Olympic-bound 2 rowers, 2 wrestlers included in TOPS; Vinesh Phogat to proceed coaching overseas

Olympic-bound rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh and wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik have been on Thursday included within the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the sports activities ministry.
The ministry additionally introduced that star Indian grappler Vinesh Phogat will proceed coaching abroad until the Tokyo Games as her proposal was cleared by the Mission Olympic Cell.
“Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh were moved from the development group to the core group while wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik, who earned quota places at the World Olympic qualifiers recently, have been added to the core group,” a ministry launch mentioned.
“Tennis player Ankita Raina who recently broke into the world top 100 in women’s doubles and partnered Sania Mirza in the Billie Jean King Cup has also been added to the TOPS core group,” it added.
The proposal from rowers Arjun and Arvind to coach for 5 weeks in Portugal in preparation for the Olympic Games has additionally been sanctioned by TOPS.
The doubles scullers, who achieved Olympic berth earlier this month in Tokyo, will practice on the Pocinho High-Performance Centre in Portugal from June 1. Their camp will value round Rs. 21 lakh.
Vinesh, who secured the 53kg class Olympic quota throughout 2019 World Championships, will practice in Budapest till June 9. She will journey for the Poland Open (June 9 to 13) after which return to Budapest to be primarily based there until July 2.
Her coach Woller Akos, sparring accomplice Priyanka and physiotherapist Poornima Raman Ngomdir will probably be together with her all through.
“The Mission Olympic Cell today approved her proposal to the TOPS, routed through the Wrestling Federation of India, to train in Hungary and Poland after she finishes her high-altitude stint in Bulgaria,” the ministry mentioned.
“The cost of her proposal for training and competition is Rs. 20.21 lakhs. She has so far received financial support of Rs. 1.13 crore from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.”
The TOPS additionally authorized tennis doubles gamers Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna’s participation in 14 and 11 tournaments respectively between January and June.
“Divij Sharan’s proposal value roughly Rs. 30 lakh and he has obtained Rs. 80.59 lakhs in funding from TOPS within the current Olympics cycle.
“Rohan Bopanna’s proposal, including fee for coach Scott Davidoff and physio Gaurang Shukla, cost Rs. 27.61 lakh. He has already received Rs. 1.24 crore from TOPS through the current Olympic cycle,” the ministry assertion mentioned.