During the 139th International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Beijing, China on Saturday, India won the right to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai.
Mumbai recieved a historic 99 per cent of votes in favour of its bid form the participating delegates. The session will be hosted at the Jio World Convention Centre.
The Indian delegation comprising of country's first individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra (Beijing 2008, shooting), IOC member Nita Ambani, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur were present during the session.
This will be the second IOC session in India. The country lasted hosted an IOC session in 1983 in New Delhi. The IOC session is the general meeting of the Members of the IOC.
"The Olympic Movement is back to India after a 40-year wait! I am truly grateful to the International Olympic Committee for entrusting India with the honour of hosting the IOC session in Mumbai in 2023," Nita Ambani said in a statement.
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