Fomer World no one PV Sindhu will travel to Germany and Lakshya Sen will train in France in preparation of their Paris Olympics Ganes.

Former world champion Sindhu will be in Germany ahead of the Olympics after her proposal for training in Europe was approved by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday.

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World No. 15 Sindhu will train at the Hermann-Neuberger Sportschule in Saarbrucken for over a month with her coach and support staff before heading to Paris for the Summer Games.

Sindhu is set to appear at the Olympics for the third time in her career. She won a silver medal at Rio 2016 and followed it up with a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The 28-year-old Sindhu made a comeback in February following a four-month injury layoff. She is competing at the Thailand Open this week.

Meanwhile, world No. 14 shuttler Lakshya Sen, who will train at the Halle des Sports Parsemain in Marseille, France with his coach and support staff from July 8 to 21 ahead of the Olympic Games.

Both PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen obtained Paris 2024 Olympics quota places for India as per the Race to Paris Ranking List published by the BWF late last month.

NOCs have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games and athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.

Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, will make his Olympic debut in Paris. He struggled for form in 2023 but reached the semi-finals of the All-England Open and the French Open this year.

The MOC also approved proposals of table tennis players Sreeja Akula and Tisha Punia to procure equipment and golfer Aditi Ashok and swimmer Aryan Nehra’s proposals for assistance to travel to various competitions.

Additionally, the MOC also approved the inclusion of table tennis player Harmeet Desai and the women’s 4×400 relay team in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme core group, as well as the promotion of wrestlers Nisha (68kg) and Reetika (76kg) to the TOPS core group.

Promising golfer Kartik Singh was also inducted into the TOPS development group with a focus on the 2028 and 2032 Olympics in Los Angeles and Brisbane, respectively.