Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced Rs 8.5 crore of financial support for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympic Games 2024. (More Sports News)
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah made this anno꧃uncement on X by putting out a post.
The BCC🐠I secretary also wished the Olympic-bound contingent.
"To our entire contingent, we wish you the ver🌺yไ best. Make India proud! Jai Hind!"
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games begin from July 26 and ꦑgo on till August 11 with over 10,000 athletes from all over the world participating in it. Some events start from July 24 but the offi🍸cial opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Games is scheduled for July 26. This is the third time that Paris is hosting Olympics, making it only the second city after London to achieve this feat.
Organisers have also proℱmised to make the 2024 Paris Olympics the greenest Summer Games of all 🌸time.
India will be sending 117 athletes to Paris, their second biggest contingent after Tokyo's 121. 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian con✤tingent in Paris. India are hoping to come back from the Summer Games with a record-breaking medal count. Indian athletes had their best-ever medal haul at the 2020 Tokyo Olym🦩pics where they returned with seven medals including a historic track and field gold medal from Neeraj Chopra.
The athleti♛cs contingent is the biggest for India with 29 players in fray with eyes once again on Neeraj who will be aiming to defend his gold medal.
