The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha confirmed India’s formal dialogue with the Future Host Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on hosting the 2036 Olympics on Sunday, February 4. 

Primer Minister Narendra Modi introduced India’s plans to host the 2036 Summer Olympics video games throughout his speech on the IOC Session in Mumbai on October 14, 2023. But that is the primary time IOA has confirmed official talks with the choice fee. 

“The IOA is in active dialogue with the Future Host Commission of the IOC regarding hosting the 2030 Youth Olympics and the 2036 Olympic Games in India as per the vision of the Honourable Prime Minister,” PT Usha mentioned in an IOA assertion on Sunday. 

It’s as much as IOA to declare India’s curiosity in hosting the Olympic Games whereas the federal government supplies monetary backing to construct the required infrastructure. After India’s record-shattering efficiency on the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, the legendary Indian athlete mentioned that the nation ought to bid for the 2036 Olympics.

It shall be a historic achievement for the PT Usha-led IOA if India succeeds in successful Olympic hosting rights. Since the opening version of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, solely 4 Asian cities Tokyo (1964 and 2020), Seoul (1988), and Beijing (2008) have hosted the Summer Olympic Games. 

Paris is hosting the upcoming 2024 Olympics whereas Los Angeles is chosen to arrange the 2028 version of the largest and most prestigious multi-sport occasions.

However, after a string of controversies across the hosting course of, the IOC fashioned a Future Host Commission to pick the host metropolis. In 2021, the Future Host Commission introduced Australia’s Brisbane as a hosting metropolis for the 2032 Olympics and is reportedly having dialogues with potential cities concerned with hosting the 2036 Games.