'Ought to've made her a cricketer as an alternative': Manu Bhaker's father regrets placing daughter in capturing after Khel Ratna axe

Manu Bhaker’s father, Ram Kishan, has expressed disappointment over her daughter’s reportedly being ignored for the Khel Ratna listing. He lashed out on the nomination course of, said that Manu gained two medals in a single version of the Olympics, and requested what else to anticipate from one for the federal government to recognise her efforts.

Manu Bhaker’s lacking from Khel Ratna nominees(HT_PRINT)

In Paris 2024, Bhaker grew to become unbiased India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single version of the Olympics along with her bronze-winning efficiency within the 10m air pistol particular person and combined workforce occasions.

Bhaker’s father, Ram Kishan, asserted that she might have been thought of for the awards if he had made her a cricketer.

“I remorse placing her within the sport of capturing. I ought to have as an alternative made her a cricketer. Then, all of the awards and accolades would have come her manner. She gained two Olympic medals in a single version, nobody has ever executed that. What else do you anticipate my little one to do for the nation? The federal government should recognise her efforts,” Manu Bhaker’s father instructed Occasions of India.

The ultimate listing has not but been unveiled, however a number of studies have steered that Bhaker has been shockingly ignored for this yr’s Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.

Ram Kishan additionally revealed his chat with Manu, as he claimed that the axe disheartens his daughter and he or she even regrets going to the Olympics now.

“I spoke to Manu, and he or she was disheartened by all this. She instructed me, ‘I should not have gone to the Olympics and gained medals for the nation. In actual fact, I should not have grow to be a sportsperson’,” he added.

The award choice committee comprised of 12-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court docket decide Justice V Ramasubramam. It contains former athletes like ladies’s hockey captain Rani Rampal amongst others.

It has been reported that the committee has beneficial India hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, who led India to a second consecutive Olympic bronze medal in Paris, for the Khel Ratna. Additionally nominated for the honour is para athlete Praveen Kumar, who gained a gold within the males’s excessive soar T64 class with an Asian report at Paris Paralympics.

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