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NEW DELHI: India ping pong‘ war Horse Achanta Sharath Kamal was proposed on Friday for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna the award is selected by a committee, headed by retired Supreme Court justice, Justice AM Khanwilkar.
Sharath, 40, was rewarded for best performance at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG), where he won four medals – three gold and one silver. The two-time Asian Games medalist is the only athlete nominated among 42 aspiring athletes Khel Ratna, who has registered for the country’s highest sports title this year.
Some of the athletes who missed Khel Ratna include men’s hockey players Harmanpreet Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh, women’s hockey team captain and goalkeeper Savita Punia and striker Vandana Katariya, singles. male badminton Kidambi Srikanth, track and field athlete Bhavani Devi, men’s freestyle wrestler Deepak Punia and 3P 50m rifle expert Anjum Moudgil.
Give Arjuna AwardThe 12-member committee proposed a total of 25 names, including the men’s singles champion Birmingham CWG. Lakshya SenWomen’s world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen, Asian Games gold medalist track and field athlete Amit Panghal, chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, female wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sarita Mor and Nayanmoni Saikia, member of the Indian women’s team that won the historic gold cup at the CWG Birmingham, among others.
The committee has commended Lakshya for his consistency since winning bronze in men’s singles at the World Championships in Huelva last year. He finished a well-deserved runner-up at the prestigious All England Open before losing to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and leading the men’s badminton team to its first Thomas Cup gold medal. He ended his sensational season with a gold medal in men’s singles and a silver in the mixed team event in his first CWG game in Birmingham.
Lakshya’s mentor and former India coach U Vimal Kumar was present as part of the selection committee and it was not immediately known if he would re-use himself from the proceedings. when the name of his ward came up for discussion. The 21-year-old trains at Bengaluru-based Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, directed by Vimal. Former badminton player and CWG bronze medalist for the 2006 Melbourne mixed team, Trupti Murgunde, is also a member of the committee as a member of the government-appointed Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
So did Nikhat, following up her gold-winning performance at Istanbul Worlds, with another championship match at the Birmingham CWG where she took the yellow metal in the women’s lightweight flyweight. India’s athletics stars in Birmingham, Eldhose Paul and Avinash Sable, also made the shortlist for Arjuna.
Last year, 12 unprecedented athletes, including Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, and 35 athletes were honored with the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards respectively.
Khel Ratna (1): Achanta Sharath Kamal
Arjuna Award (25): Seema Punia, Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable (athles), Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy (badminton), Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen (boxing), R Praggnanandhaa, Bhakti Kulkarni (chess), Deep Grace Ekka (hockey) ), Shushila Devi (judo), Sakshi Kumari (kabaddi), Nayanmoni Saikia (grass pitch), Sagar Kailash Ovhalkar (mallakhamb), Elavenil Valarivan, Omprakash Mitharval (shooting), Sreeja Akula (TT), Vikas Thakur ( weightlifting), Anshu Malik and Sarita Mor (wrestling), Parveen (wushu), Manashi Joshi, Tarun Dhillon (para badminton), Swapnil Patil (para swimming) and Jerlin Anika J (deaf badminton)

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