Tennis player Ankita Raina has been added to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at a meeting held earlier today.Raina who is born and raised in Gujarat, recently broke into the world’s top 100 in women’s doubles on the back of winning her first ever WTA 250 title at Phillip Island in Australia.She has also been partnering Sania Mirza while representing India in the Billie Jean King Cup.
Apart from Raina, four other athletes who recently achieved Tokyo Olympic qualification were added to the TOPS core group, Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh who were promoted from TOPS development group and wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik.
