Neeraj Chopra, an Olympic gold medalist, has obtained approval from the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry (MYAS) to coach on the Gloria Sports Arena in Turkey for a 61-day interval. This will not be the primary time that Neeraj, who’s funded by the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), might be coaching at this facility, having skilled there final 12 months as effectively.
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He might be joined by his coach and physiotherapist, and all bills associated to airfare, lodging, medical insurance coverage, and native transportation might be lined by the TOPS funding, in response to a media launch on Monday.
In addition to approving Neeraj’s coaching proposal, the MOC members additionally agreed to offer monetary help for varied different athletes. This included funding for Deaf Olympics gold medalist Diksha Dagar to obtain golf tools and rent a private coach, health and diet coach.
Financial help was additionally granted to badminton gamers Priyanshu Rajawat for his or her participation in Swiss Open, Spain Masters, and Orleans Masters, and to shuttler Sankar Muthusamy for his or her participation in Orlen Polish Open and Slovenia Yonex Open.
