Four archers included in TOPS; proposals worth Rs 34 lakhs cleared

Archers Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Atul Verma were Wednesday included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for 2020 Tokyo Games.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Sports Authority of India's Mission Olympic Cell, chaired by SAI Director General Neelam Kapur. Proposals worth Rs 34 lakhs were also cleared.

Rai, Das and Jadhav were part of the Indian men's recurve team that won a silver medal at the World Archery Championships held in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands earlier this month.

The trio also earned an Olympic quota in the process, along with India securing three single quotas in the men's recurve individual event.

Verma is a bronze medallist in boy's recurve in the 2014 Youth Olympics.

According to a SAI statement, the athletes were chosen after a detailed analysis of their past and present performances.

Among other key decisions, the SAI has also cleared financial support for training and participation in overseas tournaments of wrestlers Pooja Dhanda,