Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved multiple proposals from many Paris 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games bound athletes. The Ministry said that Wrestler Vinesh Phogat request for financial assistance towards competition and training camp in Spain followed by a training camp in France has been approved. MOC also approved overseas training camps for Indian pistol shooter Arjun Cheema who sought assistance towards 11-day training in Austria.

The Paris Paralympics-bound Javelin throwers Ajeet Singh and Sandeep Choudhary will respectively train in Germany. Para Club and Discus Thrower Pranav Soorma’s request for assistance under Target Olympics Podium Scheme to compete in the Para Athletics Championship in Krusevac, Serbia and train for 10 days at the same location also secured the MOC’s nod.

The MOC approved assistance to Triple Jumper Eldhose Paul to compete in the Meeting Nikaia in France, boxer Lovlina Borgohain to compete in the Grand Prix- Czech Republic International Tournament and table tennis players Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra for competing in multiple international tournaments. Manika Batra’s proposal for assistance to train in India and Para-Athlete Bhagyashree Jadhav’s proposal for assistance towards procurement of wheelchair and shot-put equipment were also sanctioned.

MOC approved wrestler Antim Panghal’s request for assistance. While, badminton players Rakshitha Sree and Anmol Kharab’s request for assistance to compete in the Kaohsiung Masters event.

The meeting also approved the promotion of five Target Olympic Podium Scheme Athletes to Core Group from Development Group. These are Boxers Nishant Dev, Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar as well as Table Tennis players Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath.