Neeraj Chopra, Mithali Raj and other athletes conferred the Khel Ratna award-Sports News , Firstpost

Nov 14, 2021
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Watch: Neeraj Chopra, Mithali Raj and other athletes conferred the Khel Ratna award

Mithali Raj receives the Khel Ratna from President Ram Nath Kovind. Picture: @rashtrapatibhvn

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, India ladies’s cricket group captain Mithali Raj have been among the many 12 athletes who have been awarded India’s highest sporting honour — the Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna — on Saturday.

Within the perform that was organised on the Rashtrapati Bhawan within the nationwide capital, the athletes have been awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Neeraj was honoured for successful the gold medal within the javelin throw occasion at Tokyo Olympics. Apart from him, the captain of the Indian males’s hockey group Manpreet Singh and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh acquired the Khel Ratna. The Indian males’s hockey group gained the bronze medal on the Olympics.

Olympic silver-medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya and Olympic bronze-medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain have been additionally a part of Khel Ratna awardees.

Additionally a part of the listing have been Paralympic medal winners — Avani Lekhara (gold in taking pictures 10m air rifle SH1 and bronze in taking pictures 50m rifle 3 positions SH1), Sumit Antil (gold in males’s F64 javelin throw), Pramod Bhagat (gold in badminton males’s singles SL3), Krishna Nagar (gold in badminton males’s Singles SH6), Manish Narwal (gold in taking pictures blended 50 m pistol SH1).

Mithali grew to become the primary Indian ladies cricketer to be awarded the celebrated honour. India males’s soccer group captain Sunil Chhetri grew to become the primary footballer to be bestowed the award.

A complete of 35 athletes have been additionally bestowed with the Arjuna Award on the day.



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