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Double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker and chess globe champ D Gukesh are amongst 4 professional athletes settled for Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna honor by the Sports Ministry onThursday Men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold medal victor Praveen Kumar will certainly likewise obtain the distinguished honor. The Khel Ratna is the greatest showing off honour for sportspersons inIndia The sporting activities ministry likewise called 32 professional athletes, consisting of 17 para-athletes, for Arjuna honors.
Recently, there was a massive furore after some brand-new records asserted that Manu’s name was missing out on from the checklist of professional athletes advised forKhel Ratna Manu’s dad Ram Kishan and train Jaspal Rana raged over the snub. However, Manu Bhaker confessed that there could have been a gap in her component while declaring the election.
“With regards to ongoing issue for my nomination for the most prestigious Khel Ratna award-I would like to state that as an athlete my role is to play and perform for my country. Awards and recognition keeps me motivated but are not my goal. I believe there has been a lapse, maybe on my part while filing for the nomination which is being corrected. Irrespective of the award I shall remain motivated to win more medals for my country. It is a request to everyone, please do not speculate on this matter,” Manu Bhaker composed in a blog post on X.
The 22-year-old Bhaker ended up being independent India’s initially professional athlete to win 2 medals in a solitary version of the Olympics with her bronze-winning program in the 10m air gun person and 10m air gun combined group occasions in August.
In the exact same Games, Harmanpreet led the Indian hockey group to its 2nd successive bronze medal.
The 18-year-old Gukesh, on the various other hand, ended up being the youngest ever before World champ while likewise aiding the Indian group win a historical gold in the Chess Olympiad in 2015.
The 4th recipient will certainly be para high-jumper Praveen, that was crowned the T64 champ in theParis Paralympics The T64 category is for professional athletes that have one or both legs missing out on listed below the knee and rely upon a prosthetic leg for running.
“The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17th January, 2025 (Friday) at 1100 hours,” the sporting activities ministry claimed in a news release.
With PTI inputs
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