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IOC member Nita Ambani believes India will improve on the highs of seven medals from Tokyo 2020 in Paris. read more
 "India to win double digit medals at Paris Olympics, says IOC member Nita Ambani")
Nita Ambani delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Indian House at the 2024 Summer Olympics. AP
After the highs of Tokyo Olympics where India secured their best ever medal haul, the country can win double digit medals in Paris, IOC member Nita Ambani said.
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She also the day India will host the Summer Games is ’not far'.
In October last year, PM Narendra Modi had announced India’s intent to bid for the 2036 Olympics, pledging to spare no effort to fulfil the dream of 1.4 billion people.
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”We are going to do very well. Forty seven per cent of our athletes are girls. All for women power and all for our young boys and girls, we are rooting and cheering for them. I hope we can see double digits in medals for the first time. Go India go, make India proud,” Nita said at the opening ceremony of the India House in Paris.
A day after the Paris Olympics began with an outdoor opening ceremony, the India House, first-ever country house at the Olympics, had a star-studded opening ceremony. It was attended by BCCI secretary Jay Shah and IOC officials and administrators.
”India has arrived. It is time that the flame that was first lit in Athens must light the sky in our ancient land — Bharat. The day is not far when India will host the Olympic Games. Let this be our collective resolve at the opening of the India House,” she added.
”For the first time, India has its own house at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It’s a place where we are going to honour our athletes, celebrate their achievements, and wish them well.
”We will celebrate our heritage and our culture, with many of our artisans present and cultural programs scheduled. This is going to be a home away from home for our athletes.
Asked how this idea come to mind, she said: ”When I went to Brazil, Korea Winter Olympics, and then Tokyo, we didn’t have an India House.
”I just felt that India, with its 1.4 billion people, needed a house of its own. So that’s when I started thinking about having an Indian House at the Olympics for our athletes and everyone to see what the spirit of India really is.
”Envisioned as a symbol of India’s Olympic aspiration, we hope that it becomes a home away from home for our athletes where we honour them and salute their achievements,” she added.
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