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Independence Day Special
Cover Story

10 Sports

The ‘Khelo India’ initiative has not only created sports infrastructure but also
nurtured talent at the grassroots level. Whether it is the Olympics or Paralympics,
cricket or wrestling, men or women—India’s flag is flying high across every arena...

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30,750+ athletes received assistance n Six athletes won

through 'Khelo India';
medals at the Paris
the country's first National Sports University Olympics 2024.
While Indian
was established in Imphal, Manipur, in 2018; and athletes won a total
infrastructure was developed to nurture talent at the of 20 Olympic
grassroots level.
medals over the 60
n More than 4.5 lakh schools were awarded the 'Fit years from 1952 to
India School' flag, and approximately 24 crore people 2012, they secured
participated in events such as the 'Fit India Run'. 15 medals between
2016 and 2024 alone.

n Indian athletes set a record by winning 107
medals at the Asian Games. The rising medal
tally of Indian athletes in sports has earned the
country a new identity in the sporting world.

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In 2025, the Indian
men’s cricket team
won the ICC
Champions Trophy,
while the women’s
cricket team
clinched the World
Cup title for the
first time.

The Indian team won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup three times (including victories in 2024
and 2026), and the women’s visually impaired cricket team also created history in the sports
world by winning the World Cup.

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