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The nation’s golf players Anirban Lahiri, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, Olympian equestrian Fouaad Mirza and skiier Mohammed Arif Khan were among 10 competitors who have been recently included in the Sports Ministry’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).
While Lahiri, Aditi, Diksha, Mirza and Khan were included for the core gathering, golf players Shubhankar Sharma and Tvesa Malik and judokas Yash Ghangas, Unnati Sharma and Linthoi Chanambam have been set in the development bunch.
As indicated in a statement gave by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), after these increments the all out number of competitors under TOPS rose to 301, incorporating 107 in the core group.
“The Ministry primarily supports elite athletes under the Annual Calendar for Training and Competition (ACTC) of each National Sports Federation. TOPS provides customised support to athletes in areas not covered under the ACTC and addresses unanticipated needs of the athletes as they prepare to excel in the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” the statement read.
Khan, hailing from Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, as of late turned into the first snow capped skiier from the country to meet all requirements for the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Beijing one month from now.
SAI’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has endorsed Rs 17.46 lakh towards his expense of five-week preparing in Europe and acquisition of equipment.
Equestrian Mirza won the eventing individual silver medalist in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and completed 23rd in the Olympic Games in Tokyo last year.
Situated in Germany, he is right now positioned 87th on the planet. Straddling his pony Mokatoo, the 29-year-old signed in two top-10 completions in Sopot in September and Pratoni del Vivaro in November last year.
Golf player Aditi, 23, hailing from Bengaluru, found the country’s consideration during the Tokyo Games subsequent to being in medal figuring all through the opposition.
While, the 21-year-old Diksha, who hails from Jhajjar in Haryana and is a silver medallist in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, completed 50th in the Olympic Games the year before.
Teenaged judokas Ghangas (+100kg class), Chanambam (57kg) and Unnati (63kg) won a silver decoration each in the Asia-Oceania Junior Championships in Lebanon, Beirut, last month.
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