New Delhi. Four gamers who hoisted the nation’s flag in the Olympics and Paralympics will be honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award this 12 months. This highest honor of Indian sports activities will be given to Manu Bhaker, D (*52*), Harmanpreet Singh and Praveen Kumar (para athlete). The Sports Ministry introduced the Sports Awards for 2024 on Thursday. There can also be a reputation in the checklist of award recipients on which ‘Chandu Champion’ has just lately been made. Arjun Award (Lifetime) will be given to Murlikant Petkar, the actual character of Chandu Champion.
Para athletes dominate the Arjun Award checklist
The Sports Ministry introduced the Sports Awards 2024 on January 2. This time, other than 4 ‘Khel Ratna’, 32 gamers have been chosen for the Arjun Award. Among these 32 gamers, a report 17 are para athletes. President Draupadi Murmu will current the awards to the winners on 17 January 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The recipient of the Khel Ratna Award receives a medal, quotation and Rs 25 lakh. The Arjuna Award carries Rs 15 lakh, a statue of Arjuna and a quotation. Para gamers who received seven gold and 9 silver in Paralympics dominated the Arjuna Awards.
Honor for the first gold winner in Paralympics
As quickly as the Sports Ministry launched the award checklist, Murlikant Petkar’s title additionally began trending. His title is included amongst the recipients of Arjun Award (Lifetime). Muralikant Petkar was India’s first Paralympic gold medal winner. He received gold in 50 meter freestyle swimming in the 1972 Paralympics. Recently, the movie ‘Chandu Champion’ has been made on Petkar, who turned disabled resulting from bullet accidents in the India-Pakistan war of 1965.
The title of Olympic bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale’s coach Deepali Deshpande has been included for the Dronacharya Award. The Dronacharya Award (Lifetime) class contains former Indian soccer workforce supervisor Armando Colaso and badminton coach S Muraleedharan.
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(*9*)FIRST PUBLISHED: January 2, 2025, 17:55 IST
