The Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has authorized Commonwealth Games medallist Tejaswin Shankar’s request for monetary help in the direction of participation in continental tour occasions in Europe. Tejaswin needs to compete in Belgium’s excessive soar Gala Elmos, which is a class D occasion, adopted by International Athletic Meet, Hvezdy Nehvizdy in Czech Republic, a class B occasion. By competing at these Continental Tour occasions, Tejaswin goals to realize vital rating factors that may see him enhance his world rankings and in flip assist him qualify for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games.

Tejaswin, who received the excessive soar bronze on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and decathlon silver medal on the Hangzhou Asian Games, is making a comeback to excessive soar, as a way to qualify for the Olympic Games.

He is at the moment coaching in Kansas State College, USA below Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding and can be heading to Belgium adopted by Czech Republic later this month.

His airfare, boarding/lodging, native transport value amongst different expenditure for these occasions could be lined below TOPS funding.