{"id":37619,"date":"2019-12-12T11:24:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37619"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:24:42","slug":"tokyo-2020-can-provide-platform-for-india-s-best-olympic-performance-kiren-rijiju-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37619","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020 can provide platform for India\u2019s best Olympic performance: Kiren Rijiju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (IC), Youth Affairs and Sports, today expressed hope that upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide India a good platform to have best ever performance in Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the \u20189th Global Sports Summit \u2013 TURF 2019, organized by FICCI, jointly with Ministry of Youth Affairs &amp; Sports and Government of Odisha, Mr Rijiju said that Tokyo 2020 is the immediate target for the government. However, there are certain limitations with regard to existing talent. \u201cWe can\u2019t create champions overnight as it takes years and need to ensure that there is an entire infrastructure from training to society support in place,\u201d said Mr Rijiju.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that upcoming Paris Olympics in 2024 and Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 will provide a good opportunity to significantly improve India\u2019s performance. \u201cIf we can\u2019t prepare for next 8 years then we have to blame ourselves in terms of making policy, setting directions, channelizing resources. We must ensure that India is no more a country which is not taken seriously in Olympics,\u201d added Rijiju.<\/p>\n<p>He said that there is no lack of resources or talent in the country and invited the corporate sector to invest and reap the benefits. \u201cSports is a glamour as well as big opportunity to do business. There are unlimited opportunities in India, and we must be able to unleash the talent we have,\u201d added Rijiju.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the sports potential in various states, Mr Rijiju said that each medium-sized State in India is larger than 50 per cent of the countries on this planet and urged each State to adopt and promote one sport as its core.<\/p>\n<p>Ajmal Ghani, Senior Advisor to the President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Founder of Afghanistan Sports Federation said that the government has allocated 150-300 acres of land in 8 different zones to be built and invited Indian companies to invest in sports sector. He said that Afghanistan has some of the most liberal investment laws.<\/p>\n<p>Tusharkanti Behera, Minister of Sports, Government of Odisha, said that the launch of Fit India campaign has made a significant impression on the masses. The state is also setting-up various training centers to target the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Radhey Shyam Julaniya, Secretary, Department of Sports, Government of India said that when fitness industry grows, all things associated with it, whether it is apparel or food industry also grow, and these developments will lead to growth in infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Sandip Somany, President, FICCI said that we are the youngest country in the world. This demographic dividend is set to play a big role in making India a $5 trillion economy and fitness will be a critical element in achieving this target.<\/p>\n<p>FICCI-Koan Advisory Knowledge Paper \u2018Federated Growth \u2013 Unleashing India\u2019s Sports Economy\u2019 and FICCI-IISM Knowledge Paper \u2018Weighing Up Fitness: Deep Insights on Indian Fitness Trends\u2019 were also released during the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (IC), Youth Affairs and Sports, today expressed hope that upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide India a good platform to have best ever performance in Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the \u20189th Global Sports Summit \u2013 TURF 2019, organized by FICCI, jointly with Ministry of Youth Affairs &amp; Sports and Government of Odisha, Mr Rijiju said that Tokyo 2020 is the immediate target for the government. However, there are certain limitations with regard to existing talent. \u201cWe can\u2019t create champions overnight as it takes years and need to ensure that there is an entire infrastructure from training to society support in place,\u201d said Mr Rijiju.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-athletics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tokyo 2020 can provide platform for India\u2019s best Olympic performance: Kiren Rijiju - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tokyo 2020 can provide platform for India\u2019s best Olympic performance: Kiren Rijiju - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (IC), Youth Affairs and Sports, today expressed hope that upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide India a good platform to have best ever performance in Olympics. 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