In a bid to give a head-start to India's preparations for the 2020 Olympics, the Sports Ministry has directed the National Sports Federations (NSFs) to identify potential medallists by the end of this month.The Ministry said in a statement issued in New Delhi that the move is to ensure that the core probable get support of dedicated world class support staff on a continuing basis to work as a coherent team and deliver. The Ministry has further advised NSFs to prepare the programme of training and exposures of the medal prospects for the year 2017. In respect of the sports disciplines like Archery, Gymnastics, Judo and Tennis in which NSFs are either suspended or not recognised by the Sports Ministry, this exercise is to be undertaken by the Sports Authority of India.