The Odisha authorities on Tuesday nominated ace Dutee Chand for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the nation’s highest sporting honour.
Besides Dutee, the Odisha authorities additionally despatched 5 different suggestions to the sports activities ministry, an official mentioned right here.
“I am grateful to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for nominating my name for the Khel Ratna Award. May your blessings always be with me,” Dutee mentioned on Twitter.
The Indian dash ace broke her 100m nationwide file by clocking 11.7 seconds on the Indian Grand Prix 4 in Patiala final week, lacking the automated Olympic qualification time by 0.02 seconds.
However, he’s set to make it to the Tokyo Olympics on the premise of world rankings.
The 25-year-old Dutee, who received silver medals within the 100m and 200m occasions on the 2018 Asian Games, was awarded the Arjuna Award final yr.
The Department of Sports and Youth Services, Government of Odisha, additionally named Indian hockey vice-captain Birendra Lakra (Arjuna Award), hockey coach Kalu Charan Choudhary (Dronacharya) and former sprinter and Olympian Anuradha Biswal (Dhyanchand) for the National Sports Awards for the Olympics. has been nominated. .
The state authorities has nominated KIIT Deemed University and Odisha Mining Corporation for the National Khel Pratishthan Award for figuring out and nurturing budding expertise on this area.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
