Union Sports Ministry approves preparation camp for Neeraj Chopra in Switzerland

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New Delhi. Soon after his return from Europe after winning gold at the World Championships in Budapest and silver at the Zurich Diamond League, the government sanctioned a 12-day training stint in Switzerland for Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has cleared Chopra to attend a 12-day training camp in Magalingen, Switzerland, ahead of participating in the Diamond League 2023 Finals to be held in Eugene, USA this September.

A total of Rs 5.89 lakh has been sanctioned for the preparatory camp organized from September 1 to 12.

Neeraj recorded a best throw of 85.71m to finish second in the Diamond League event in Zurich on Thursday.

Meanwhile, long-distance runner Parul Chowdhary, who clocked a national record time of 9:15.31 in the women’s 3000m steeplechase in Budapest to clinch the Paris Olympics quota, has also been included in the Sports Ministry’s TOPS core group. And Sports gave this information in a release on Friday.

The Mission Olympic Cell also approved financial assistance for table tennis star Sharath Kamal to participate in various events, purchase equipment and hire personal coach Chris Phifer till the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Star badminton doubles players Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have also been assisted by masseur Nishant Nagpuri, who will accompany them to the China Open 2023 to be held from September 5 to 10.

(IANS)

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