Asian games silver

The Mission Olympic Cell: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) in their recent meeting approved proposals of multiple athletes to train abroad -- clearing proposals among others for javelin thrower Annu Rani, archer Dhiraj Bommadevara, shuttlers H.S Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth and judoka Tulika Maan.

While Asian Games gold medallist javelin thrower Annu Rani will head back to Germany’s Leichtathletik Gemeinschaft Offenburg Centre to train under foreign coach Werner Daniels, Asian Games Silver medallist Dhiraj Bommadevara will head to South Korea’s Kim Archery School with his coach Sonam Tshering Bhutia later this month.

The Greco-Roman wrestler Sunil Kumar's proposal for a 68-day training camp in Budapest, Hungary has also been approved, where he will be training towards preparation for the Paris Olympic Qualifiers next year, the Sports Ministry informed in a release on Thursday.