The ongoing pandemic has hit us hard in many ways. Apart from the immediate impact on health, the consequential clamping of economic activities has caused challenges among many including sportspeople. Athletes not holding employment face constraints impacting their ability to being able to return to sporting activities.
With sports activities across India slowly opening up post the Covid-19 nation wide lockdown. The Hockey India Executive Board has announced its immediate support to 61 athletes from across the senior and junior men and women core probables that are not currently employed. From this initiative, sixty one athletes will receive this financial assistance from Hockey India, this includes 30 Junior Women, 26 Junior Men, 4 Senior Women and 1 Senior Men core probable.
The objective is to provide basic financial relief for the athletes to be able to assist them to again resume sporting activities.
"The ongoing battle with the Covid-19 pandemic has had an adverse impact on athletes who don’t have jobs, for them to be able to continue sporting activities while their families face financial constraints will be difficult. Hockey India was keen to find a way to give them some immediate relief and has decided to help these players with Rs 10,000 each as financial assistance in these difficult times, which would mean they would not add any additional burden on their families as they look to resume sports activities in the near future. We hope this assistance will help the players to soon resume sporting activities and give them the necessary confidence to focus their energies on excelling for the country." expressed Hockey India Officiating President, Mr. Gyanendro Ningombam.
LIST OF ATHLETES SET TO RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Senior Men
- Nilam Sanjeep Xess
Senior Women
- Rajwinder Kaur
- Sharmila Devi
- Bichu Devi Kharibam
- Rashmita Minz
Junior Men
- Prashant Kumar Chauhan
- Pawan
- Sahil Kumar Nayak
- Sanjay
- Yashdeep Siwach
- Nabin Kujur
- Sharda Nand Tiwari
- Moirangthem Dinachandra Singh
- Vishnu Kant Singh
- Ankit Pal
- Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh
- Gopi Kumar Sonkar
- Waribam Niraj Kumar Singh
- Gregory Xess
- Akashdeep Singh Jr.
- Surya N.M.
- Uttam Singh
- S. Karthi
- Araijeet Singh Hundal
- Arshdeep Singh
- Sukhman Singh
- Sudeep Chirmako
- Prabhjot Singh
- Amandeep
- Maninder Singh
- Shivam Anand
Junior Women
- Rashanpreet Kaur
- Khushboo
- Simran Singh
- Marina Lalramnghaki
- Ishika Chaudhary
- Jotika Kalsi
- Sumita
- Akshata Dhekale
- Usha
- Parneet Kaur
- Baljeet Kaur
- Preeti
- Ajmina Kujur
- Vaishnavi Phalke
- Baljinder Kaur
- Mumtaz Khan
- Beauty Dungdung
- Deepika
- Lalrindiki
- Jiwan Kishori Toppo
- Rutuja Pisal
- Sangita Kumari
- Yogita Bora
- Annu
- F Ramengmawii
- Kirandeep Kaur
- Gurmail Kaur
- Kavita Bagdi
- Suman Devi Thoudam
- Mahima Choudhary
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