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Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra

AGENCIES,14 NOVEMBER:  Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra aro tai logote dusra eleven athletes  khan Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award President Ram Nath Kovind  para Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi Saturday din te jitishe.

Etu 23umar chopra kun para historic track-and-field gold medal staggering throw 87.58m javelin throw finals te jita  toh Olympics te aro akhe wala ase athletes te.

Chopra hi nohoikena Olympic silver-winning wrestler Ravi Dahiya, bronze-winning pugilist Lovlina Borgohain, cricketer Mithali Raj, footballer Sunil Chhetri hockey players PR Sreejesh and Manpreet Singh bi etu award toh jitishe.

Avani Lekhara gold and a bronze medal in para-shooting at the Tokyo Paralympics te jita ke bi etu  award te jitishe dusra  para athlete logote.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, para janaa toh Prime Minister Narendra Modi para akhe te etu India’s highest sporting honour  legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand laga naam pichede  iya  india khan kura pichede Indian  khan  hockeyte record kura pichede

Khel Ratna Award winners: Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Ravi Dahiya (Wrestling), PR Sreejesh (Hockey), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Mithali Raj (Cricket), Manpreet Singh (Hockey), Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton), Sumit Antil (Para Javelin), Avani Lekhara (Para Shooting), Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton), M Narwal (Para Shooting)

Etu 12 khel ratnas logote India logote 35 arjuna awardees khan ase etu  lamba list etu sal te  historic medal hauls Olympics(7) aro  Paralympics(19) te ase.

Etu khel ratna  te cash prize Rs 25 lakh, medal aro scroll of honour. Arjuna award prize moneyRs 15 lakh thurikena ase.

Etu sal laga award selection committee te  Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court) aro etu te three-time Paralympic medal-winning javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, and ex-world champion boxer L Sarita Devi aro dusra khanase.

Arjuna Award winners: Arpinder Singh (Athletics), Simranjit Kaur (Boxing), Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket), CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing), Monika (Hockey), Vandana Katariya (Hockey), Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi), Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb), Abhishek Verma (Shooting), Ankita Raina (Tennis), Deepak Punia (Wrestling), Dilpreet Singh (Hockey), Harman Preet Singh (Hockey), Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey), Surender Kumar (Hockey), Amit Rohidas (Hockey), Birendra Lakra (Hockey), Sumit (Hockey), Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey), Hardik Singh (Hockey), Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey), Gurjant Singh (Hockey), Mandeep Singh (Hockey), Shamsher Singh (Hockey), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey), Varun Kumar (Hockey), Simranjeet Singh (Hockey), Yogesh Kathuniya (Para Athletics) Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics), Praveen Kumar(Para Athletics), Suhash Yathiraj (Para Badminton) Singhraj Adhana (Para Shooting), Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis), Harvinder Singh (Para Archery) and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics).

Dronacharya Award winners: Life-time Category went to T. P. Ouseph, Sarkar Talwar, Sarpal Singh, Ashan Kumar, and Tapan Kumar Panigrahi. Regular Category was awarded to Radhakrishnan Nair P, Sandhya Gurung, Pritam Siwach, Jai Prakash Nautiyal, Subramanian Raman.

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement winners: Lekha KC, Abhijeet Kunte, Davinder Singh Garcha, Vikas Kumar, Sajjan Singh