India, Feb. 19 -- Union minister for sports and youth welfare Anurag Thakur on Monday said that India is trying to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and by 2047, the country will be among the top-5 medal winning nations in the world.

Thakur while attending the opening ceremony of Khelo India University Games in Assam's Guwahati said that in recent years Indian athletes broke all the records in global games including Olympics.

He said, "In the 2004 Athens Olympics, 52% of the medal winners from England were University students. For the USA the percentage is even higher. This is why the university games are important and the Government of India is focusing on strengthening such games. He said that in the World University Games, held in China ...