new delhi sports minister kiren rijiju is expecting an unprecedented doubledigit medal haul from the indian athletes in the upcoming tokyo olympicson wednesday rijiu said the government has provided all possible support to the countrys athletes in preparation for the olympics and it is now their job to make the games a memorable one for indiawe want to make this olympics very very memorable and it is the athletes who would ensure that the tokyo olympics becomes one of the most cherished olympics for indiafrom the ministrys end we have tried to provide everything required for olympicbound athletes and athletes who are participating in qualifying events our priority was to fulfil all needs of our athletes the minister saidhe was speaking during a virtual webinar organised to mark the 100 days countdown to the tokyo games which is scheduled to begin on july 23we ensured that there are no shortcomings or shortages of any sort for athletes representing india in the tokyo olympics but we will have to set a record in the tokyo olympics india must cross double digitswe are doing everything for you you just bring home a double digit medal haul we will give everything you want but there shouldnt be any lacking in the efforts from your side he said in his message to the sportspersons who will represent india in the quadrennial extravaganzarijiju asked the athletes who have already qualified for the games to remain cautious in view of the surging coronavirus cases in the country and across the world100 days countdown and from here we have to make sure that everyday is important now from now onwards everything has to be as per your plan and as per the programme set by the coachesthere are many challenges ahead if a player in a team tests covid positive it may affect the entire team so we have to be extremely careful in this situation we need to strictly follow the protocols of sports authority of india and national sports federations he saidthe sports minister reiterated that india needs to play a bigger role in the olympic movement and the only way it can do so is by making its presence felt in the medals tallywe should make the olympic movement more rigorous in india india has a long history of olympics and as a large nation india must play a much more important and greater role in the olympic movement and we can do this by winning more medals rijiju saidour share of olympic medals must increase india is an emerging nation and this must be reflected in the sporting arena alsothe webinar was also attended by sports secretary ravi mittal indian olympic association president narinder batra and secretary general rajeev mehta among others