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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met the Indian athletes who will represent the country at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and wished them luck. (Source: Twitter)
Narendra Modi met wrestler Narsingh Yadav and wished him luck for Rio 2016 Olympics. Narsingh bagged the quota in the 74kg category with a bronze medal finish in last year's World Championships. (Source: Twitter)
India will be sending its biggest ever contingent to the Olympics this year with more than 100 athletes having already qualified in 13 sporting disciplines. The previous highest was 83 that the country sent in the 2012 Olympics in London. (Source: PTI)
Narendra Modi shakes hand with Table Tennis player Manika Batra during the warm send-off ceremony of Indian contingent for Rio Olympics.Ranked 115th in the world, Rio Olympics will be Manika's first visit in olympic. She qualified by beating K Shamini, Mouma Das and Pooja Sahasrabuddhe at the Asian Qualifiers in Hong Kong. (Source: PTI)
At the function held at the Manekshaw Centre, PM Modi interacted individually with the sportspersons, and wished them luck for the August 5-21 Games. (Source: Twitters)
Shooter Gagan Narang shakes hand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the warm send-off ceremony of Indian contingent for Rio 2016 Olympics. Gagan won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone event of ISSF World Cup in USA, which earned him a quota place for the Rio games. (Source: PTI)
The dignitaries who attended the function were Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, Sports Secretary Rajiv Yadav, All India Council of Sports (AICS) Chairman Vijay Malhotra, Indian Olympic Association President N Ramachandran, Secretary General Rajeev Mehta, Hockey India President Narinder Batra, HI Secretary General Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmed among others. (Source: Twitter)
Shiva Thapa, Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu, Manoj Kumar and Pandam Thapa, father of Shiva Thapa. Gurbaksh Singh is the Boxing coach of India. (Source: PTI)
Boxer Shiva Thapa and Manoj kumar will be representing India in boxing. Shiva was the first boxer to qualify for Rio games. Manoj won quarterfinal bout against Tajikistan’s Rakhimov Shakvakatdzhon to win 3-0 in the AIBA World Olympic qualification event in Baku which secured his place in the upcoming games. (Source: PTI)
During the send-off function the athletes were seen taking selfies with the PM and Modi obliged the lot with his autograph too. (Source: Twitter)
