Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan Get Additional Funding to Train for Tokyo Olympics

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Rohan Bopanna (L) and Divij Sharan (Photo Credit: Reuters)

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) cleared the funding for India’s doubles tennis gamers Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan for the preparation of Tokyo Olympics.

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  • Last Updated:May 25, 2021, 00:26 IST
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The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Monday cleared the funding for India’s doubles tennis participant Rohan Bopanna, his coach and physio for 11 tournaments beneath the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). Bopanna, who has already obtained Rs 1.24 crore by way of the present Olympic cycle, will get an quantity of Rs 27.61 lakh for taking part in 11 tournaments between January and June this yr. A semi-finalist on the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bopanna, whose ATP doubles rating is 39, will probably be accompanied by coach Scott Davidoff and physio Gaurang Shukla.

The MOC additionally sanctioned Rs 30 lakh for males’s doubles participant Divij Sharan to play 14 tournaments from January to June. Prior to this, Sharan had obtained Rs 80.59 lakh from TOPS within the Olympics cycle.

Asian champion Vinesh Phogat will proceed to practice abroad until the Olympics in July after her proposal for Rs 20.21 lakh to practice in Hungary and Poland was accepted. She has to date obtained Rs 1.13 crore beneath TOPS.

Vinesh, who received India an Olympic quota in 53kg on the World Championships in September 2019, will practice in Budapest until June 9, journey for the Poland Open (June 9 to 13) and return to Budapest, the place she is going to practice until July 2. Her coach, Woller Akos, sparring associate Priyanka and physiotherapist Poornima Raman Ngomdir will probably be along with her all by way of her coaching.

The MOC additionally cleared a proposal from rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh to practice for 5 weeks on the Pocinho High Performance Centre in Portugal in June. The doubles scullers achieved Olympic qualification earlier this month in Tokyo. Their camp in Poland will value Rs 21 lakh.

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