We are expecting good results in 2024 and 2028 Olympics, says Sandip Pradhan
The third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games has been conducted successfully in G🌃uwahati. With just one more day to go for the competition, the Director General of Sports Authority of India Sandip Pradhan expressed that he is extremely happy with the way the tournam🀅ent has been organised.
"I am extremely happy with the way the Khelo India Youth Games has been organised in Guwahati. It's g💞reat to see the interest shown by the Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and the entire team, of course, supported by the Sports Authority of India officers and the National Sports Federation," said Pradhan.
Pradhan ౠadded that the Sports Authority of India is expecting good results in the 2024 and 2028 Olympics with the a꧃dvent of the Khelo India talent development scheme.
"The athletes selected in the Khelo India scheme after putting up good performances in the Khelo India Games, receive lodging, boarding and training free of charge in various accredited academies across the c꧂ountry. With the advent of the Khelo India scheme, we are expecting good results in 2024 and 2028 Olympics. We have declared 20 centres as national centre of excellence in India. The athletes, who perform well at the Khelo India Youth Games, will be given admission in the centres which have been declared as national centre of excellence," said the Director General of Sports Authority of India.
Pradhan lauded the faci💎lities utilized in the third Khelo India Youth Games and was full of praise for the talent✤ed athletes, who took part in the tournament.
"All the facilities used for the tournament have been at the international level and the competition has achieved the objective for which the Khelo India Youth Games was conceived. The quality of tale💙nt in sports has gone up considerably. It's great to see the rise of talent from rural areas. We have created a platform for all athletes to showcase their talent," sa🌞id Pradhan.
ಞThrough the Khelo India Games, the Sports Authority of India is trying to create international exposure in India for the up♊coming athletes.
"Our objective is to take the Khelo India Youth Games aꦅs close as possible to the international multi-disciplinary competitions so that when our athletes go abroad for toܫurnaments, they should not experience any wow factor. We have to create international exposure in India," said Pradhan.
While the Khelo India Youth Games has unearthed many talented athletes, the ministr✱y of sports has planned to host another tournament for athletes of a higher age group.
"The government has decided to conduct the Khelo India University Games, which will beꦕgin on February 22 in Bhubaneswar so our immediate challenge is to roll-out that tournament. Essentially, we want to host two tournaments - one at a youth level and the other at a university level," said Pradhan.
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