Sports activities official Anurag Thakur says his nation will bid for the 2036 Summer season Video games
India is severely contemplating a bid for the 2036 Olympic Video games and would be capable to host the occasion “in an enormous approach,” in accordance with Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur.
“Everyone knows that the slots are booked till 2032. However 2036 onwards, we’ve got hopes and I’m positive India will absolutely put together a bid for the Olympics,” Thakur instructed the Instances of India in an interview on Tuesday.
The doubtless host metropolis could be Ahmedabad within the state of Gujarat, and the federal government would throw its full help behind a bid by the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA), Thakur added.
India has beforehand hosted the Asian Video games in 1982 and the Commonwealth Video games in 2010 – however the Olympics could be the largest international sporting spectacle to make its technique to a nation with a inhabitants of round 1.four billion individuals.
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“India is able to positively bid for it… I can guarantee you that we’ll not solely host the Olympics, we’ll host it in an enormous approach,” Thakur stated.
“If India is making information in each sector from manufacturing to providers, then why not sports activities? India is trying very severely at bidding for the 2036 Olympics.”
Along with India, quite a few different nations have expressed potential curiosity in welcoming the 2036 Video games.
That features Egypt, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Qatar, Italy, the UK, Turkey, Denmark, Canada, and Mexico.
Russian officers are additionally mulling the thought of an Olympic bid for the far japanese metropolis of Vladivostok.
Ought to that not materialize, Sports activities Minister Oleg Matytsin stated again in June that Russia could be completely happy to supply any expertise it might to India, with Sochi having hosted the Winter Video games in 2014.
The subsequent version of the Summer season Video games takes place in Paris in 2024, adopted by Los Angeles 4 years later. The 2032 Summer season Olympics have been awarded to Brisbane in Australia.
