Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the first Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals, was on Tuesday recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while star cricketer Virat Kohli was among the 14 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award by the selection committee here.
The double Olympic trap shooter was picked for the award by a committee headed by billiards legend Michael Ferreira on Tuesday. Sodhi is a double trap specialist and is a multiple-time world cup medalist, including two golds at the 2010 and 2011 editions in Turkey and UAE respectively. Sodhi also won gold at the 2010 Asian games in China.
Apart from Sindhu, triple-jumper Renjith Maheshwary, who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with a national record, and rising golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta were among the sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award this year by the selection committee.
This year's Arjuna awardees list features just one boxer, World Championship bronze medallist
Kavita Chahal.
The list also includes quite a few women including veteran squash player Joshna Chinappa, former
hockey captain Saba Anjum, wrestler Neha Rathi, archer Chekrovolu Swuro and shooter Rajkumari
Rathore.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award: Ronjan Sodhi.
The Arjuna awardees: Virat Kohli (Cricket), Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery), Renjith Maheshwary
(Athletics), P V Sindhu (Badminton), Kavita Chahal (Boxing), Rupesh Shah (Snooker), Gaganjeet
Bhullar (Golf), Saba Anjum (Hockey), Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting), Joshna Chinappa (Squash),
Mouma Das (Table Tennis), Neha Rathi (Wrestling), Dharmendra Dalal (Wrestling), Amit Kumar
Saroha (Athletics).
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The double Olympic trap shooter was picked for the award by a committee headed by billiards legend Michael Ferreira on Tuesday. Sodhi is a double trap specialist and is a multiple-time world cup medalist, including two golds at the 2010 and 2011 editions in Turkey and UAE respectively. Sodhi also won gold at the 2010 Asian games in China.
Apart from Sindhu, triple-jumper Renjith Maheshwary, who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with a national record, and rising golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta were among the sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award this year by the selection committee.
This year's Arjuna awardees list features just one boxer, World Championship bronze medallist
Kavita Chahal.
The list also includes quite a few women including veteran squash player Joshna Chinappa, former
hockey captain Saba Anjum, wrestler Neha Rathi, archer Chekrovolu Swuro and shooter Rajkumari
Rathore.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award: Ronjan Sodhi.
The Arjuna awardees: Virat Kohli (Cricket), Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery), Renjith Maheshwary
(Athletics), P V Sindhu (Badminton), Kavita Chahal (Boxing), Rupesh Shah (Snooker), Gaganjeet
Bhullar (Golf), Saba Anjum (Hockey), Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting), Joshna Chinappa (Squash),
Mouma Das (Table Tennis), Neha Rathi (Wrestling), Dharmendra Dalal (Wrestling), Amit Kumar
Saroha (Athletics).
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