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NEW DELHI: India will bid for hosting the Olympic Games in
2036. A roadmap will be presented before the full members
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the
IOC session in Mumbai in September 2023, Union sports
minister Anurag Thakur told TOI in an exclusive interview on
Tuesday.

Thakur said the government will back the Indian Olympic

Association’s (IOA) bid for hosting the Games and that
Gujarat’s Ahmedabad will likely be the ‘host city’ with world-
class sporting infrastructure available there. The Union
minister said that with India having previously hosted the
1982 Asian Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games, the
next logical pit stop was the Summer Olympics.

“If India can host the G20 Presidency in such a big way, I am
sure the government will be able to pitch in to host the
Olympics in the country along with the IOA. We all know
that the slots are booked till 2032. But 2036 onwards, we
have hopes and I am sure India will fully prepare and bid for
the Olympics,” Thakur said.

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Asked if India was ready to host the Olympics in 2036,

Thakur said: “Yes, India is ready to positively bid for it. There
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He added: “Gujarat has several times expressed interest in

hosting the Olympics. They have the infrastructure — from

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