New Delhi: Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who has been part of the National Sports Committee, on Tuesday says Tokyo Olympic gold medal Neeraj Chopra deserves awarded Khel Ratna this year.
Neeraj Chopra has won the first gold medal for India on the trajectory and the field this year at the Olympics after throwing Javelin for a distance of 87.58 million.
“This time the committee must face a challenge because there are many players who are worthy of awards, not this time, every time the election committee faces challenges.
But this time the task will be more difficult because we have a lot of medalist and.
In my opinion, the Dhyan Chand Khel award Ratna will go to Tokyo gold medal Olympic Neeraj Chopra when he brings his first gold India on the track and the field at the Olympics, “Bhutia told Ani.
Talking about the meeting of the 55th government body of Sai, Bhutia said: “It was a very good meeting and the Minister of Sports Thakur had good knowledge of sports.
The meeting was very productive.
We discussed many points in the meeting and we will also focus on how.
Develop a sports culture in this country and see to develop more coaches at the grassroots level, we discuss we have to care for and manage our reasons, not stadiums for reasons to produce a lot of sportsmen and we also need to ensure that we appoint more responsible officers To find talent from a small country place.
“When asked about Indian football, Bhutia said:” There should be long-term planning.
Lately, we have not been able to do it well, it will take time.
” The Union Minister for the Affairs of the Youth and Anurag of Sports Thakur on Tuesday announced that sports science and performance management systems in the Indian Sports Authority (SAI) will be restructured.
Decisions have been taken so that countries can have better results at the Olympics.
“I am happy to announce the restructuring of sports science and performance management systems in SAI on better results in the Olympics.
More than 300 sports science specialists and high-performance coaches, analysts and other personnel to be employed on targeted results,” Tweeted Thakur.