‘Cheer for Bharat’: PM Narendra Modi Urges Citizens to Encourage Indian Athletes in Paris Olympics 2024 – News18

PM Modi urges people to cheer for Indian athletes in Paris Olympics 2024

In the latest episode of radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’, PM Narendra Modi urged the people of the country to cheer for Indian athletes participating in the Paris Olympics 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the citizens of the country to cheer for the Indian athletes participating in the Paris Olympics 2024. This was his second address after the Lok Sabha Elections and first after the presentation of the Union Budget 2024-25.

“The Paris Olympics has gripped the entire world. The Games provides our athletes with an opportunity to make the nation proud and wave our tricolour on an international platform. I urge you to cheer them. Cheer for Bharat,” said PM Modi while addressing the county via his monthly radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

The Prime Minister further interacted with the participants of the International Mathematics Olympiad.

“In the International Mathematics Olympiad, young participants from over 100 countries take part, and our team has successfully ranked in the top five in the overall tally,” said PM Modi

“The names of these students who have brought glory to the country are – Aditya Venkat Ganesh from Pune, Siddharth Chopra from Pune, Arjun Gupta from Delhi, Kanav Talwar from Greater Noida, Rushil Mathur from Mumbai and Anando Bhaduri from Guwahati,” he added.

Even in the previous episode of his radio show, PM Modi spoke about the Olympic Games-bound athletes and highlighted their hard work to shine on the big platform. He said the athletes prepared with ‘life and soul’ for the mega event, participating in nearly 900 international competitions collectively.

“Our athletes’ performance in Tokyo won the hearts of every Indian. Since the Tokyo Olympics, our athletes have been preparing with all their life and soul. Combined, they have participated in around 900 international competitions,” PM Modi had said.

“Both the men’s and women’s table tennis teams have qualified. Our female shooters are also included in the Indian shotgun team. This time, our athletes will compete in categories in wrestling and equestrian events in which they have never participated before,” he added.

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