New Delhi, India, June 30, 2025: India’s Minister of Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha all came together to participate in an Olympic Day Run in the nation’s capital last week.
Organised under the International Olympic Committee’s global campaign "Let’s Move", the Olympic Day Run reflected India’s growing fitness movement as thousands participated.
Sports Minister Mandaviya highlighted the momentum the nation has built under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed her pride in the participation and her vision for India’s future in sports. “I’m very happy that thousands of people from Delhi participated in this Olympic run,” she said.
“Under PM Modi’s leadership, the country is constantly moving towards better sportspeople, better infrastructure and better facilities. Delhi is ready to host the 2036 Olympics. We want to get the privilege to host the Olympics. We will develop good infrastructure, and many sportspeople from every village, every state, are getting good facilities from the central government,” Gupta added.
IOA President Usha said: “We celebrate the Olympic movement everywhere in our country. Not only to celebrate the modern Olympic movement, but also for the excellence, unity, perseverance the Olympic movement gives.”
Usha also posted on social media: “An energetic morning today celebrating the spirit of sports, the uniting power that binds us all.”
