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Gukesh D, Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar picked for Khel Ratna Award

World Chess champion Gukesh D and Paris Olympics and Paralympics medallists - Manu Bhaker (shooting), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey) and Praveen Kumar (para-athlete)

Sentinel Digital Desk

New Delhi: World Chess champion Gukesh D and Paris Olympics and Paralympics medallists - Manu Bhaker (shooting), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey) and Praveen Kumar (para-athlete) are to be conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 by President of India Droupadi Murmu at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced on Thursday.

Gukesh recently became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion after outclassing China’s Ding Liren in the title battle in Singapore.

Manu became the first Indian athlete to win twin medals in a single edition of the Games in Paris, following a double bronze in the 10 m air pistol and 10 m air pistol mixed team event.

On the other hand, Harmanpreet led India to their second successive bronze medal in men’s hockey while Praveen bagged gold in the high jump T64 in the Paralympics.

Apart from the Khel Ratna, the Sports Ministry also named a 32-athlete list for the Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024. The list includes Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani, Nitu, Saweety, Vantika Agrawal, Salima Tete, Abhishek, Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Preeti Pal, Jeevanji Deepthi, Ajeet Singh, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, H Hokato Sema, Simran, Navdeep, Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan, Manisha Ramadass, Kapil Parmar, Mona Agarwal, Rubina Francis, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Sarabjot Singh, Abhay Singh, Sajan Prakash and Aman.

Former cyclist Sucha Singh and former para-swimmer Murlikant Rajaram Petkar were awarded Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games.

Subhash Rana (para-shooter), Deepali Deshpande (shooting) and Sandeep Sangwan (hockey) were named Dronacharya Award 2024 recipients.

S Muralidharan (badminton) and Armando Agnelo Colaco (football) were awarded the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category.

Physical Education Foundation of India was given the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar while Chandigarh University (overall winner), Lovely Professional University (first runner-up) and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (second runner-up) were awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024.

The overall top-performing university in Khelo India University Games is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. IANS

List of all the winners of the Khel Ratna award:

 Year            Athlete                                               Sport

1991-92       Vishwanathan Anand   Chess

1992-93       Geet Sethi                      Billiards

1993-94       Homi Motivala                                   Yachting

1993-94       PK Garg                                              Yachting

1994-95       Karnam Malleshwari     Weightlifting

1995-96       Nameirakpam Kunjarani                  Weightlifting

1996-97       Leander Paes                                    Tennis

1997-98       Sachin Tendulkar                             Cricket

1998-99       Jyotirmoyee Sikdar                          Athletics

1999-00       Dhanraj Pillay                                    Hockey

2000-01       Pullela Gopichand                            Badminton

2001            Abhinav Bindra                                 Shooting

2002            KM Beenamol                                    Athletics

2002            Anjali Bhagwat                                  Shooting

2003            Anju Bobby George                         Athletics

2004            Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore          Shooting

2005            Pankaj Advani               Billiards and Snooker

2006            Manavjit Singh Sandhu                   Shooting

2007            MS Dhoni                                           Cricket

2009            Mary Kom                      Boxing

2009            Vijender Singh                                  Boxing

2009            Sushil Kumar                                    Freestyle wrestling

2010            Saina Nehwal                                    Badminton

2011            Gagan Narang                                   Shooting

2012            Vijay Kumar                                       Shooting

2012            Yogeshwar Dutt                                Freestyle wrestling

2013            Ronjan Sodhi                                    Shooting

2015            Sania Mirza                                        Tennis

2016            PV Sindhu                      Badminton

2016            Dipa Karmakar                                  Gymnastics

2016            Jitu Rai                                               Shooting

2016            Sakshi Malik                                      Freestyle wrestling

2017            Devendra Jhajaria                             Para-athletics

2017            Sardara Singh                                   Hockey

2018            Saikhom Mirabai Chanu                  Weightlifting

2018            Virat Kohli                      Cricket

2019            Deepa Malik                                      Para-athletics

2019            Bajrang Punia                                   Freestyle wrestling

2020            Rohit Sharma                                    Cricket

2020            Mariyappan Thangavelu                  Para-athletics

2020            Manika Batra                                     Table tennis

2020            Vinesh Phogat                                  Freestyle wrestling

2020            Rani Rampal                                      Hockey

2021            Neeraj Chopra                                  Athletics

2021            Ravi Kumar Dahiya                          Freestyle wrestling

2021            Lovlina Borgohain                           Boxing

2021            PR Sreejesh                                      Hockey

2021            Avani Lekhara                                  Paralympic shooting

2021            Sumit Antil                                        Para-athletics

2021            Pramod Bhagat                                Para-badminton

2021            Krishna Nagar                                  Para-badminton

2021            Manish Narwal                                 Shooting Para Sport

2021            Mithali Raj                      Cricket

2021            Sunil Chhetri                                     Football

2021            Manpreet Singh                                Hockey

2022            Sharath Kamal                                  Table tennis

2023            Chirag Shetty                                    Badminton

2023            Satwiksairaj Rankireddy                  Badminton

2024            Praveen Kumar                                 Para-athletics

2024            Manu Bhaker                                     Shooting

2024            D Gukesh                                           Chess

2024            Harmanpreet Singh                          Hockey

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