New Delhi, April 13 -- Olympian Manisha Malhotra knows what it takes to shine against the best in the business and the former tennis star has now joined JSW Sports to lead the company's flagship Sports Excellence Program (SEP) which currently supports over 30 elite Indian athletes across five Olympic disciplines.

Speaking to IANS, Manisha made it clear that while the primary focus would be in driving initiatives for all SEP athletes leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the bigger goal is to create a pool of world-class athletes so that India can be known as a sporting nation.

"I don't think we are result driven, to be fair. The assessment of how well we have done our job won't come with a medal. The idea is to produce world-class a...