Nationwide Sports activities Awards 2024: A take a look at obvious omissions from the nominees checklist

The checklist of nominees for the
2024 Nationwide Sports activities Awards had been formally introduced on Thursday, with the likes of Paris Olympics medallist Manu Bhaker and
world chess champion D Gukesh being named for the Khel Ratna award. India males’s hockey workforce captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar had been the others to have been nominated for the award.

As for the Arjuna award nominations, Paralympics medal-winning para-athletes together with Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi Murigesan and Deepthi Jeevanji have been nominated whereas Olympic medallists Swapnil Kusale and Abhishek Nain have been nominated. Murlikant Petkar, India’s first Paralympic medallist, has been nominated for lifetime Arjuna award, whereas former shuttler S Muralidharan and soccer supervisor Armando Agnelo Colaco have been named for the lifetime Dronacharya award.

Manu Bhaker had reportedly been omitted from the preliminary Khel Ratna award shortlist regardless of having claimed that she had utilized for the award. The sports activities ministry, nevertheless, had mentioned that she had not utilized for the award. The bronze medal-winning shooter later clarified, saying that there had been a lapse from her half. Having mentioned that, there have been just a few obvious omissions from the 2024 Nationwide Sports activities Awards nominees checklist. We check out few notable names.

Obtrusive omissions from 2024 Nationwide Sports activities Awards

Paris Paralympics gold medallist Harvinder Singh is without doubt one of the largest names who has not been included within the nominees checklist for the Khel Ratna award. On 24 December, the para-archer had taken to “X” to specific his frustration on not being nominated for the Khel Ratna award.
He claimed “discrimination” in nationwide sports activities awards.

“Discrimination in sports activities” “Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Gold medalists had been awarded by Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, however what about Paris 2024 Paralympic Gold medalists? Identical Competitors, Identical Gold, identical satisfaction, why not identical award?,” he had posted whereas tagging the Prime Minister’s Workplace “X” deal with.

Paris Paralympics silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya and para excessive jumper Sharad Kumar, who additionally gained silver in Paris, had been additionally omitted. One other title who was neglected for the Khel Ratna award is archer Jyothi Vennam, who gained three gold medals on the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Video games a few years in the past.

Listing of 2024 Nationwide Sports activities Awardees

Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Gukesh D (Chess), Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey), Praveen Kumar (Para-Athletics), Manu Bhakar (Taking pictures).

Arjuna Award: Jyothi Yarraji (Athletics) Annu Rani (Athletics) Nitu (Boxing) Saweety (Boxing) Vantika Agrawal (Chess) Salima Tete (Hockey) Abhishek (Hockey) Sanjay (Hockey) Jarmanpreet Singh (Hockey) Sukhjeet Singh (Hockey) Rakesh Kumar (Para-Archery) Preeti Pal (Para-Athletics) Jeevanji Deepthi (Para-Athletics) Ajeet Singh (Para-Athletics) Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Para-Athletics) Dharambir (Para-Athletics) Pranav Soorma (Para-Athletics) H Hokato Sema (Para-Athletics) Simran (Para-Athletics) Navdeep (Para-Athletics) Nitesh Kumar (Para-Badminton) Thulasimathi Murugesan (Para-Athletics) Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (Para-Badminton) Manisha Ramadass (Para-Badminton) Kapil Parmar (Para-Judo) Mona Agarwal (Para-Taking pictures) Rubina Francis (Para-Taking pictures) Swapnil Suresh Kusale (Taking pictures) Sarabjot Singh (Taking pictures) Abhay Singh (Squash) Sajan Prakash (Swimming) Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling).

Arjuna Award (lifetime): Sucha Singh (Athletics) Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para-Swimming).

Dronacharya Award (common): Subhash Rana (Para-Taking pictures) Deepali Deshpande (Taking pictures) Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey).

Dronacharya Award (lifetime): S Muralidharan (Badminton), Armando Agnelo Colaco (Soccer).