India's Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, is committed to push for kho-kho's inclusion in the Asian Games after India won the inaugural world cup at home recently, saying that coordinated efforts would be essential to secure the sport's inclusion in both the Asian Games and the 2036 Olympics.
"We did a splendid job of organising the Kho Kho World Cup and we need to make an effort that these players get a chance to play at the Asian Games," the minister said at a felicitation function of the World Cup-winning Indian kho kho teams.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India's men and women teams won their respective final against Nepal at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi on January 19 to secure title.
India has already expressed its official interest in hosting the Olympics in 2036 with a 'Letter of Intent' to the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission.
Should India secure the hosting rights, the ministry's Mission Olympic Cell intends to propose six sports for inclusion in the 2036 Olympics, with kho kho being amongst them, alongside Twenty20 cricket, kabaddi, chess and squash.
"The Government's endeavour is also to take kho kho to the Olympics in 2036. For this, the players and coaches need to keep performing well, the federation has to keep managing well and the Sports Ministry will carry on supporting and helping to raise the level of players' performances," Mandaviya added.
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