ఒలింపిక్స్లో భారత్ 'గుడ్విల్ అంబాసిడర్' దాదా! - టోక్యో ఒలింపిక్స్

ఈ ఏడాది ఒలింపిక్స్లో భారత్ బృందానికి గుడ్విల్ అంబాసిడర్గా ఉండాలని బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడు గంగూలీని కోరారు ఐఓఏ కార్యదర్శి రాజీవ్ మెహతా. ఈ మేరకు లేఖ రాశారు.

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Published : Feb 3, 2020, 10:16 AM IST

Updated : Feb 28, 2020, 11:43 PM IST

టోక్యో ఒలింపిక్స్లో పాల్గొనే భారత క్రీడా బృందానికి 'గుడ్విల్ అంబాసిడర్'గా ఉండాలని బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడు సౌరభ్ గంగూలీని భారత ఒలింపిక్ సంఘం(ఐఓఏ) కోరింది. ఈ మేరకు ఐఓఏ కార్యదర్శి రాజీవ్ మెహతా లేఖ రాశారు.

"ఒలింపిక్స్లో 14-16 క్రీడా విభాగాల్లో 100-200 మంది అథ్లెట్లు పాల్గొంటారని భావిస్తున్నాం. వీరిలో సీనియర్లు, ఒలింపిక్స్ అనుభవం లేని యువకులు ఉన్నారు. కోట్లాది మంది భారతీయులకు మీరు స్ఫూర్తిగా నిలిచారు. పాలకుడిగా యువ ఆటగాళ్లను సానబెడుతున్నారు. భారత బృందానికి మీ మద్దతు ప్రేరణగా నిలుస్తుంది. మా విజ్ఞప్తిని అంగీకరిస్తారని ఆశిస్తున్నాం" -రాజీవ్ మెహతా, భారత ఒలింపిక్ సంఘం కార్యదర్శి

బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడు సౌరభ్ గంగూలీ

జపాన్లోని టోక్యో నగరంలో జరిగే ఒలింపిక్స్‌.. ఈ ఏడాది జులై 24 నుంచి ఆగస్టు 9 వరకు జరగునున్నాయి. 2016 రియో ఒలింపిక్స్‌లో దిగ్గజ క్రికెటర్‌ సచిన్ తెందుల్కర్‌, షూటర్‌ అభినవ్‌ బింద్రా, నటుడు సల్మాన్‌ ఖాన్‌, సంగీత దర్శకుడు ఏఆర్‌ రెహ్మాన్‌.. భారత్కు గుడ్‌విల్ అంబాసిడర్స్‌గా వ్యవహరించారు.

"ఒలింపిక్స్లో 14-16 క్రీడా విభాగాల్లో 100-200 మంది అథ్లెట్లు పాల్గొంటారని భావిస్తున్నాం. వీరిలో సీనియర్లు, ఒలింపిక్స్ అనుభవం లేని యువకులు ఉన్నారు. కోట్లాది మంది భారతీయులకు మీరు స్ఫూర్తిగా నిలిచారు. పాలకుడిగా యువ ఆటగాళ్లను సానబెడుతున్నారు. భారత బృందానికి మీ మద్దతు ప్రేరణగా నిలుస్తుంది. మా విజ్ఞప్తిని అంగీకరిస్తారని ఆశిస్తున్నాం" -రాజీవ్ మెహతా, భారత ఒలింపిక్ సంఘం కార్యదర్శి

బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడు సౌరభ్ గంగూలీ

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Des Moines, Iowa - 2 February 2020
1. Mid of Pete Buttigieg on stage
2. Close of Pete signs
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, (D) Presidential Candidate:
"It is difficult to believe how far we have come from a year ago when we first turned up in a coffee shop in Ames (Iowa), thrilled, because there were literally dozens of people there. Although most of them were just there to get a cup of coffee."
3. Wide of Buttigieg on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, (D) Presidential Candidate:
"That's how this thing began. No personal fortune, no big national name recognition. We had an exploratory committee with a staff of four, an office smaller than the area that I'm standing in right now, but we had this idea. And thanks to the compassion and energy of our volunteers and the power of our message, we are now just one day away from victory in the Iowa caucuses!"
5. Wide of Buttigieg on stage
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, (D) Presidential Candidate:
"I know there are some ads on TV saying that this is no time to take a risk on anybody new. But I would say at a moment like this, history has taught us we cannot take the risk of meeting a fundamentally new challenge by falling back on the familiar. We can't be afraid of moving to the future and new voices in our leadership."
7. Various of Buttigieg and his husband waving on stage
8. Mid of Buttigieg greeting supporters after remarks
9. Mid of supporters chanting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Vasoli, 49, Buttigieg supporter, from South Bend, Indiana, serving as caucus observer:
"So I get to see the caucus, participate, in a way. I wasn't aware I can actually try to convince people before the proceedings begin and say, I think Mayor Pete would be a good candidate. Hopefully he's in your top three, you know whatever it takes to get them during the first alignment, second alignment. Once the proceedings begin, then I have to cease and just observe."
11. Various of Vasoli's daughter with sign supporting Buttigieg
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Vasoli, Buttigieg supporter:
"Whoever the Democratic Party nominates, I will vote for them to hopefully get rid of Mr. Trump."
13. Pan from supporters to rally attendee Nadia Brown's baby
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Nadia Brown, 37, Purdue University Political Science Associate Professor, brought students to attend rallies for different candidates:
"I really was looking for him (Buttigieg) for some leadership around some Black Lives Matter incidents that happened in South Bend that I think he owned up, in some ways, to say that we could do better, but didn't his own role as an executive in actually being able to do it."
15. Wide of Brown and her baby
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Nadia Brown, Purdue University Political Science Associate Professor:
"Sometimes I feel like my phD in political science is not the best for looking at American politics right now. (Inaudible) because this is such a completely different time. I think the impeachment has really thrown a monkey wrench into some things so we might see a winner in Iowa that might not have been if we were not -- if the Senators did not have to be on the floor (of the Senate)."
17. Wide of Buttigieg supporters purchasing merchandise from "The Pete Mobile"
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Eve Barbanell, 48, Buttigieg supporter, from Tampa Bay, Florida:
"We all flew in from Tampa Bay and Florida in general. We're about 15 people that decided to come in to Des Moines. We've never done anything like this in our lives and we believe in Pete so much that he really motivated us to care about our future."
19. Mid of people purchasing items from "The Pete Mobile"
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Eve Barbanell, 48, Buttigieg supporter, from Tampa Bay, Florida:
"I not only hope, I believe that he is going to turn everything around. His supporters are so fired up, they're so - they care so much about our fellow people here in the United States, that I think they're going to come out in droves and really support him. And I hope that we can really make a voice here, like we did when Obama came through and surprised everyone and showed that we don't care about your ethnicity, we don't care about your preferences, we don't care about - we just care about the human being that is going to put us forward."
21. Close of people purchasing items from "The Pete Mobile"
STORYLINE:
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg talked up his newcomer status on Sunday, telling a crowd of more than 2,000 in Des Moines that "we can't be afraid of the future and new voices as our leaders" and "we are just one day away from victory in the Iowa caucuses!"
Polls suggest that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may have a narrow lead, but any of the top four candidates — Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Buttigieg — could score victory in Iowa's unpredictable and quirky caucus system as organizers prepare for record turnout.
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Last Updated : Feb 28, 2020, 11:43 PM IST

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