New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Of The Ministry Of Youth Affairs And Sports (MYAS) will finance Olympic sailor Vishnu Saravanan’s 13 days coaching and competitors tour within the Hague, Netherland.
Vishnu, who is ready to compete within the Hague Test Event (ILCA 7) from September 16 onwards, will set out for Netherland on September 6 and could be coaching on the location from September 7 to fifteen.
TOPS monetary help will cowl Vishnu’s flight, lodging, native journey, and meals prices amongst others, and also will present him with an out-of-pocket allowance of $50 per day for some other expense he may incur.
Vishnu, who received the Bronze medal on the Under-21 World Championships within the yr 2019 has been a part of MYAS’s TOPS scheme since earlier than Tokyo Olympics and is taken into account one of many high medal contenders for India on the Asian Games which are to happen subsequent yr.
The Target Olympic Podium Scheme or TOPS was launched in 2014 beneath the aegis of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), Government of India (GOI).
The TOPS Scheme has seen successes within the type of PV Sindhu (badminton) and Sakshi Malik (wrestling), who received the silver and bronze medals respectively within the 2016 Rio Olympics. TOPS athletes additionally received 4 medals together with two gold within the paralympic video games of 2016. At the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in 2018, 47 out of the 70 medal-winning athletes had been supported by the TOPS scheme. (ANI)