Sports ministry approves overseas training camps for athletes heading to Paris Olympics, including Vinesh Phogat – Firstpost

New Delhi: The Olympic Mission Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has approved training camps abroad for several athletes destined for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, including wrestler Vinesh Phogat. Vinesh requested financial assistance for a competition and training camp in Madrid, followed by a training camp in Boulogne sur-Mer, France.

She is expected to compete in the Spanish Grand Prix in July before spending a week of training there before traveling to Boulogne sur Mer, France, to train for 20 days ahead of the Olympics. The MOC also approved overseas training camps for Indian pistol shooter Arjun Cheema who sought assistance for 11-day training in Austria.

Paralympic javelin throwers Ajeet Singh and Sandeep Choudhary will train at the Leichtathletik Gemeinschaft Offenburg Center and LAZ Zweibrucken EV Center in Germany, respectively.

Ajeet will train for 45 days under German coach Werner Daniel while Sandeep will train for 41 days under Uwe Hohn ahead of the Paralympics.

Para club and discus thrower Pranav Soorma’s request for assistance under the Target Olympics Podium (TOPS) program to participate in the Para Athletics Championship in Krusevac, Serbia and train for 10 days at the same location was also requested. received the agreement of the MOC.

The MOC also approved support for triple jumper Eldhose Paul to participate in the Meeting Nikaia in France, boxer Lovlina Borgohain to participate in the Czech Republic Grand Prix international tournament and table tennis players Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra for participating in several tournaments international.

Manika’s offer for help in purchasing a DHS table for training in India and para-athlete Bhagyashree Jadhav’s request for help in purchasing wheelchairs and shot put equipment have were also sanctioned.

The MOC approved wrestler Antim Panghal’s request for assistance with lodging and accommodation for his coach during the 2nd UWW Ranking Series and training camp at the Tata Olympic Training Center, in Hungary, as well as the request for help from badminton players Rakshitha Sree and Anmol Kharab to participate in the Kaohsiung Masters. (BWF super 100).

The meeting also approved the promotion of five TOPS athletes to the main group from the development group.

They are boxers Nishant Dev, Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar as well as table tennis players Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath.