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After being felicitated with the distinguished Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian males’s hockey staff captain Harmanpreet Singh on Friday mentioned that every one the credit score goes to his staff and relations. 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 distinguished 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 Yr. Below his management, the India staff gained a bronze medal within the Paris Olympics.
Chatting with the reporters, Harmanpreet Singh mentioned that he was pleased to obtain the distinguished award.
“I’m very pleased and the credit score goes to my staff and relations… The journey has been nice as we’ve carried out very nicely 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 sport of the FIDE World Championship match in Singapore. The championship, tied at 6.5-6.5 heading into the ultimate sport, noticed a stellar efficiency from Gukesh, who secured a 7.5-6.5 victory, changing into the youngest world champion ever at 18. He additionally turned 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 girls’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion, changing 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 (blended staff) occasion, which was India’s first-ever capturing staff medal.
In her last occasion, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and completed fourth within the girls’s 25m pistol capturing occasion. She missed out on the chance to turn into the primary Indian to win three medals on the Olympics.
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