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After being felicitated with the celebrated Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian males’s hockey staff captain Harmanpreet Singh on Friday mentioned that each one the credit score goes to his staff and members of the family. Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian males’s hockey staff captain Harmanpreet Singh and Para Athlete Praveen Kumar had been awarded the celebrated Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by the President Droupadi Murmu on the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday. 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 Participant of the 12 months. Below his management, the India staff gained a bronze medal within the Paris Olympics.
Chatting with the reporters, Harmanpreet Singh mentioned that he was glad to obtain the celebrated award.
“I’m very glad and the credit score goes to my staff and members of the family… The journey has been nice as we now have carried out very properly and gained many medals in varied tournaments…,” Harmanpreet Singh instructed reporters.
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 grew to become India’s second world chess champion after Viswanathan Anand.
Para Athlete, Praveen Kumar gained a Gold within the Males’s Excessive Leap T64 on the Paralympics 2024.
Manu Bhaker opened India’s medal tally within the Olympics after she secured third place within the ladies’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion, turning into the first-ever girl shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker gained the bronze medal within the 10m air pistol (combined staff) occasion, which was India’s first-ever taking pictures staff medal.
In her ultimate occasion, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and completed fourth within the ladies’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.
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