# The Olympic Scheme will provide international training to athletes

- ID: P04-B-02#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p04-b-02-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p04-b-02-2)
- Pillar: 4. Youth Welfare
- Section: B. Tamil Nadu Standing Tall in Sports
- Manifesto page: 41
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 27 May 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The Tamil Nadu Olympic Skill Development Scheme will identify talented athletes and provide them with international standard training.

## Where it stands

Announced on 19 May 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government announced it will establish a research wing and committees to identify and train talented athletes across the state.

**So far:** a talent research wing and committees to identify young athletes across the state

**Not yet seen:** The current announcements do not specify the provision of international standard training.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 27 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21828: The government will identify students with athletic talent, specifically children of fishermen and farmers, to provide them with sports-science based training to enable them to participate in national and international competitions. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://storage.googleapis.com/tndipr-platform-ai.firebasestorage.app/press_releases/21828/DIPR-PR No-114-Hon'ble Sports & Education Ministers Press Release- Review Meeting - 27.05.2026.pdf))
- 22 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21776: The government will establish a talent search committee to identify and train young athletes across the state. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.061_-_Hon_ble_Public_Works_and_Sports_Development_Minister_Press_Release_and__Photo_from_DIPR-Date.22.05.2026.docx.pdf))
- 19 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21759: The government is taking steps to establish a Talent Research Wing across Tamil Nadu to identify talented sports persons without recommendations. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.No.044-Hon_ble_Public_Works_and_Sports_Development_Minister_Inspection_Press_Release_-_Date.19.05.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.