Tops core group

Nottwil World Para Athletics Grand: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has inducted seven compound archers in TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) Core Group at its 155th meeting on Wednesday.

The MOC took cognizance of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recent decision to make compound archery part of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The 155th MOC was attended by Pullela Gopichand, Viren Rasquinha, Prashanti Singh, Kamlesh Mehta, MM Somaya, and Siddharth Shanker of Reliance Foundation, among others.

It is the first time since archery’s re-introduction to the Olympic Games in 1972 that a new bow style has been added to the competition. The seven compound archers inducted directly into the TOPS Core group are Ojas Pravin Deotale, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Abhishek Verma, Parneet Kaur, Priyansh, Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar.