<p>Football icon Bhaichung Bhutia and long jumper Anju Bobby George were among the former athletes who were on Thursday included in the Mission Olympic Cell as India eye a stellar show at the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p>.<p>Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) is a body set up by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to select athletes for financial assistance under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).</p>.<p>The MOC also focuses on selection, exclusion and retention of athletes, coaches, training institutes that can receive TOPS assistance.</p>.<p>The other new members added to the committee are former national team hockey captains Sardar Singh and Viren Rasquinha, shooting great Anjali Bhagwat, shuttler Trupti Murgundi and paddler Monali.</p>.<p>"I am pleased to appoint ex-athletes @bhaichung15 (Football), @anjubobbygeorg1</p>.<p>(Athletics), @IamSardara_08 (Hockey), @AnjaliB_Oly (Shooting), @virenrasquinha (Hockey), @Monalis60971861 (Table Tennis) & @TMurgunde (Badminton) as the new MOC members," Sports Minister Anurag Thakur <a href="https://twitter.com/ianuragthakur/status/1466322417979047940?s=20" target="_blank">tweeted</a>.</p>.<p>"We're making India's prep stronger for #ParisOlympics2024! Happy to announce & welcome 7 more top international athletes to the Mission Olympic Cell. Their experience will add richly towards creating an athlete-centric ecosystem at the highest level," Thakur wrote in another tweet.</p>.<p>The Indian contingent returned with a record seven medals, including a historic athletics gold, from the Tokyo Olympics, which was followed by the para athletes stellar show at the ensuing Paralympics in the Japanese capital.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Football icon Bhaichung Bhutia and long jumper Anju Bobby George were among the former athletes who were on Thursday included in the Mission Olympic Cell as India eye a stellar show at the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p>.<p>Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) is a body set up by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to select athletes for financial assistance under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).</p>.<p>The MOC also focuses on selection, exclusion and retention of athletes, coaches, training institutes that can receive TOPS assistance.</p>.<p>The other new members added to the committee are former national team hockey captains Sardar Singh and Viren Rasquinha, shooting great Anjali Bhagwat, shuttler Trupti Murgundi and paddler Monali.</p>.<p>"I am pleased to appoint ex-athletes @bhaichung15 (Football), @anjubobbygeorg1</p>.<p>(Athletics), @IamSardara_08 (Hockey), @AnjaliB_Oly (Shooting), @virenrasquinha (Hockey), @Monalis60971861 (Table Tennis) & @TMurgunde (Badminton) as the new MOC members," Sports Minister Anurag Thakur <a href="https://twitter.com/ianuragthakur/status/1466322417979047940?s=20" target="_blank">tweeted</a>.</p>.<p>"We're making India's prep stronger for #ParisOlympics2024! Happy to announce & welcome 7 more top international athletes to the Mission Olympic Cell. Their experience will add richly towards creating an athlete-centric ecosystem at the highest level," Thakur wrote in another tweet.</p>.<p>The Indian contingent returned with a record seven medals, including a historic athletics gold, from the Tokyo Olympics, which was followed by the para athletes stellar show at the ensuing Paralympics in the Japanese capital.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>