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Seven sportspersons have also been elevated from the Khelo India Scheme and are among the new inductees to TOPS Development Group.New Delhi: A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines, have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here on Monday. The MOC meeting marks India’s formal start in preparing for the shortened Olympic cycle. Tokyo 2020 medallists Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will continue in the programme.Īrchery, athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, fencing, golf, gymnastics, judo, rowing and tennis will be discussed in the next meeting later this month. All four represented India at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year.

Notable names that have been excluded include shooters Apurvi Chandela, Tejaswini Sawant, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and wrestler Seema Bisla. Sportspersons were identified under cycling, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. This was the first time the MOC met since the success of the Tokyo Olympics, where India won an unprecedented seven medals, including a first-ever gold in athletics.

The Mission Olympic Cell, boosted by the addition of seven former international athletes earlier this month, identified seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines to be included in TOPS as well. The Mission Olympic Cell is a body set up by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to help identify athletes for TOPS, a flagship programme that provides support to India’s medal hopefuls for the next Olympics at Paris 2024. The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Indian sports ministry has decided to induct 20 more sportspersons under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), taking the total number of athletes in its programme to 148.