behind that investmentthe honourable cm has sponsored the indian hockey teams for another 10 years until 2033 in the tokyo olympic bronze medalwinning indian mens hockey team we odisha had two players so our focus is that more players from odisha should represent the country in national teams we are not just focusing on the discipline but also that players in that particular discipline should have different sets of skills like a defender striker or goalkeeper so i hope that in the next olympics or in the coming matches more players from odisha will be part of our national teamsyou just mentioned the olympics earlier this year the chief of indian olympic association ioa and international hockey federation chief narinder batra stated that india might push to host the olympics in 2036 is there anything at the back of the odisha governments mind that the state should have all the infrastructure in place by the time india decides to bid for the olympicswe are now preparing in such a way that more players from different disciplines will be participating in the upcoming olympics be it 2024 or 2028 we are investing in infrastructure in huge amounts and it will come up in multiple disciplines like athletics swimming archery shooting apart from hockey if the government of india manages to host the olympics in the future i think odisha will contribute in a major way in that eventhave you ever had any informal discussion with the ioa president about this as yetweve been chatting formally and informally but again that is up to the government of india if the country decides to bid for the olympicsimage credit odisha sports twitter handleanother hockey world cup senior men is coming up in 2023 and rourkela will be on the world map this time along with bhubaneswar a lot of infrastructure development is going on in the steel city despite numerous covid enforced breakshockey is a part of the culture in that region specifically and part of every kids childhood construction work is going on in rourkela for the biggest hockey stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 20000 plus i have reviewed things as well as the progress of the stadium and other facilities