New Delhi, Jan 10 :Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) Today  added Golfer Aditi Ashok and nine other athletes to Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).

Ace rider Fouaad Mirza, golfers Anirban Lahiri, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar and Alpine Skier Mohammed Arif Khan are included in the core group.

Golfers Shubhankar Sharma and Tvesa Malik and Judokas Yash Ghangas, Unnati Sharma and Linthoi have been added to the Development group.

Riding Seigneur Medicott, Mirza won the Eventing-individual silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and finished 23rd in the Olympic Games in Tokyo last year.

Golfer Aditi, hailing from Bengaluru, wrested the nation’s attention in Tokyo 2020 after being in medal reckoning throughout the competition.

The 21-year-old left-hander Dagar, from Jhajjar is a silver medalist in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, who finished 50th in the Olympic Games last year.

Teenage Judokas Ghangas (+100kg class), Chanambam (57kg) and Unnati (63kg) won a silver medal each in the Asia-Oceania Junior Championships in Lebanon, Beirut, last month.

The Ministry primarily supports elite athletes under the Annual Calendar for Training and Competition (ACTC) of each National Sports Federation.

TOPS provide customised support to athletes in areas not covered under the ACTC and addresses unanticipated needs of the athletes as they prepare to excel in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.(UNI)