The athletes inducted into the scheme include Ekta Bhayan, Neeraj Yadav, Nimisha C Suresh and Radha Venkatesh (para athletics), Prachi Yadav (para canoe) and Paramjeet Kumar (para powerlifting).
Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support under TOPS at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.
The triple jumper says dropping him without any events to show his performance during lockdown was demoralising.
Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh was excluded from the TOPS scheme while 400m runners MR Poovamma, Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Anthony included in the scheme along with javelin thrower Annu Rani.
Bindra in January was appointed chairman of a re-constituted Target TOP committee, which also includes sports stars from various fields.
New Delhi: After much dilly-dallying, the Sports Ministry has included Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the TOP scheme, putting an end to the controversy surrounding the doubles duo's complaint of bias against the Ministry
Indore: Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Thursday expressed confidence that the government's Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme will fetch more medals for the country in the 2016 Olympics than the earlier Games."TOP scheme will increase India's
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