
off “Run for Rio” here at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

The Prime Minister also expressed satisfaction over the fact that India, this time, around, was able to send a strong contingent of 119 sportspersons to the Rio Olympic Games.

“India has been associated with the Olympic Games for over 100 years but only this year we were able to send 119 sportspersons to Rio,” he said, adding that the entire contingent was prepared well and the government took special care of their training.

“We allotted special budget for their diet and training this time around,” he said, adding that players were asked where and under whom would they like to be trained, and all arrangements were made accordingly for every selected individual with government spending from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1.50 crore on a player.

Modi said that care has also been taken to provide good Indian food to the visiting contingent.

Speaking about how a player needs time to settle down in new conditions of a host country, he said the sportspersons need time to come out of the jet lag and that is why India sent its contingent to Rio well in advance.

The Prime Minister also urged people to start preparing for the next Olympic Games, to help in Tokyo in 2020, saying every district of the country must send a sportsperson to the international games.

“Our government will do everything to support and prepare sportspersons for next 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,” he said.

Wishing well to the Indian contingent in the Rio Olympic Games, Modi said that as India celebrates its 70th anniversary of independence on August 15 this year, the tricolour will also be going up in Rio as they perform well in the international event.

 

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