Amandeep Kaur's race at the Khelo India University Games 2023 Ashtalakshmi personified steely determination. Her target was set on the gold - knowing well enough that good performances here could help her ultimately find recognition through the Target Olympic Podium Scheme developmental sche
During his stay in South Africa, the Asian Athletics Championships silver medalist from last year will also partake in various local-level competitions in order to stay in the best shape and form for the upcoming season. He had also finished sixth in the World Athletics Championships last ye
Sift Kaur Samra who has already bagged a Paris Olympic quota for India in the 50m Rifle 3-position, won an individual bronze medal in her pet event at the Kahilipara Shooting Range and also teamed up with Ashi Chouksey, who also won the individual gold, and Vanshika Sahil to clinch the team
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), during the weekly meeting, approved paddlers Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh's proposals for advanced-level training in South Korea and Japan respectively
Asian Games gold medalist Annu Rani will head back to Germany's Leichtathletik Gemeinschaft Offenburg Centre to train under foreign coach Werner Daniels, Asian Games Silver medalist Dhiraj Bommadevara will head to Korea's Kim Archery School with his coach Sonam Tshering Bhutia later this mon
Tejaswin Shankar who qualified for the High Jump and Decathlon events of the Asian Games 2022, will exclusively be using the pole vault pit till the Asian Games next month and post the event, the pit can be used by all practising athletes at the JLN Stadium.
MOC also cleared Bhavani Devi’s multiple short-period training camps In Georgia, Turkey and Algeria along with the cost to cover her participation in Sabre World Cup in Algeria, Grand Prix in France, Grand Prix in Tunisia, Sabre World Cup in Lima, Peru, Sabre World Cup Sabre in Athens and Sa
The achievement of this Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) athlete has now given India two golds at the ongoing championships, which has only happened for the second time ever. The last time India did so was back in 2001.
Out of these 23 medals, 14 medals have come from Khelo India Athletes, while all medals in Shooting (14) have been won by Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Athletes and India's highest medal count by an individual (four, including three Gold) coming from TOPS Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh
Indian wrestlers and Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) athletes Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are set to head out to Kyrgystan and Hungary for international training camps
Thakur said that more than 350 proposals from athletes training under the TOPS scheme have been approved. The 2022 Asian Games will be held from September 23-October 8, 2023 in China. It was supposed to be held last year but was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China.
Elavenil Valarivan will head to Walther Factory in Germany for her weapon servicing and pellet testing, Pravin will purchase his second set of archery equipment that is now required for international events as there is no time allocated for servicing in case of an equipment failure during th