New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- The double Olympics bronze medal-winning men's hockey team, the men's and women's athletics relay teams, and a number of individual athletes have been left out from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme's (TOPS) list for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics cycle, according to officials aware of the matter.
In the Paris Olympics cycle, a total of 120 athletes from Olympics sports were part of the core group. That number is now down to 42. On the other hand, 52 para athletes have also made the core group as against 57 in the Paris Games cycle.
Among the major individual athletes who have been left out of the core group are table tennis ace Sharath Kamal, Asian Games silver medallist in 100m hurdles Jyothi Yarraji, long jumper Jes...