NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has exuded optimism in the athletes’ performance in the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics and said”India is prepared to proceed and glow”.
The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23-August 8 year after becoming postponed in 2020 because of COVID-19.
Rijiju encouraged every day to cheer for the athletes including from the megaevent because they continue to prepare to the Tokyo Olympics.
The sports ministry on Saturday shared with a movie on Twitter wanting every athlete that the best for your Tokyo games.
“I encourage each day to cheer for our athletes as they train to win laurels for India despite tough times.
Yes, India is prepared to proceed and glow in the #Tokyo2020 Olympics,” Rijiju stated.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday affirmed that its full based bound to the Olympics would soon be vaccinated from COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Games.
The IOA also has said its whole contingent has received the initial dose of COVID-19 vaccine, even although some are completely vaccinated too.
Speaking about measures to guarantee security of athletes in the Games,” IOA explained:”The protection of everybody involved in the Tokyo Olympics is that the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) maximal priority along with the IOA can do all possible to make sure that each of the employees portion of the Indian financed apparent the essential measures as supplied in the playbook prior to boarding their flights to Tokyo.
” On May 22, the IOA had advised the 19 Olympic-bound athletes’d obtained both doses of this COVID-19 vaccine and consequently they had been completely vaccinated against the virus.