Khel Ratna Award 2024: Gukesh & Banu Bhaker tops the chart..!

Sowmiya Sriram
Khel Ratna Award 2024: Gukesh & Banu Bhaker tops the chart..!
 The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the highest award given in the field of sports, has been announced today. Shooter manu Bhaker, who was not included in the list of recommendations, has now been selected for the award. manu Bhaker has been announced as the Khel Ratna Award after winning 2 medals at the 2024 paris Olympics. Not only that, tamil Nadu chess player Gukesh won the champion title by defeating Chinese player Ding Liran in the final of the 2024 World Chess Championship. Through this, Gukesh got the honor of becoming the youngest player to win the world chess championship title. In this situation, the Khel Ratna Award has been announced in appreciation of this achievement of Gukesh. Similarly, the captain of the indian hockey team, Harmanpreet Singh, will also be awarded the Khel Ratna award.
Following this, Harmanpreet Singh earned the honor of being the captain who won the bronze medal for the indian team in two Olympics. Similarly, praveen Kumar, who won the gold in the high jump category at the paris Paralympics, will also be awarded the Khel Ratna award. The award ceremony will be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on january 17. Similarly, 32 players will be awarded the arjuna Award for excellence in the field of sports. In this, the arjuna Award will be given to the players including the tamil Nadu badminton players who won medals in the Paralympics, including Tulasimathi, Nithyashree, and Manisha Ramadoss.


Similarly, the Dronacharya Award, which is given to the best coaches, will be given to para-shooting coach Subhash Rana, shooting coach Deepali Dash Pandey and hockey coach sandeep Sangwan. Similarly, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to badminton player Muralitharan and football player Ermondo Angel. It is noteworthy that no cricketer has been selected for the award this time.
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