IOC chief lauds Bindra, Campriani for u2018 Taking Refugeeu2019 project

visas, wrestlers at Championships held February Federation said Chinese assistant said till visas of outbreak IOC chief lauds Bindra, Campriani for u2018 Taking Refugeeu2019 project New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) president Thomas Bach has thanked champion shooters Abhinav Bindra and Niccolo Campriani for their project u2018 Taking Refugeeu2019, under which they are helping refugee athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Games. Bindra had hosted two refugee shootersu2014 Khaoula and Mahdiu2014 at his foundation in Bangalore last year. u201c Thank you for your letter which I read with great interest informing me of the progress of the project u2018 Taking Refugeeu2019. Rest assured I am extremely pleased with the impressively rapid progress of the athletes and also by the measures taken at the governance level for an increased accountability and transparency of the initiative,u201d Bach said in the letter addressed to Bindra and Campriani. Abhinav Bindra PTI