New Delhi (Talk). President Draupadi Murmu on Friday honored four players, including World Chess Championship winner Grandmaster D Gukesh and woman shooter Manu Bhaker, who won two medals at the Paris Olympics, with the Khel Ratna Award. In a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Murmu honored the players who performed outstandingly in various events with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya awards. Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, who was the first to excel in chess, was honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. After this, female shooter Manu Bhakar, who won two medals in the Olympics, hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh and para athlete Praveen Kumar were honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
In addition, the President Annu Rani in athletics, Sweety in boxing, Vantika Agarwal in chess, Salima Tete, Abhishek Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh and Sukhjit Singh in hockey, Rakesh Kumar (para-archery), Preeti Pal (para-athletics), Ajit Singh, Sachin Sarjerao. Khilari (Para Athletics) and Dharambir (Para Athletics), Pranav Surma (Para Athletics), H Hokato Sema (Para Athletics), Simran (Para Athletics), Navdeep (Para Athletics), Nitesh Kumar (Para Badminton), Thulasimati Murugesan (Para Badminton), Nithyashree Sumathi Sivan (Para Badminton), Manisha Ramdas (Para Badminton), Kapil Parmar (Para Judo) and Mona Agarwal (Para Shooting) Awarded the Arjuna Award for his outstanding performance
Subhash Rana (Para Shooting Regular Category), Deepali Deshpande (Shooting Regular Category), Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey Regular Category), S Muraleedharan (Badminton Lifetime Category) and Armando Agnello Colaco (Football (Lifetime Category) were awarded the Dronacharya Award. Arjuna Award to Sucha Singh (Athletics) and Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para Swimmer) for their outstanding contribution. (Lifetime) Award.
Chandigarh University (Winner), Lovely Professional University (1st Runner-up), Amritsar Guru Nanak Dev University (2nd Runner-up) were awarded the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy. Physical Education Foundation of India was awarded the National Sports Promotion Award.
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