Mission Olympic Cell Sanctions Support for Athletes Heading to Paris Olympics

The Mission Olympic Cell has approved various assistance requests for athletes, including tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji, shooters, and others, to facilitate their participation in the ATP Tour events and the Paris Olympics. Support includes covering costs for flights, lodging, visas, and training with personal coaches.

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has endorsed tennis star Rohan Bopanna's appeal for support, enabling him and his doubles partner, Sriram Balaji, to participate in two ATP Tour events before the Paris Olympics.

Bopanna and Balaji, together with their coach and physiotherapist, will head to Hamburg and Umag, Croatia, to compete in ATP 500 events ahead of their journey to Paris for the Olympics.

Additionally, the MOC has authorized assistance for shooters Rhythm Sangwan, Sarabjot Singh, Vijayveer, and Anish Bhanwala, covering expenses for their personal coaches or trainers during the Olympic training camp in Volmerange, France, and the Paris Olympics.

The Target Olympic Podium Scheme will handle costs such as flights, accommodation, visas, and local transportation.

Skeet shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka have also been granted support to train under personal coaches Riccardo Fillipelli in Arrezo, Italy, and Ennio Falco at the Tiro A Volo Falco range in Capua, Italy, respectively.

In another decision, the MOC has agreed to extend assistance to steeplechasers Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary, along with their coach Scott Simmons, for a 24-day training session in St. Moritz, Switzerland, leading up to the Olympic Games.

Approvals were also given for the women's 4x400m relay team to acquire necessary equipment and table tennis player Harmeet Desai for his training in Biberach, Germany, including the purchase of various consumables and fees for support staff.

Furthermore, the MOC inducted 400m sprinter Kiran Pahal, high jumper Sarvesh Anil Kushare, and shot putter Abha Khatua into the TOPS core group for the Paris Olympics cycle.

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