Former Indian Tennis Star Mahesh Bhupathi said that India must host the olympics and also talked about the challenges non-cricket sports face in India. Bhupathi was speaking at the at trailblazers 3.0 conclave organized by revsportz in Kolkata. Speaking at the conclave, bhupathi said, “We must host the olympics, be it in 2036 or 2046.” Notable, India has expressed interest in hosting the 2036 summer olympics. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), on October 1 Last Year, Formally Sent a ‘Letter of Intent’ to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Future Host Commission, Extrosting in Hosting The Hosting The Olympics and Paralympics Games in 2036.
On Challenges faced by India in other sports, bhupathi said, “The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) Filters down the Money to the Money to the Under-14 Level, to the Under-14 Level, to the distrusts and Villages. Private Organization. It has the money.
Bhupathi also spoke about young up-sand -coming tennis star maaya rajeshwaran, who has sold international tennis federation (itf) singles titles at the age of 15 and is shaping up to be the Next Big Tar Big Star for Big in the sport. He said about Maaya, “Tennis is a big world and we are talking about just one maaya. In spain, for example, they have 30-40 maayas.”
Indian Squash Ace, Saurav Ghosal, also agreed with Bhupathi on India Hosting Olympics Saying, “It is important to create that impetus.”
The former all england champion and Indian badminton Chief Coach pullela gopichand also spoke Medals.
“We did not have the infrastructure then. It is much better now,” He added.
Adilla Sumariwalla, Vice-Prescent of World Athletics, said: “We must focus on spends that have multiple modeal opportunities.”
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