India Inducts 148 Athletes, Including 20 New, in First List of TOPS Athletes for 2024 Games

The MOC authorized lists in Cycling, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling A complete of 148 athletes, together with 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and 6 Paralympic disciplines have been recognized for help underneath the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at a gathering of the Mission Olympic Cell of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports right here on Monday. The MOC authorized lists in Cycling, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling in addition to Para Sports (Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis). Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Fencing, Golf, Gymnastics, Judo, Rowing and Tennis might be taken up in the subsequent assembly later this month. Though planning and preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris began a lot earlier, the MOC assembly marks the formal begin of the shortened Olympic cycle. As many as seven athletes have earned elevation from the Khelo India Scheme and are among the many new inductees to TOPS Development Group. Google Year in Search 2021: Christian Eriksen Most Searched Athlete Globally. The recently-reconstituted MOC, which incorporates seven former athletes as new members, provided recommendations for preparations for the Paris Olympic Games in order that India can construct on the beneficial properties of Tokyo2020 the place Indians gained seven medals. TOPS is the Ministry’s flagship programme so as to add to help given underneath the Annual Calendar for Training and Competition. The lists of athletes for the TOPS Core and Development Groups had been collectively drawn up by the TOPS workforce and the respective National Sports Federations. It entailed meticulous analysis, analysis and projections of the athletes’ performances earlier than being positioned earlier than the MOC for consideration. It was additionally agreed that the MOC would meet each fortnight. The listing of athletes who might be supported underneath TOPS: Cycling: Development Group:EsowAlben, Keithellakpam Jemsh Singh, Laitonjam Ronaldo Y Rojit Singh and E David Beckham (new inductee). Sailing: Core Group: Vishnu Saravanan, Varun Thakkar, KC Ganapathy and Nethra Kumanan. Shooting: Core Group:Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary PratapTomar, Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, ElavenilValarivan, AnjumMoudgil, Manu (*148*) and RahiSarnobatVijayveer Sidhu. Development Group: YasahwiniDeswal and Chinki Yadav, Niraj Kumar, Sartaj Singh Tiwana, Dhanush Srikanth, ShahuTushar Mane, Hriday Hazarika, RudrankkshBalasahebPatil, ParthMakhija, Anish Bhanwala, Adarsh Singh, Udayveer Sidhu, Sarabjot Singh, Naveen, Shiva Narwal, KynanChenai, LakshaySheoran, Vivaan Kapoor, Gurjoat Singh, N Gaayathri, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nishchal, AyushiPodder, Shreya Agarwal, ShriyankaSadarangi, ZeenaKhitta, Abhindnya Ashok Patil, Tejaswini, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan, Kirti Gupta, Manisha Kheer, Darshana Rathore, Kartikki Singh Shaktawat, Areeba Khan; Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Arjun Babuta, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and NishaKanwar. Swimming - Core Group:Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj. (Development Group to be taken up in the subsequent assembly). Table Tennis: Core Group: A Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan (*20*), ManikaBatra and Sutirtha Mukherjee, Harmeet Desai and Archana Kamat. Development Group: Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah and Ayikha Mukherjee, Payas Jain, SFR Snehit, Swatiska Ghosh, Diya Chitale, Suhana Saini and Sreeja Akula. Weightlifting: Core Group: Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Mirabai Chanu. Development Group: AchintaSheuli, Soumya Sunil Dalvi, Garud Harshada Sharad, Kolli Varalakshmi PavaniKumari, Mangkhya Boni, R ArockiyaAlish, Sanker Sargar, GogoiSidhanta, CharuPesi, MarkioTario and SorkhaibamBindyarani Devi, N TomchouMeetei, Niraj Pradhan, Akanksha Vyavahare, Shivani Yadav, KajolSargar, Jyoti Yadav, Komal Kohar, Sarika Shingare and Ajay Singh. Wrestling: Core Group: Ravi Kumar, BajrangPunia, Deepak Punia, VineshPhogat, Anshu Malik and Sonam Malil. Development Group: Sunil Kumar, Ravi, Ravinder, GouravBaliyan, Sajan, Sanju Devi, Aman, Aman, Rohit, YashTushir, Sandeep Singh, Deepak, Anirudh Kumar, Arjun Halakurki, Sandeep, Ashu, HanniKumari, Sarita, Nisha, Bhateri and Bipasha. Para Sports: Core Group: Archery: Harvinder Singh; Athletics: T Mariyappan, Sharad Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Sandeep Chaudhary, SumitAntil, Sundar Singh Gurjar, Amit Saroha, DevendraJhajharia, Nishad Kumar, Navdeep and Yogesh Kathunia. Badminton: SuhasYathiraj, Krishna Nagar, Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar, Tarun Dhillon and Parul Parmar. Shooting: AvaniLekhara, Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adana. Swimming: SuyashJadhav. Table Tennis: Bhavina Patel. (The above story first appeared on SociallyKeeda on Dec 13, 2021 09:25 PM IST. For more information and updates on politics, world, sports activities, entertainment and life-style, go surfing to our web site sociallykeeda.com).