Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on June 3 unveiled the official uniforms that the Indian contingent will be wearing at the Tokyo Olympics starting next month. India is expected to send over a 100 athletes to Tokyo for the quadrennial event with the likes of PV Sindhu, MC Mary Kom, Bajrang Punia, Neeraj Chopra among the list of strong medal contenders. Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi on June 3 held a review meeting regarding the preparedness of athletes for the Olympics which will get underway from July 23 & run till August 8. India will aim for a rich medal haul from this year’s event after returning with just two medals from Rio 2016 - Sindhu (silver in badminton) & Sakshi Malik (bronze in wrestling). Rijiju is hoping Indian contingent will break its past record of medals tally in Tokyo.
