Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved racewalker Priyanka Goswami’s proposal to train in Australia under coach Brent Vallance.
Priyanka, who has qualified for the Paris Olympics, will be training in a high-altitude training centre near Canberra, Australia and will also compete in a few local competitions to prepare for next year’s continental showpiece.
The financial assistance will cover Priyanka’s airfare, boarding/lodging costs, expenditure for sports science support, coaching fee and out-of-pocket allowance among other expenditures.
Besides Priyanka, the MOC also approved proposals of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) development group Greco Roman wrestlers Ashu (67kg), Suraj (55kg) and Ronit Sharma (48kg) for an international training camp in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The government will cover the costs of the three wrestlers, their coach, physiotherapist and sparring partners’ airfare and boarding/lodging costs along with out-of-pocket allowance for the three grapplers among other expenditures.
Shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta’s proposal for financial assistance towards a week-long training camp with foreign coach Daniele Di Spigno has also been approved.
