Olympic bronze-winning Indian males’s hockey crew captain Manpreet Singh was on Tuesday included within the record of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, taking the whole variety of winners this 12 months to an unparalleled 12, with the ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13. .
Manpreet was initially advisable for the Arjuna Award, however he joins veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh because the second hockey participant within the record of awardees for the very best sporting honour.
Other distinguished Khel Ratna winners this 12 months embrace Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic silver medalist wrestler Ravi Dahiya.
The 35 Arjuna Awardees embrace India’s most Paralympic medalist and cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Mithali Raj.
“The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India on November 13, 2021 (Saturday) at 1630 hrs in a specially organized ceremony at the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the Sports Ministry introduced.
It was carried out on-line final 12 months as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Khel Ratna Award is given for the stellar and most excellent efficiency by a sportsperson over a interval of the final 4 years.
Considering the outstanding Olympic and Paralympic efficiency, the variety of award winners was anticipated to be greater this 12 months.
India received seven medals on the Olympics and 19 medals on the Paralympics, together with 5 gold, eight silver and 6 bronze.
A complete of 10 coaches have been chosen for the Dronacharya Awards.
TP Ousef (Athletics), Sarkar Talwar (Cricket), Sarpal Singh (Hockey), Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi) and Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming) have been chosen for the Life Time Achievement class.
The winners within the common Dronacharya class have been: Radhakrishnan Nair P (athletics), Sandhya Gurung (boxing), Pritam Siwach (hockey), Jai Prakash Nautiyal (para taking pictures) and Subramaniam Raman (desk tennis).
Gurung, aside from being the assistant coach within the nationwide camp, can be the private coach of Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain, who will obtain the Khel Ratna only a 12 months after she was given the Arjuna Award.
Sajjan Singh (Wrestling) was chosen for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement together with former World and Asian Champion boxers Lekha KC, Abhijit Kunte (Chess), Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey) and Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi).
This 12 months’s award choice committee was chaired by Justice (Retd) Mukundakam Sharma (former Supreme Court choose) and included three-time Paralympic medalist javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad and former world champion boxer L Sarita Devi. have been concerned. amongst others.
Awardees:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
Neeraj Chopra (athletics), Ravi Kumar (wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (boxing), PR Sreejesh (hockey), Avani Lekhara (para taking pictures), Sumit Antil (para athletics), Pramod Bhagat (para badminton), Krishna Nagar (para badminton) ), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting), Mithali Raj (Cricket), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Manpreet Singh (Hockey).
Arjuna Award:
Arpinder Singh (Athletics), Simranjit Kaur (Boxing), Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket), CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing), Monica (Hockey), Vandana Kataria (Hockey), Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi), Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb), Abhishek Verma (Shooting), Ankita Raina (Tennis), Deepak Punia (Wrestling), Dilpreet Singh (Hockey), Harman Preet Singh (Hockey), Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey), Surendra Kumar (Hockey), Amit Rohidas (Hockey), Birender Lakra (hockey), Sumit (hockey), Neelkant Sharma (hockey), Hardik Singh (hockey), Vivek Sagar Prasad (hockey), Gurjant Singh (hockey), Mandeep Singh (hockey), Shamsher Singh (hockey), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey), Varun Kumar (Hockey), Simranjit Singh (Hockey), Yogesh Kathunia (Para Athletics), Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics), Praveen Kumar (Para Athletics), Suhash Yatiraj (Para Badminton), Singhraj Adhana (Para Shooting) , Bhavna Patel (Para Table Tennis), Harvinder Singh (Para Archery) and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:
Manav Rachna Educational Institution and Indian Oil Corporation Limited for promotion of sports activities by means of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MACA) Trophy:
Panjab University, Chandigarh.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
