Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished Tokyo-bound athletes with his ‘Cheer4India’ message and asked people to support the Indian contingent for the upcoming Olympics. The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and posted a video in which PM Modi said, We will all support our players bound for Tokyo. Cheer4India, Cheer4India, Cheer4India.The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and posted a video in which PM Modi said, We will all support our players bound for Tokyo. Cheer4India, Cheer4India, Cheer4India.
AĀ total of 115 Indian athletes have qualified so far for Tokyo Olympics which will begin on July 23 and will run up to August 8 this year. The event was slated to be held last year, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, 117 Indian athletes had qualified but couldn’t better the medals haul from the 2012 London Games, which remains India’s highest medal tally at a single Olympic Games — six medals. Indian athletes would be hoping to break that threshold in Tokyo.