A 54-member Indian contingent for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games was given a virtual send-off virtual send-off by the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur.
The athletes were addressed and sent best wishes by the Sports Minister via a video message.
“India is sending its largest-ever contingent to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo — 54 para-sportspersons across nine sports disciplines. The passion of our Para-Athletes shows their phenomenal human spirit. Remember that when you play for India you will have 130 crore Indians cheering for you!
“I am extremely confident that our para-athletes will give their optimum best! Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met our Rio 2016 Paralympic Games athletes and has always had a keen interest for the welfare of our athletes and focused the government’s approach on nurturing talent along with development of sports Infrastructure across the country. Here’s wishing them the very best,” said Thakur.
Minister of Tourism, GK Reddy said, “Blessings of the whole nation are with the athletes and the national flag should fly high again in Tokyo. It is the dream of every player to do good at international level and make the country proud and we firmly believe that Paralympic athletes will fulfil this dream.”
Deepa Malik who was the silver medal winner at the Rio Games said, “Everyone has worked very hard and we are looking at very amazing competition at Tokyo 2020 and are very confident that we are going to bring a lot of joy, a lot of glory to the tricolour.”
