Rousing celebrations continue for our medal winning Olympians as they are meeting President Kovind on August 14 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day.
The Tokyo Olympics with 7 medals including Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold, saw India’s best performance ever. Overall, India ranked 33rd by total number of medals and 48th by the number of gold medals. Many are calling this moment an inflection point. Some say it is because the government, sports federations and corporate entities are finally working in sync.
To find how India can do better in Paris Olympics three years from now and to relive some of the extraordinary heights of human endeavour that we saw on display, Anuradha Sengupta spoke to sports journalist Sharda Ugra; sports and media veteran Joy Bhattacharjya and Jayen Mehta, marketing head at GCMMF that makes Amul.
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