Adani Group partners India’s Olympic Contingent

The Adani Group has become an official partner of the  Indian Olympics Contingent at the Tokyo Olympics, which opens on 23 July 2021. The Indian lineup in Tokyo includes 119 athletes, India’s highest ever total at the  Olympic Games.  

The Olympic partnership is in line with the Adani Group’s belief that corporate  support for the nation’s sporting ecosystem will build a better and stronger  sporting future.  

About Garv Hai  

Garv Hai, the Adani Group’s long-term incubation programme to identify and  nurture India’s sporting champions of the future, was rolled out in 2019 after  completing a four-year pilot project launched before the Rio Olympics in 2015.  

Athletes of great promise were selected for the Garv Hai programme. In the past,  the illustrious list of champions supported by the Adani Group have included boxers 

Shiva Thapa, Mandeep Jangra and Pinki Rani, shot putter Inderjeet Singh, race  walker Khushbir Kaur, long distance runner Sanjeevani Jadhav and shooter Malaika  Goel.  

Ten junior and nine senior athletes were nurtured under the Garv Hai initiative, of  which seven qualified for the Tokyo 2020. Every one of the seven Garv Hai athletes  is a great story of talent, determination and effort combining to overcome  challenges, setbacks and hardship. 

Mr. Pranav Adani, MD - Agro, Oil & Gas, said, “I am proud of these athletes who are  representing our nation on the world’s greatest sporting stage. The courage, commitment and conviction they have shown to reach this height of excellence  already make them winners. Their heroic journeys inspire us as a nation. I wish them  the very best, and we, as one nation, will always be proud of them no matter the  outcome.” 

The Group has now further strengthened its commitment to the nation’s sporting  talent by becoming the official partner of the Indian Olympic Association and also  the official partner of the Indian contingent to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.  

More details about the program is available here https://adanisportsline.com/Garv Hai 

About the Olympians in the Garv Hai initiative  

Ankita Raina of Gujarat was fascinated by the sport of tennis from an early age of  five years. Today she is India’s top-ranking tennis player. It was in 2016 that she  associated with the Adani Group.  

Rani Rampal from Haryana’s Shahbad will be leading India’s women’s hockey team.  Through her grit determination Rani has broken all barriers which restricted women  from the world of sports. 

Arjun Awardee pugilist Amit Panghal’s family is a personification of the clarion call  given by the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’. His elder  brother is in the Indian Army and his father is associated with farming while  Panghal represents the nation’s boxing might. Amit weighs 52 kg. He won a silver  medal at the World Boxing Championship 2019, a gold medal at the Asian  Championship 2019 and a silver medal at the Asian Championships 2021.

Kerala’s K T Irfan, who gained fame in race walking, qualified to represent India at  the Tokyo Olympics. K T Irfan won a Bronze medal at the Asian Racewalking  Championship 2017. 

Deepak Punia, a Naib Subedar with the Indian Army, is a renowned freestyle  wrestler. He weighs 86 kg. He won a silver medal at the World Wrestling  Championship 2019 and a gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championship  2019 

Shivpal Singh, India’s top javelin thrower, is confident of his chances at the Tokyo  Olympics. He won a gold medal at the World Military Games 2019 and a silver medal  at the Asian Athletics Championship 2019. 

Freestyle wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya currently ranks third in the world in the 57 kg  weight category. He won a bronze medal at the World Championship 2019 and two  gold medals at the Asian Championship in 2019 and 2021.