Four women players joined the Indian Army, selected under 'Mission Olympics'

In a major boost to the Indian Army's efforts to promote Nari Shakti, the Indian Army has recruited four sportswomen of distinction as Direct Entry Havaldars in the Corps of Military Police under its 'Mission Olympics' program.

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Four meritorious sportspersons include Sakshi (Boxing), Arundhati Choudhary (Boxing), Bhateri and Priyanka (Wrestling) have taken the lead in representing the Indian Army in the National Championship in Boxing and Wrestling. Meanwhile, history has been created by becoming the 6th Elite Women National Boxing Championship 2022 at Bhopal (19th to 26th December 2022) and Senior National Wrestling Championship at Visakhapatnam (21st to 23rd December 2022).

"The Indian Army has a long illustrious tradition of promoting and nurturing sports personnel and runs a well-structured program called 'Mission Olympics'. Earlier in the year, international-level athlete Summy, who excelled in 400m athletics, and Jasmine Lamboria, a Commonwealth Games 2022 bronze medalist in boxing, also joined the Indian Army."  The statement pointed out.

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The armed forces athletes' performance at the Olympics has gone up. Almost half of the 28 Tokyo Olympic medals won by the Indian contingent were from armed forces. In fact, the biggest track and field sports icon is javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, a Subedar from the Rajputana Rifles. And the sportsperson to fetch the first Olympic medal in shooting was Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Defence Ministry has named the Army Sports Institute stadium as "Neeraj Chopra Stadium" which is an ode to his tremendous international achievement.