Olympic gold medall Neeraj Chopra’s proposal to train in Finland gets approval from Mission Olympic Cell

Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved Olympic gold medall Neeraj Chopra’s proposal to train in Kuortane, Finland. The 24-year-old is scheduled to compete in multiple World Athletics Gold Level tournaments in June and wanted to train at Kuortane Olympic Training Centre in Finland during this time.
So far, Chopra has confirmed his participation at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo, the Netherlands on June 4 and the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland on June 13 Last year, he had finished second at the Turku event. The javelin thrower started his season finishing first at the Doha Diamond League meet.
Chopra, who recently became the first Indian javelin thrower to become World no 1, had followed a similar training plan in the year 2022 as well.
The MOC members also approved paddler Payas Jain’s proposal for an advance training camp in Taiwan.
The proposals of Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to take personal coaches Aman Balgu and Raman Subramanian respectively for multiple events were also approved the MOC. While Manika and Aman Balgu will head to WTT Contender, Zagreb and WTT Star Contender, Ljubljana, Sathiyan and Raman will head to WTT Contender Tunis, WTT Contender Zagreb and WTT Contender Ljubljana.
MOC members also inducted rower Salman Khan into Target Olympic Podium Scheme’s (TOPS) Development group. Salman who belongs to Haryana’s Mewat region, had won the Gujarat National Games Gold last year.