Sports Ministry approves Neeraj Chopra's Finland training proposal

NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train in Kuortane, Finland.
Neeraj, who recently became the first Indian Javelin thrower to become World Number 1, is scheduled to compete in multiple World Athletics - gold level tournaments in June.
"Neeraj had followed a similar training plan in the year 2022 as well," stated a media release.
Among other proposals, paddler Payas Jain's request for an advance training camp in Taiwan was also approved.
Additionally, Indian Table Tennis stars Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran received approval to take their personal coaches Aman Balgu and Raman Subramanian, respectively, to multiple events.
While Manika and Aman Balgu will head to WTT Contender, Zagreb and WTT Star Contender, Ljubljana, Sathiyan and Raman Subramanian will head to WTT Contender Tunis, WTT Contender Zagreb and WTT Contender Ljubljana.
The financial assistance will cover their air travel expenses, camp expenses, boarding and lodging cost, medical insurance and out-of-pocket allowance among other expenses.
MOC members also inducted Rower Salman Khan, who belongs to Haryana’s Mewat region, into Target Olympic Podium Scheme's (TOPS) Development group.