Asian Games medallists Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary to train in USA ahead of Paris Olympics 2024

Published at :January 30, 2024 at 12:52 PM

Modified at :January 30, 2024 at 12:52 PM

The Sports Ministry also approved para-archers’ request for new equipment.

As Paris Olympics looms closer, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) in their latest meeting approved requests of multiple athletes to train abroad with Asian Games medalists Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary heading to Colorado, USA, wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sarita Mor training in Japan and USA respectively and upcoming table tennis player Payas Jain heading to Osaka, Japan.

While National Record Holders Avinash and Parul will be training in high altitude centre of Colorado Springs, under coach Scott Simmons, wrestler Sarita Mor will head to United States Olympic/Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC), which is a training base of several eminent wrestlers including few Olympic Games Medallist.

Meanwhile, wrestler Anshu Malik will head to Kanagawa, Japan to train at Yokohama’s Nippon Sports Science University (NSSU) which is known for producing many of Japan’s top wrestlers and upcoming paddler Payas Jain will head to Osaka, Japan to train under Coach Qiu Jian.

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MYAS under it’s Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding will be funding the Athletes, their coaches and physiotherapists Air fare, boarding/lodging costs among other expenditures.

Besides international training, MOC also approved proposals of Indian Para-Archers Sheetal Devi, Sarita and Rakesh Kumar’s request for Archery equipment including compound bows, arrows, sight scales among other equipment.

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