Bindra hopes India host Olympics in near future

Abhinav Bindra. Pic/AFP

India's first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday expressed the hope that India will get to host the Olympic Games in the near future.

Speaking on the sidelines of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 141st Session here, Bindra, the winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold in 10m air rifle, said, "I hope we get to host the Olympic Games in the near future."

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday asserted, while declaring the IOC Session open, that India will leave "no stone unturned" in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics. Modi had also said that India wishes to host the 2029 Youth Olympics.

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