Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Thanks BCCI For Supporting Indian Contingent At Paris Olympics 2024
India is sending a 117-strong contingent for the Paris Olympics with an aim to better their seven-medal record at Tokyo 2020.
New Delhi: Minister of Formative years Affairs and Concerns to do, Mansukh Mandaviya, thanked BCCI secretary Jay Shah for exhibiting his manual nearer to the Indian athletes competing on the Paris Olympics, starting later this week. Shah on Sunday awarded a fiscal assist of Rs 8.5 crores to the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA).
“I thank @BCCI for his or her sturdy manual of our Indian contingent at #ParisOlympics2024. We are comfy with every athlete representing our nation. May they shine brightly! The complete nation is cheering for our athletes. #Cheer4Bharat,” wrote Mandaviya on his ‘X’ account.
I thank @BCCI for his or her sturdy manual of our Indian contingent at #ParisOlympics2024.
We are comfy with every athlete representing our nation. May they shine brightly! The complete nation is cheering for our athletes. #Cheer4Bharat https://t.co/aEETRevfII
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) July 21, 2024
“I am proud to announce that the @BCCI shall be helping our great athletes representing #India on the 2024 Paris Olympics. We are imparting INR 8.5 Crores to the IOA for the marketing campaign,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote on his ‘X’ account. “To our whole contingent, we would truly like you the great doable. Make India proud! Jai Hind!” As many as 117 athletes will represent India on the Paris Olympics. There may additionally be a hundred and forty-sturdy manual personnel, making it a 257-member contingent.
Extraordinarily, 24 personnel from the militia, inclusive of ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and two women participants, are between the 117 Indian athletes who're set to learn vastly a sequence of their mettle on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The presence of those two women athletes inside of the contingent, marks the maiden participation of female service athletes on the Olympics, the ministry of defence in a announcement on Saturday. Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, is a subedar inside of the Indian Navy.
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