IOA: PT usha stated hosting the olympics, said this on the internal strife going on in the IOA
Usha is embroiled in a dispute with 12 members of the Executive Council over the appointment of raghuram Iyer as IOA CEO. india has taken the first big step towards hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games by submitting a letter of intent to the ioc expressing the country's desire.
The indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently submitted a letter of intent to the international Olympic Committee (IOC) expressing its desire to host the 2036 olympics and Paralympics and took steps to host this mega event of sports. Now IOA President PT usha has also stated in this regard and she says that despite the dispute with the members of the Executive Council in the organization, she is committed to hosting these games.
Usha has been embroiled in a dispute with 12 members of the Executive Council over the appointment of raghuram Iyer as IOA CEO. india has taken the first major step towards hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games by submitting a letter of intent to the ioc expressing the country's willingness.
"Despite some internal challenges within the IOA, our commitment to host the 2036 olympic games remains firm. The IOA is in constant touch with the IOC and I am hopeful that India will be seen as a generous host. Our prime minister Narendra Modi put forward India's vision to host the olympics and Paralympics in 2036 during the ioc session last year. Since then we have maintained regular communication with ioc President Thomas Bach and officials of the Future Host Commission," she said.
"We were also engaged in a fruitful discussion with the ioc during the paris Olympics. Our officials participated in the Executive Programme and Observer Programme organized by the ioc during the paris olympics," she said. Adopting these conversations and learnings, india submitted a letter of intent to host the 2036 Games in early October this year.
India has been expressing its desire to host the olympics for a long time.
India has long expressed its desire to host the 2036 Olympics. prime minister Narendra Modi himself has also expressed his opinion on this on many occasions and expressed his intentions. However, now india has taken big steps in this direction. The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the sports Authority of india (SAI) has also presented a detailed report to the new sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on the measures required to achieve Olympic hosting. In this report, the MOC has identified six sports that will be included in the olympics if india gets the hosting. These sports include yoga, kho kho, kabaddi, chess, t20 cricket and squash.
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