World Athletics President Sebastian Coe met Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday and mentioned India’s intent to host the 2036 Olympics together with improvement of athletics within the nation. Coe will even have an “casual” assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the brief go to. The 68-year-old former center distance runner, who gained 4 Olympic medals throughout his adorned profession, was acquired by Athletics Federation of India head Adille Sumariwalla on the Delhi airport this morning. The British nice is presently within the race to turn out to be the following President of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) and the go to, it’s believed, is a part of his marketing campaign to drum up help for that.
“Dr. Mandaviya spoke about India’s resolve to host a sustainable, inclusive, and galvanizing Video games, and added that our ambition to host Olympics 2036 displays the widespread help at each stage — authorities, trade, and society — for showcasing India’s cultural heritage and sporting capabilities on the world stage,” a press launch from the sports activities ministry said.
The nation has moved ahead within the technique of bidding by submitting a letter of intent to the IOC final month. The host metropolis will probably be determined solely after the IOC elections subsequent yr. The physique is presently headed by Thomas Bach, who has been supportive of India’s bold plan.
Sumariwalla, AFI Secretary Common Ravinder Chaudhary, and a number of other sports activities ministry officers had been current within the assembly between Coe and Mandaviya.
“These are casual conferences, principally courtesy calls. He’ll head to Mumbai for a industrial engagement after his assembly with the PM within the night,” a supply within the Athletics Federation of India instructed PTI.
Coe, whose grandfather was an Indian (late hotelier Sardari Lal Malhotra), is a well-liked determine in worldwide sports activities and created fairly a buzz earlier than the Paris Olympics when World Athletics, underneath him, turned the primary worldwide federation to announce hefty money awards for Olympic medal winners.
Throughout his go to, the AFI is anticipated to pitch for internet hosting the 2028 junior world championships.
In Mumbai, he’ll meet representatives of Tata Communications. The corporate was roped in because the host broadcaster for the World Athletics Final Championship, which will probably be held in 2026 from September 11 to 13 in Budapest.
The occasion will characteristic between eight and 16 of the world’s top-ranked athletes per self-discipline, with picks based mostly totally on world rankings.
There will probably be no cap on what number of stars from every nation can compete in every occasion. A complete of 16 competitions, together with 100m, pole vault and 4x100m will probably be performed for a complete prize pot of USD 10 million.
India’s athletics scene just isn’t notably inspiring barring the pioneering performances of two-time Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who can also be a world champion.
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