Overview

• The Mission Olympic Cell approved Rs 86 lakh on July 11 to fund extended foreign training and competition tours for top Indian track-and-field athletes and para-shuttlers.
• Defending javelin world champion Neeraj Chopra has begun a 57-day stint in Prague and Nymburk under Jan Zelezny’s guidance to correct a left-side fall in his throw.
• Steeplechasers Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary and distance runner Gulveer Singh will train in Colorado Springs and Los Angeles from July 15 to September 3 with Rs 41.29 lakh allocated.
• Middle- and long-distance runner Ajay Kumar Saroj and jumpers Murali Sreeshankar, Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh are set for European camps and competitions through mid-August.
• Eleven para-shuttlers will compete at the British and Irish Para-Badminton Championship in Cardiff from July 22 to 26 under a Rs 44.26 lakh budget to earn crucial ranking points.