Establishing direct interaction with athletes from the state set to represent the country in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath praised them for their struggle, determination and sustained efforts and also urged every citizen to bolster their enthusiasm.Uttar Pradesh has a representation of a total of 10 players for the Tokyo Olympics, namely Priyanka Goswami, Annu Rani, Seema Punia, Shivpal Singh, Satish Kumar, Vandana Kataria, Saurabh Chaudhary, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Lalit Upadhyay and Arvind Singh.

Earlier, the UP government had announced that all athletes from the state who win a gold medal at Tokyo Olympics would be rewarded with Rs 6 crore, every silver medalist with Rs 4 crore and bronze medal winners with Rs 2 crore. For team events, each winning player will be rewarded with Rs 3 crore for gold medal, while silver and bronze medalists will be rewarded with Rs 2 and Rs 1 crore each respectively. Besides all UP athletes participating in the Olympics will be rewarded with Rs 10 lakh each, independent of their performance at the games.