Table tennis player Manika Batra, who can be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this 12 months, on Saturday stated that the accolade could be an added accountability for her to carry extra laurels for the nation. Other than Batra, Mariyappan T. (Para-Athletics), Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling) and Rani Rampal (Hockey) can be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this 12 months.
“It’s an honour for me to be named as one of many receipents for this 12 months’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. I wish to thank god, Sports activities Ministry, all my sponsors and the Sports activities Authority of India,” Batra informed reporters.
“This award is an added accountability for me to proceed performing nicely and I’m wanting ahead to carry extra laurels for the nation,” she added.
Sprinter Dutee Chand, cricketer Ishant Sharma, and shooter Manu Bhaker are among the many 27 athletes who can be conferred with the Arjuna Award.
Nationwide Sports activities Awards which embody the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the Arjuna award, the Dronacharya award, and the Dhyan Chand award, are conferred on athletes yearly by the President of India on the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29, the Nationwide Sports activities Day.
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Nevertheless, this 12 months, the names could be introduced by President Ram Nath Kovind just about because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“The ceremony will happen just about however what we must see how the precise course of would pan out,” a supply inside the Sports activities Ministry had informed ANI.
