New Delhi: PM Modi declared during his Independence Day speech that India wants to host the Olympics in 2036 and requested feedback from Indian sportsmen to ensure the smooth hosting of the quadrennial spectacle.
Notably, India intends to submit a proposal to host the 2036 Olympic Games. The Future Host Commission (FHC) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) have also started a communication.
The PM had invited the entire Indian contingent from the Paris Olympics to join in on the Independence Day celebrations at his residence in New Delhi. While addressing them, he asked athletes who had competed in previous Olympics to share their insights and recommendations, which would help the nation prepare to host the Games in 2036.
“India is preparing to host the 2036 Olympics. In this regard, the input from athletes who have played in previous Olympics is very important. You all must have observed and experienced many things. We want to document this and share it with the government so that we don’t miss out on any small details in the preparation for 2036,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi also emphasised the Indian squad’s role as an essential component of his “2036 team”. He requested that the sports ministry create a document that carefully considers player feedback and recommendations, underlining their importance in shaping the future of Indian sports.
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“In this way, you are an important part of my 2036 team, helping us host an Olympics like no other in the world. I would like the Sports Ministry to prepare a draft and gather detailed feedback from athletes so that we can plan well,” he added.
“You athletes should also give us suggestions on how to improve Indian sports further. Your feedback and suggestions are very important because it’s your responsibility to guide those who will represent the country in the future. You should interact with players on social media. The Sports Ministry can also organise such sessions in different places.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allots hosting rights for the Olympics through a detailed host selection process. The IOC has a dedicated body, the Future Host Commission, which deals with this subject.
The interested National Olympics Committees (NOCs) are required to initiate a dialogue with the FHC, which subsequently becomes a continuous dialogue and a targeted dialogue with the selected NOCs.
Once the FHC completes this dialogue, the IOC Executive Board holds an election in which the members vote on the award of the hosting rights for the concerned Olympic Games.
It may be recalled that in August 2023, Anurag Thakur, India’s then sports minister, supported Ahmedabad’s hosting bid for the Olympics. Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announced India’s interest in bidding for the 2036 Olympics at the 141st IOC Session in October 2023.
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–IANS
