The Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved multiple proposals for assistance towards equipment by athletes and para-athletes in the build-up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games. (More Sports News)
At its weekly meeting, the MOC approved a proposal of paralympic table tennis medallist Bhavina Patel for assistance to compete in ITTF Para Table Tennis Asia Training Camp 2024 i𝓰n Thailand from July 16 to 20 along♈ with her coach and escort.
It also approved the request of para shooters -- Manish Narwal, Rudranksꦺh Khandelwal, Rubina Francis and Sriharsha R Devareddy -- for various sport shooting-related equipment.
These include an air rifle for Sriharsha💙 and a Morini pistol for Rubiꦦna and assistance towards procurement of two javelins (Valhalla 800g Medium NXB and Diana Carbon 600g) for para-athlete Sandeep Choudhary.
The MOC also approved the request for financial assistance towards the procurement of equipment for archers Ankita Bhakat, and Deepika Kumari and para-archers Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar.
It also approved assistance to judoka Tulika Maan, who along with her coac💙h, will train in Valencia Judo High Performance Centre, Spain, till July 25.
The members also approved table tennis playওer Manush Shah's request for financial assi🍌stance for training in Gyeonggi Do, South Korea, under Taejun Kim and for procurement of physical fitness equipment.
The MOC also gave the green signal for the inclusion of athletes Suraj Panwar, Vikash Singh and Ankita Dhyani and swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu in the TOPS Core group while athletes Jeswin Aldrin, Praveen Chithravel, Akashdeep Singh and Paramjeet Singh were promot꧑ed from TOPS Development to Core Group.
