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NEW DELHI: Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will train in South Africa’s Potchefstroom in his bid to defend his title at the Paris Games 2024. TOI has learnt that Neeraj submitted a proposal under the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) to train at the North-West University in Potchefstroom from December 5, 2023, to February 29, 2024, for a period of 85 days before shifting his base to Europe.
The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), which met earlier this week, has approved his proposal worth Rs 27.67 lakh. He will be accompanied by his coach and biomechanics expert, Dr Klaus Bartonietz, and physiotherapist Ishaan Marwaha.In another development, the MOC agreed to extend the tenure of India’s doubles badminton coach Mathias Boe for a period of around 10 months. Boe, who is training the country’s World No. 1 doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, will remain associated with Indian badminton till August 15, 2024, with his extended stint of 9.5 months already beginning from November 1.
The Danish great will be drawing a salary of Rs 7.7 lakh per month for a total pay package of 73.15 lakh.
Under Boe, a London Olympics silver medallist and former world No. 1 doubles player, the duo of Satwik-Chirag not only rose to the top of the world rankings, but also won the Indonesia Open Super 1000, the Thomas Cup, a medal at the BWF World Championships and India’s maiden gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Boe had previously trained the Indian duo ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Clearing the other proposals, the MOC approved a financial assistance of Rs 18.8 lakh towards Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s requirement of biomechanical equipment for monitoring the training and rehabilitation.
High-jumper Tejaswin Shankar’s proposal to train in the United States from December 15, 2023, to May 15, 2024, was also cleared by the MOC at the cost of Rs 9 lakh.
The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), which met earlier this week, has approved his proposal worth Rs 27.67 lakh. He will be accompanied by his coach and biomechanics expert, Dr Klaus Bartonietz, and physiotherapist Ishaan Marwaha.In another development, the MOC agreed to extend the tenure of India’s doubles badminton coach Mathias Boe for a period of around 10 months. Boe, who is training the country’s World No. 1 doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, will remain associated with Indian badminton till August 15, 2024, with his extended stint of 9.5 months already beginning from November 1.
The Danish great will be drawing a salary of Rs 7.7 lakh per month for a total pay package of 73.15 lakh.
Under Boe, a London Olympics silver medallist and former world No. 1 doubles player, the duo of Satwik-Chirag not only rose to the top of the world rankings, but also won the Indonesia Open Super 1000, the Thomas Cup, a medal at the BWF World Championships and India’s maiden gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Boe had previously trained the Indian duo ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Clearing the other proposals, the MOC approved a financial assistance of Rs 18.8 lakh towards Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s requirement of biomechanical equipment for monitoring the training and rehabilitation.
High-jumper Tejaswin Shankar’s proposal to train in the United States from December 15, 2023, to May 15, 2024, was also cleared by the MOC at the cost of Rs 9 lakh.
