New Delhi: Olympic medal winners Vijender Kumar and Sushil Kumar have been awarded with Khel Ratna Award for the year 2008-09. The Khel Ratna recipient will walk away with Rs 7.5 lakh this time.
According to the sources, Olympic medal winners Vijender Kumar and Sushil Kumar have been awarded with Khel Ratna Award for the year 2008-09. Pugilist Vijender and wrestler Sushil had won Bronze medals in the Beijing Olympics last year.
Woman boxer MC Marykom, who won world championship, has also been chosen for the highest sporting honour.
The Government has hiked the prize money for annual sporting honours, including Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards.
The Khel Ratna recipient will walk away with Rs 7.5 lakh this time, which is Rs 2.5 lakh more than the previous amount.
List of Awardees: Rajiv Khel Ratna award: MC Mary Kom (boxing), Vijdener Kumar (boxing), Sushil Kumar (Wrestler)
Dronacharya Awards: Pullela Gopi Chand (badminton), Jaidev Bisht (boxing), Baldev Singh (hockey), Satpal (wrestling) Uday Kumar(kabbadi)
Arjuna Awards: Gautam Gambhir (cricket), Saina Nehwal (badminton), Ronjan Sondhi (shooting), Sinimol Paulose (athletics), Yogeshwar Dutt (wrestling), Tania Sachdev (chess), Ignace Tirkey (hockey), Poulomi Ghatak (table tennis), V Prabhu (handicapped), Surinder Kaur (hockey).
Published by: Noor Khan, Published: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 at 17:15 IST
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