Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced Rs 3 crore prize money for all athletes from the state who will win gold medals.
CM Stalin made the announcement while inaugurating a special vaccination camp for only athletes at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai, on Saturday.
Stalin also announced six names of people who are competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – Nethra Kumanan, Varun A Thakkar and KC Ganapathy for sailing, G Sathyan and A Sarathkamal for Table Tennis, and Bhavani Devi for Fencing.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in Tokyo last year, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.