Modi Reaffirms India’s Bid to Host 2036 Olympics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Indian athletes who won medals at the recent Asian Games. The event, held on Thursday at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Delhi, was also attended by India’s men’s and women’s cricket teams, which won gold medals. Congratulating the athletes, Modi said they had made 1.4 billion Indians proud. He added that their achievements were a source of pride for the entire nation.

Modi said India was emerging as a venue capable of hosting major international sporting events. He reaffirmed the country’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics, stating that bringing the Games to India was a firm goal. The Prime Minister posed for photographs with the medal winners, who presented him with jerseys bearing their signatures. Seventeen-year-old recurve archer Kumkum Mohod gifted him a bow. Indian Olympic Association president P. T. Usha, ICC chairman Jay Shah and senior representatives of various sports bodies and federations also attended the event.