Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met the Indian athletes who will represent the country at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and wished them luck. During the send-off function the athletes were seen taking selfies with the PM and his autographs. Delhi: Athletes click selfies with PM Modi as latter gives send-off to Indian contingent for #RioOlympics 2016 pic.twitter.com/fMQJNSaGbn — ANI (@ANI_news) July 4, 2016National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu were also part of the gathering. #WATCH: PM Narendra Modi gives send-off to Indian contingent for #RioOlympics, in Delhihttps://t.co/FONsrYxpjg — ANI (@ANI_news) July 4, 2016India will be sending its biggest ever contingent to the Olympics this year with more than 100 athletes having already qualified in 13 sporting disciplines. The Indian women's hockey team along with chief coach Neil Hawgood and coach C R Kumar were also in attendance.

Source: dna July 04, 2016 08:19 UTC