Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are both part of the TOPS core group until the Asian Games.© AFP
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were inducted on Thursday into the core group of athletes under the Ministry of Sports’ Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) until the Hangzhou Asian Games later this year. The decision to include a quartet for support under TOPS was made at a meeting of the Ministry of Sports Mission Olympic Cell after receiving a request from the All India Tennis Association (AITA). By the way, the MOC also approved Rs 3.62 lakh for teenage archer Manjiri Alone for the purchase of a recurve bow set. She won bronze at the 2021 World Junior Archery Championships in Wroclaw, Poland last August.
The MOC also approved a proposal worth Rs 4.31 lakh for para pistol shooter Singhraj Adhana, who won silver and bronze at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, to stay and train at the Karni Singh Shooting Ranges from February 10 to March 25. .
The cost includes Rs 2.26 lakh for ammunition for the 25m and 50m events.
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According to a statement from SAI, coach JP Nautiyal, who is already with Manish Narwal in the Tughlakabad area, will extend his stay by 10 days to assist Singhraj Adhana.
Skeet gunner Gurjot Singh’s proposal for ammunition and clay targets worth Rs 2.68 lakh was approved, as was teenage air rifle gunner Rudranksh Patil’s proposal for equipment worth Rs 1.03 lakh.
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