TIL Desk Sports/ Asserting that the inaugural edition of the Khelo India School Games has been a resounding success, Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore hoped on Tuesday that it will help to improve India’s performance in the international arena.
The minister met several of India’s sporting legends who form the Talent Identification Committee (TIDC) here on Tuesday.
The former stars apprised him of the talent that they have seen over the past week and gave a resounding thumbs-up to the first Khelo India School Games.
More than 70 past Arjuna Award winners, Dronacharya Awardees and Khel Ratnas were among the TIDC which had a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting was to take stock of the talent that has been seen since the start of the Games.
“The idea of having all these stalwarts watching these Games and focusing on young talent is that we have a strong pool of talent for the and leading up to the Olympics in 2024, 2028 and so on,” Rathore said.
