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NEW DELHI: India has raised its Olympic medal ambitions while pursuing hosting rights for the 2036 Games, with Qatar seen as the strongest rival.After winning no gold at the Paris Games in 2024, India is now targeting 12-14 gold and 30-35 overall medals at the 2036 Olympics.
The benchmark for 2048 is 30-35 gold and 100 total medals under a 10-year medal strategy plan cleared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Overall, India has won 10 Olympic gold medals — eight in men’s field hockey — and two individual gold from shooter Abhinav Bindra (Beijing 2008) and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra (Tokyo 2020).Union sports secretary Hari Ranjan Rao outlined the ambitions at a Sports Governance Conclave in Ahmedabad on Friday, saying India must aim to match China and the USA.He said 12-14 gold and 30-35 total medals in 2036 would place India in the top 10, while 35-40 gold and around 100 medals in 2048 would put it in the top five.Rao also set goals for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (July 23-Aug 2) and the Asian Games in Japan (Sept 19-Oct 4).
