The union sports minister also said that the country is expected to send the largest ever contingent of athletes to the postponed Tokyo Olympics which is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 next year.
Local organizers on Friday announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May.
The 3000m steeplechase runner hasn't competed since World Military Games in October last year and is egging on to compete at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon this Sunday.
Her comment comes a week after International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach's visit to Tokyo, where he held a series of talks with Japanese Olympic officials.
India is likely to field a strong contingent at the Games, which was pushed back by a year to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead of getting to know their global neighbours, Olympic athletes will be encouraged to leave Japan a day or two after they've finished competing.
In a more private setting, Bach has spoken directly about Olympic athletes’ responsibility to consider the vaccine.
Thomas Bach, who is on his first visit to Japan since the Covid-19 pandemic broke, said the nation had shown they can organise sporting events in a safe environment through recent competitions.
Back home in Venezuela, Ruben Limardo Gascon is hailed as a national hero for winning a gold medal in fencing at the 2012 London Olympics.
Bach lauded new advances in rapid testing as a boost to hold the games.
The Olympics are set to be held from July 23 to August 8 next year after being postponed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Olympics are set to be held from July 23 to August 8 next year after being postponed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The team's core probable group has been living in a bio-secure environment at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) facility since August this year after a six-week break.
The non-Japanese entered after a 14-day quarantine at home and were largely kept penned up in their Tokyo hotel in strict isolation.
Coe visited Tokyo last month and met several top-ranking officials there, including the organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and the sports and Olympics ministers in the Japanese government.
Fans in Japan who already know they cannot use their tickets next year can get their money back by applying online for refunds during the period Nov. 10-30. The Paralympic period is Dec. 1-21.
The 15,000-seat swimming venue cost is listed at $520 million but seating capacity will come in use or not amid pandemic is in question.
Tokyo organizers showcased a few possible remedies on Wednesday, displaying various screening measures at the city’s Big Sight convention complex, the home of the media center for the Olympics.
Dilpreet also said he has been even more enthusiastic about playing hockey after returning to the pitch for sports activities in August.
Talking on Indian paddler Mudit Dani's online chat show 'In The Sportlight', Deepika said that the country's female archers had worked hard and were confident of securing the quota ahead of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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