New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Under-20 World Athletics silver medal-winning long jumper Shaili Singh is among 50 sportspersons across eight disciplines who have been added to the Core Group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme TOPS the Sports Ministry announced on Friday The decision was taken at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell MOC on Thursday where 143 athletes were included in the Development Group By picking 50 athletes in the Core Group and 143 in the Development Group across eight disciplines in the second list the MOC has increased the count to 291 including 102 in the Core Group Athletes from as many as 13 Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines have been identified so far for support in their preparation for the 2024 Games The 17-year-old Shaili considered one of the brightest upcoming stars in Indian athletics had won the silver medal in the long jump event at the World U20 Athletics Championship earlier this year Among the youngest of those identified for support is swimmer Riddhima Veerendra Kumar The 14-year-old won a clutch of medals in the National Junior Championships in October and also made waves in the National Championships a week later She was named among the 17 swimmers in the Development Group in addition to the two identified earlier for Core Group The MOC accepted a recommendation by a sub-committee that a review of the swimming list be undertaken after the World Championships in June next year and of the archery list after the National Ranking tournament next month Some other sport like Equestrian Golf Gymnastics Judo and Tennis will be taken up later the ministry said There were no surprises in the selections made in other sports as well with Tokyo Olympians such as P V Sindhu Deepika Kumari M C Mary Kom and Mohammed Anas Yahiya retaining their place in the core group Seasoned shuttler Saina Nehwal has also managed to hold on to her core group spot despite failing to qualify for the Tokyo Games The list of athletes selected for TOPS Core and Development Groups Archery Core Group- Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari Development Group- Pravin Jadhav Bommaravera Dhiraj Parth Sushant Salunkhe Aditya Choudhary Yasdhdeep Bhoge Divyansh Kumar Panwar Kapish Singh Vickey Ruhal Neeraj Chauhan Amit Kumar Sudanshu Bisht Bishal Changmai Komalika Bari Ankita Jadhav Madhu Vedwan Simranjeet Kaur Ridhi Deepti Kumari Tamna Soniya Thakur Avni Manjari Alone and Tisha Punia Athletics Core Group- Mohammed Anas Yahiya Dharun Ayyasamy Naganathan Pandi Arokia Rajiv Amoj Jacob Noah Nirmal Tom Avinash Sable Murali Sreeshankar Neeraj Chopra Tajinderpal Singh Toor Sandeep Kumar Dutee Chand Hima Das Revathi Veeramani VK Vismaya Jisna Mathew Subha Venkatesan S Dhanalakshmi Priyanka Goswami Bhawna Jat Shaili Singh Kamalpreet Kaur Seema Punia and Annu Rani Development Group- Vikrant Panchal Ayush Dabas Kapil Ajay Kumar Saroj Tejaswin Shankar Praveen Chitravel Rohit Yadav Sahil Silwal Jeswin Aldrin Muhammed Ajmal Karanveer Singh Yashveer Singh Amit Khatri AT Daneswari Anjali Devi Priya Mohan Jyotika Dandi Kaveri R Vithya NS Simi PD Anjali Sandra Babu Ancy Sojan and Sherin Abdul Gafoor Badminton Core Group- Lakshya Sen Kidambi Srikanth B Sai Praneeth Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty PV Sindhu Saina Nehwal Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa Development Group- Sankar Muthusamy Pranav Rao Gandham Maisnam Meiraba K Sathish Kumar Rohan Gurbani Sai Charan Koya Kiran Geroge Priyanshu Rajwat Ishaan Bhatnagar P Vishnuvardhan Goud Krishna Prasad G Dhruv Kapil MR Arjun Sai Prateek Krishna Prasad Tasnim Mir Pullela Gayatri Gopichand Samiya Imar Farooqui Aakarshi Kashyap Malvika Bansod Ashmita Chaliha Aditi Bhatt Tanisha Crasto Treesa Jolly Ashwini Bhat Rutuparna Panda and Shikha Gautam Boxing Core Group- Amit Pangal Deepak Kumar Manish Kaushik Sanjeet Satish Kumar MC Mary Kom Lovlina Borgohain and Pooja Rani Development Group- Kavinder Bisht Ashish Kumar Bihswametra Chongtham Aakash Kumar Sachin Siwach Mohammed Husamuddin Rohit More Sachin Ankit Narwal Mohammed Etash Khan Varinder Shiva Thapa Akash Sangwan Naveen Boora Nishant Dev Hemant Yadav Sumit Sachin Kumar Laksya Chahar Naman Tanwar Naveen Kumar Vishal Gupta Aman Singh Narender Nitu Rani Manju Nikhat Zareen Anamika Babyrojisana Naroem Chanu Jamuna Boro Poonam Poonia Sakshi Jasmine Simranjit Kaur Parveen Hooda Ankushita Boro Vinka Arundathi Chaudhary and Sanamacha Chanu Fencing Core Group- Bhavani Devi Development Group- Karan Singh Abhay Shinde C Jetlee RS Sherjin SN Siva Magesh Bennet Joseph Laishram Moramba Oinam Jubraj Tanishka Khatri Sheetal Dalal Vedika Khushi and Shreya Gupta Rowing Core Group- Arjun Lal Jat Arvind Singh Sukhmeet Singh Bittu Singh Jakhar Khan and Ravi Development Group- Parminder Singh Swimming Development Group- Advait Page Kushagra Rawat Aryan Nehra Neel Roy Shoan Ganguly Tanish George Mathew Aneesh S Gowda Swadesh Mondal Aryan Panchal R Sambhavv Maana Patel Kenisha Gupta Aanya Wala Apeksha Fernandes Bhavya Sachdeva Suvana C Baskar and Ridhima Veerendra Kumar Table Tennis Development Group Yashaswini Ghorpade and Prapti Sen PTI APA PM PM
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Wednesday met with athletes who came back from Nairobi after participating in World Athletics U20 Championships.
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Anju Bobby George was elated after Shaili Singh grabbed silver in the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on Sunday.
नैरोबी: भारत की शैली सिंह ने अपने निजी सर्वश्रेष्ठ 6.48 मीटर में सुधार कर यहां हुए वर्ल्ड एथलेटिक्स अंडर-20 चैंपियनशिप के अंतिम दिन महिला लंबी कूद फाइनल में 6.59 मीटर का जम्प कर रजत पदक जीता। 17 वर्षीय शैली ने शानदार प्रदर्शन किया, लेकिन वह स्वर्ण नहीं जीत सकीं और उन्हें रजत से संतोष करना पड़ा। […]
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra congratulated Anju Bobby George for her 'mentorship and guidance' to Shaili Singh after the 17-year-old long jumper bagged silver in the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on Sunday.
Nairobi [Kenya], August 22 (ANI): India's ace long jumper Shaili Singh clinched a silver medal in the women's long jump event at the ongoing World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on Sunday.
Kenya [Nairobi], August 20 (ANI): Indian athlete Shaili Singh on Friday qualified for the finals of the women's long jump event at the ongoing World Athletics U20 Championship in Nairobi.
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