Sports Ministry funds wrestler Ravi Dahiya’s World Championship preparation in Russia

Wrestler Ravi Kumar.

Khel Today Bureau 
New Delhi: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) will finance Olympic 57kg class Silver Medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s travel and training in Vladikavkaz, Russia, ahead of the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia next month.

Cleared under the Ministry’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), Ravi Kumar Dahiya will travel to Vladikavkaz tonight.  The 24-year-old will be accompanied by his coach Arun Kumar, sparring partner Sahil and physiotherapist Dr. Munish Kumar. The travel, visa, board and lodging cost of all four would be covered under TOPS.

The camp is scheduled to last for 29 days with Ravi set to travel to Belgrade, Serbia for the World Wrestling Championships. Ahead of the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a 2019 World Championship bronze medallist, was sanctioned a special training camp in Bulgaria besides competitive  exposure in Bulgaria, Turkey and Mongolia.