bhubaneswar chief minister naveen patnaik led odishas cheer for india campaign to wish the countrys athletes for tokyo olympics which got underway on fridayall the athletes of the indian contingent at tokyo2020 are pride of the nation join the nation to wish all of them very best as they are raring to go and give their best to bring laurels for the country naveen tweetedfive athletes from odisha dutee chand birendra lakra amit rohidas deep grace ekka and namita toppo are participating at the olympics besides para shuttler pramod bhagat has also qualified for the paralympics and is one of the favourites to win a medalnaveen had earlier announced cash awards for athletes from the state winning medals in tokyo prize money of rs 6 crore was announced for winning gold while rs 4 crore and rs 25 crore respectively will be given for silver and bronze medalshockey legend olympian and former india captain dilip tirkey also wished the athletes and said the games are a true celebration of sports and sportsmanshipour athletes braved the covid19 pandemic and are eager to put their best efforts at the tokyo olympics our medal prospects look very promising this time as far as indian mens hockey team is concerned it looks one of the strongest teams said tirkeystate sports and youth services department has also launched a special campaign to wish the athletes for the olympics many sportsstars politicians bureaucrats and general public cheered for the athletesstate sports minister tusharkanti behera also joined the country to wish the athletes more than 100 athletes including six from odisha are participating in the sports extravaganza i hope many of them will make us proud by winning medals we have high hopes from the athletes of our state said behera