Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 2 (ANI): Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, a Paralympic silver medalist within the shot put, has been honoured with the Arjuna Award. This recognition celebrates his dedication, arduous work, and achievements within the area of para-athletics.
“I am feeling very happy. Every player needs a token of appreciation and this is it. I feel like I am getting the fruit of the efforts I have put,” Khilari instructed ANI,India’s para-athletes shattered the file books in Paris by delivering a efficiency of a lifetime, elevating the bar within the para-sports that might be seen because the benchmark within the coming years.
India surpassed its earlier most profitable marketing campaign on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian males’s hockey crew captain Harmanpreet Singh and Para Athlete Praveen Kumar have been awarded the celebrated Khel Ratna.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday introduced the National Sports Awards 2024. (ANI)