KHEL RATNA AWARD– Four players, including Indian women’s shooter Manu Bhaker, who won two Olympic medals in the Paris Olympics, and Harmanpreet Singh, captain of the Indian men’s hockey team, will be honored with the Khel Ratna award. The Sports Ministry has announced the National Sports Awards 2024 on Thursday. President Draupadi Murmu will felicitate the winners at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17.
The Sports Ministry said in a statement that based on the committee’s recommendations and the government’s investigation, a decision has been taken to give awards to players, coaches and universities.
Based on the recommendations of the committees, the government has decided to award Khel Ratna to Manu Bhakar, D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and Para athlete Praveen Kumar. Let us tell you that a few days ago there was a controversy over Manu Bhakar’s name not being included in the recommended list of sportspersons who received the Khel Ratna award. However, later Manu himself admitted that perhaps there was a mistake on his part.
Manu Bhakar created history by winning 2 medals in shooting in the Paris Olympics. She became the first Indian athlete to win two different medals in singles events at the same Olympics. In these same games, Harmanpreet Singh won the bronze medal for the Indian hockey team under his captaincy.
It was the second time in a row that India won a bronze medal at the Olympics. While De Gukesh became the youngest world champion in the history of chess just a few weeks ago. He won the title of world champion at the age of just 18. Praveen Kumar won the gold medal in the T64 category high jump event at the Paralympics. Let me tell you that the Ministry of Sports has released a list of total 32 athletes, who will be honored with the Arjuna Award. 17 para athletes have been placed in them.
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