UP govt to give cash awards to all participants of Tokyo Olympics: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

He
said
75
sportspersons
from
each
of
the
state’s
75
districts
will
also
be
invited
and
their
coaches
will
also
be
honoured
at
the
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
Ekana
Cricket
Stadium
in
Lucknow.
Adityanath
made
the
remarks
at
a
ceremony
to
honour
75
sportspersons,
including
three
Olympians,
at
the
Gorakhnath
temple
here
on
the
occasion
of
Nag
Panchami.

He
announced
a
cash
award
of
Rs
2
crore
for
Olympic
gold
medallist
Neeraj
Chopra,
Rs
1.5
crore
each
for
silver
medallists,
Rs
1
crore
for
each
member
of
the
men’s
hockey
team
that
won
the
bronze
medal
and
Rs
50
lakh
for
each
member
of
the
women’s
hockey
team.

Due
to
the
efforts
of
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
India’s
biggest-ever
contingent
took
part
in
the
Tokyo
Olympics
and
the
athletes
proved
themselves
in
the
challenging
time
of
COVID-19,
he
added.

Adityanath
said,
“We
have
already
said
that
sportspersons
from
the
state
will
get
Rs
6
crore
for
an
Olympic
gold
medal,
Rs
3
crore
for
a
silver
medal
and
Rs
1
crore
for
a
bronze
medal.
We
will
also
give
cash
awards
to
all
the
Olympic
participants.
We
have
also
decided
to
give
cash
awards
for
Commonwealth
Games
and
Asian
Games.”

Praising
the
sportspersons
from
Gorakhpur,
the
CM
said,
“I
didn’t
know
that
we
have
so
many
gems
in
Gorakhpur.
We
are
fortunate
to
have
three
Olympians
with
us.
They
will
certainly
motivate
and
help
the
budding
sportspersons
with
their
experience.

“All
the
three
Olympians
are
women
and
they
are
hockey
players.
They
are
the
answer
to
those
who
say
women
can’t
do
anything.”
The
three
women’s
hockey
players
who
were
honoured
on
the
occasion
are
Prem
Maya,
Ranjana
Srivastav
and
Preeti
Dubey.