cities north to south from east to west their journey is an incredible story of resilience and sporting excellence he addedthere were many firsts in indias campaign including the biggest ever 128member athlete contingent seven olympic medals first olympic gold medal in an athletics event two successive medals in consecutive games by sindhu and a medalbronze by the indian mens team in hockey after a gap of 41 years0059watch fans celebrate at delhi airport as indian contingent return from tokyo olympicsalso the womens hockey team achieved its best ever fourth place finish in the gameswe will continue to support our sports persons and we endeavour to make india a sporting powerhouse thakur saidthe minister also lauded some close finishes including the fourth place finish by golfer aditi ashokthakurs predecessor rijiju praised the performances of all the athletes and reiterated that india will be a force to reckon with by the 2028 olympicsthis is just the beginning because indias resurgence in sport is visible now and i am confident that by 2028 olympics india will be a force to reckon with rijiju mentioned