NEW DELHI: A total of 192 Indian athletes will be supported by the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme till the conclusion of the Asian Games in Jakarta in September.
The latest list of athletes under TOP Scheme was revealed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday.
“This list is dynamic and will be reviewed regularly,” SAI director general Neelam Kapur told PTI. For the record, the SAI DG heads the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
Of the 192 athletes, only 41 will be receiving support under the government of India scheme till the 2020 Olympics. The remaining 151 will be cut from funding for various reasons, New Indian Express reports.
Twenty-four athletes from shooting (14) and badminton (10) will be supported till Tokyo. The other 18 athletes come from the other six core disciplines where the country has an outside chance of medalling — boxing (6), archery (2), weightlifting (2), wrestling (4), gymnastics (1), athletics (2), the daily further reports.
Specific to the Asian Games, however, athletics, which has been the Indian medal cow at the last two Asiads, leads the way with 35 entries. The next best is shooting with 31 entries.
