With new mission state eyes medals in 12 Olympic Games

A high-performance sailing center will be established in Mumbai as part of Maharashtra's 'Mission Lakshyavedh' to train athletes for the Olympics. The state has allocated ₹160 crore for the scheme, which aims to prepare 3,740 sportspersons for 12 Olympic Games. The plan includes training international players at six high-performance centers and preparing national players at 37 regional sports excellence centers in eight cities. Maharashtra won 33 medals in the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023.

A high-performance centre for sailing will be set up in the city under the state government’s ‘Mission Lakshyavedh’, a scheme to train and prepare 3,740 sportspersons from Maharashtra to compete in 12 Olympic Games.

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An order issued by the sports department on Thursday, on the eve of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary celebrated as National Youth Day, said the state had earmarked ₹160 crore for the scheme.

“The state government will implement ‘Mission Lakshyavedh’ with an aim to win Olympic medals, with a focus on 12 games. About 240 international players will get training at six high-performance centres while 740 national players will be prepared at 37 regional sports excellence centres in eight cities. As many as 2,760 state-level players will be trained at 138 ‘Krida Pratibha’ centres in various districts. A sum of ₹160 crore has been approved and 10% of the total allocations to the sports department in each district will be utilised for this new scheme,’’ the order said.

In the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023, as many as 73 players from Maharashtra participated and won 33 medals.