NEW DELHI: Tennis players Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina, Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan have been included in the Core group of athletes for support under the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) with an eye on the Asian Games in Hangzhou later this year.
At a meeting of the Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell on Thursday, the tennis players were selected for support under TOPS after the All India Tennis Association (AITA) presented the four players as prospects for doubles medals.
"The MOC also approved Rs. 3.62 lakh to help teenage archer Manjiri Alone purchase a Recurve Bow set. She won bronze in the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Wroclaw, Poland in August last. The archer who hails from Nandgaon Khandeshwar in Amaravati district in Maharashtra was runner-up in NTPC Sub-Junior Ranking Tournament in January 2022," the sports ministry said in a statement.
"The MOC sanctioned a proposal worth Rs 4.31 lakh for pistol shooter Singhraj Adhana, who won a silver and a bronze in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo last year, to stay and train in the Dr. 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." IANS
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