Manika Batra, Saurabh Chaudhary among those approved by SAI for TOPS scheme
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The Sports Authority of India's Mission Olympic Cell approved the names of 29 athletes, including Asian Games gold medallist shooter Saurabh Chaudhary and ace table tennis player Manika Batra, for its Target Olympics Mission Scheme (TOPS). The performance of potential athletes was reviewed in the context of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.It was also decided to extend support towards a specific developmental group for the 2024 Olympics. The names approved in Shooting include Ravi Kumar (Men's 10m Air Rifle), Deepak Kumar (Men's 10m Air Rifle), Apurvi Chandela (Women's 10m Air Rifle), Elavenil Valarivan (Women's 10m Air Rifle), Mehuli Ghosh (Women's 10m Air Rifle), Anjum Moudgil (Women's 10m Air Rifle and Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position), Sanjeev Rajput (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position), Abhishek Verma (Men's 10m Air Pistol), Saurabh Chaudhary (Men's 10m Air Pistol), Om Prakash Mitharwal (Men's 10m Air Pistol), Manu Bhaker (Women's 10m Air Pistol and 25m Pistol). Anish Bhanwala (Men's 25m Rapid Fire ..