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The names of the athletes for the sports awards to be given this year have been announced. In this, the biggest honor Khel Ratna Award is going to be given to badminton star pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. Whereas star cricketer Mohammed Shami has also been included for the Arjun Award. Reports say that all these National Sports Awards are going to be given during a big program organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 9 January 2024. This announcement has been made by the Sports Ministry. All these awards will be presented to the players by the President.
Arjun Award will be given to 26 athletes: Sports Ministry says that this time 26 athletes including Mohammed Shami are going to be given Arjun Award. Whereas Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are also going to be honored with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023. All these awards are going to be given to these athletes for their excellent performance in their sports.
The Sports Ministry has said in this regard that on the basis of the recommendations of the committees and after proper investigation, the government has selected all these players, coaches and institutions for the award. The ministry has also released the list of players, coaches and organizations who have received all the awards.
This time the National Sports Awards will be given as follows
- Khel Ratna Award
- Chirag Shetty – Badminton
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton
- Arjun Award
- Ojas Praveen Devtale – Archery
- Aditi Gopichand Swami – Archery
- Sreeshankar – Athletics
- Parul Chaudhary – Athletics
- Mohammad Hussamuddin – Boxer
- R Vaishali – Chess
- Mohammed Shami – Cricket
- Anush Aggarwal – Horse Riding
- Divyakriti Singh – Equestrian Dressage
- Diksha Dagar – Golf
- Krishna Bahadur Pathak – Hockey
- Sushila Chanu – Hockey
- Pawan Kumar – Kabaddi
- Ritu Negi – Kabaddi
- Nasreen – Kho-Kho
- Pinky – Lawn Balls
- Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar – Shooting
- Isha Singh – Shooting
- Harinder Pal Singh – Squash
- Ayhika Mukherjee – Table Tennis
- Sunil Kumar – Wrestling
- Final – Wrestling
- Roshibina Devi – Wushu
- Sheetal Devi – Para Archery
- Ajay Kumar – Blind Cricket
- Prachi Yadav – Para Canoeing