New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): After being felicitated with the celebrated Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian Paralympian Praveen Kumar on Friday mentioned that holding the award was a “very good feeling.”Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian males’s hockey workforce captain Harmanpreet Singh and Para Athlete Praveen Kumar have been awarded the celebrated Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by the President Droupadi Murmu on the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday.
Speaking to ANI, Praveen Kumar mentioned that the celebrated Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will inspire him sooner or later to carry out for the nation.
“Holding the Khel Ratna Award was a very good feeling. I am very happy and it is motivating me to perform better for the nation,” Praveen Kumar advised ANI.
Coming to different Khel Ratna awardees, Gukesh’s success story was one of many main highlights of Indian sports activities in 2024. He made historical past in December by defeating China’s Ding Liren within the decisive 14th recreation of the FIDE World Championship match in Singapore.
The championship, tied at 6.5-6.5 heading into the ultimate recreation, noticed a stellar efficiency from Gukesh, who secured a 7.5-6.5 victory, turning into the youngest world champion ever at 18. He additionally turned India’s second world chess champion after Viswanathan Anand.
Para Athlete, Praveen Kumar gained a Gold within the Men’s High Jump T64 on the Paralympics 2024.
Harmanpreet Singh had been a part of the Tokyo Olympics the place India had gained the Hockey bronze. He has additionally been nominated for FIH Player of the Year. Under his management, the India workforce gained a bronze medal within the Paris Olympics.
Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal tally within the Olympics after she secured third place within the girls’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion, turning into the first-ever lady shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker gained the bronze medal within the 10m air pistol (combined workforce) occasion, which was India’s first-ever taking pictures workforce medal.
In her last occasion, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and completed fourth within the girls’s 25m pistol taking pictures occasion. She missed out on the chance to turn into the primary Indian to win three medals on the Olympics. (ANI)