<p>Former India hockey player VR Raghunath, swimming coach Nihar Ameen and ace shuttler Anup Sridhar have been drafted into a high-level committee of the Karnataka government to identify 75 promising athletes from Karnataka for the Paris Olympics 2024.</p>.<p>A government order has been issued approving Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's 'Amrith Sports Adoption' programme, which he announced in his Independence Day speech.</p>.<p>Each of the 75 sportspersons selected will receive Rs 5 lakh from the government for training, supplements, sports kit and so on.</p>.<p>Sridhar and Raghunath are Arjuna awardees while Ameen is a Dronacharya award winner. They are on an 8-member committee the government has constituted to select 75 sportspersons who have the potential to win medals for India. The committee is headed by Youth Empowerment & Sports Minister KC Narayana Gowda along with senior officials and the head of the Karnataka Olympic Association.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-governor-to-gift-cash-prize-to-state-s-olympians-1021733.html" target="_blank">Karnataka Governor to gift cash prize to state’s Olympians</a></strong></p>.<p>The three veterans will also be on the Talent Identification Development Committee (TIDC) that the government will constitute for every sport that is identified under the programme.</p>.<p>"Talent identification will be done scientifically. There will be training camps and tournaments to identify sports potential," Gowda said in a statement. "We want India to finish in the top ten at the Paris Olympics 2024. Further, we want sportspersons from Karnataka to be the highest medal winners," Gowda said.</p>.<p>Last month, Gowda had said the government planned to train 100 sportspersons from Karnataka for the Paris games. This was revised to 75 in line with Bommai's 'Amrith' scheme.</p>
<p>Former India hockey player VR Raghunath, swimming coach Nihar Ameen and ace shuttler Anup Sridhar have been drafted into a high-level committee of the Karnataka government to identify 75 promising athletes from Karnataka for the Paris Olympics 2024.</p>.<p>A government order has been issued approving Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's 'Amrith Sports Adoption' programme, which he announced in his Independence Day speech.</p>.<p>Each of the 75 sportspersons selected will receive Rs 5 lakh from the government for training, supplements, sports kit and so on.</p>.<p>Sridhar and Raghunath are Arjuna awardees while Ameen is a Dronacharya award winner. They are on an 8-member committee the government has constituted to select 75 sportspersons who have the potential to win medals for India. The committee is headed by Youth Empowerment & Sports Minister KC Narayana Gowda along with senior officials and the head of the Karnataka Olympic Association.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-governor-to-gift-cash-prize-to-state-s-olympians-1021733.html" target="_blank">Karnataka Governor to gift cash prize to state’s Olympians</a></strong></p>.<p>The three veterans will also be on the Talent Identification Development Committee (TIDC) that the government will constitute for every sport that is identified under the programme.</p>.<p>"Talent identification will be done scientifically. There will be training camps and tournaments to identify sports potential," Gowda said in a statement. "We want India to finish in the top ten at the Paris Olympics 2024. Further, we want sportspersons from Karnataka to be the highest medal winners," Gowda said.</p>.<p>Last month, Gowda had said the government planned to train 100 sportspersons from Karnataka for the Paris games. This was revised to 75 in line with Bommai's 'Amrith' scheme.</p>
