Close X
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
ADVT 
Sports

Dipa Karmakar Welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Olympics Task Force

IANS, 27 Aug, 2016 01:36 PM
    Prime Minister Modi announced setting up a task force to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games of 2020, 2024 and 2028.
     
    India’s gymnastics star Dipa Karmakar has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of setting up a task force to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games, and expressed hope that it would yield positive results and the country would get many medals in the upcoming Summer Games.
     
    “I want to thank (Narendra Modi) sir. I hope we get many medals in the coming Olympics. Results will surely be really good,” Karmakar told media.
     
    The 23-year-old, hailing from Agartala, missed the bronze medal at the recently concluded Rio Olympics by 0.150 points as American gymnast Simone Biles won her third gold medal of the prestigious quadrennial event.
     
    Prime Minister Modi announced setting up a task force to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games of 2020, 2024 and 2028. 
     
    PM Modi made the announcement at the meeting of Council of Ministers on Friday, that a task force will be set up to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective participation of Indian sportspersons in the next three Olympic Games.
     
    The task force will prepare the overall strategy for sports facilities, training, selection procedure and other related matters. 
     
    The team will comprise of members who are in-house experts as well as those from outside. Prime Minister Modi said that the task force will be set up over the next few days.

    MORE Sports ARTICLES

    New Zealand Rugby Captain Sarah Goss Excels Off The Field At Sheep-shearing

    New Zealand Rugby Captain Sarah Goss Excels Off The Field At Sheep-shearing
    LANGFORD, B.C. — Elite rugby player and competitive sheep-shearer. New Zealand's Sarah Goss has a resume unlike few others.

    New Zealand Rugby Captain Sarah Goss Excels Off The Field At Sheep-shearing

    Canadian Women Go Unbeaten On Day 1 Of World Sevens Series Rugby Event

    Canadian Women Go Unbeaten On Day 1 Of World Sevens Series Rugby Event
    LANGFORD, B.C. — Ahead of its first tournament at home, the Canadian women's sevens rugby team tried to stay true to its routine on the road.

    Canadian Women Go Unbeaten On Day 1 Of World Sevens Series Rugby Event

    Flames Fall In Game 2, Return Home To Start Best-of-five Series Against Canucks

    Flames Fall In Game 2, Return Home To Start Best-of-five Series Against Canucks
    VANCOUVER — The Calgary Flames are heading home battered and bruised, but feeling positive about splitting the first two games of their Western Conference quarter-final with Vancouver.

    Flames Fall In Game 2, Return Home To Start Best-of-five Series Against Canucks

    Whitecaps Looking For First-ever Road Win Against Real Salt Lake

    VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps hope to find a new midfield maestro when they visit Real Salt Lake on Saturday.

    Whitecaps Looking For First-ever Road Win Against Real Salt Lake

    Canucks Head Coach Says He'll Continue Using Four Lines Against Flames

    Canucks Head Coach Says He'll Continue Using Four Lines Against Flames
    Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins rolled four lines for much of the regular season and he doesn't plan on changing that philosophy in the playoffs.

    Canucks Head Coach Says He'll Continue Using Four Lines Against Flames

    John Moonlight, Ashley Steacy Win Rugby Canada Sevens Player Awards

    John Moonlight, Ashley Steacy Win Rugby Canada Sevens Player Awards
    VICTORIA — John Moonlight was named Rugby Canada's male sevens player of the year for a third time Thursday night.

    John Moonlight, Ashley Steacy Win Rugby Canada Sevens Player Awards