Khel Ratna award for Saina Nehwal!

Khel Ratna for badminton brilliant Saina Nehwal and acceptance for football afterwards eight years were the highlights of the recommendations for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards fabricated by two specially-constituted panels actuality on Friday.

It charge accept been acutely black for wrestler Ramesh Kumar, the alone Apple championship champ in the absolute account of Khel Ratna and Arjuna accolade nominees. He had won a bathe brownish at Herning, Denmark in September aftermost year, a acceptable 42 years afterwards Vishambhar Singh won a argent in freestyle. Apple championship medals accept been attenuate in Indian sport.

Hockey drillmaster A.K. Bansal was recommended for the Dronacharya Award. The alternative panel, headed by hockey abundant Ashok Kumar, additionally best L. Ibomcha Singh (boxing), Subhash Agarwal (billiards and snooker), A.K. Kutty (athletics) and Capt. Chand Roop (wrestling).

Saina's was acutely a accepted best as she belted out Ramesh Kumar and ballista Gagan Narang. Among the titles Saina won in the aftermost three years were the Indonesian Open (2009), Syed Modi Grand Prix (2009) and Apple inferior appellation (2009). She climbed to No. 2 in apple rankings afresh afterward three above titles in a row in Chennai, Singapore and Indonesia.
She additionally became the aboriginal Indian woman to ability the semifinals of the All England and Asian championships.Among those who absent out were judoka Ram Asre Yadav, a argent champ at the Asian championship aftermost year and rower Sukhjeet Singh, additionally a argent champ in the Asian championships aftermost year.

In boxing, the adjudication went in favour of Dinesh Kumar advanced of Suranjoy Singh and Jitender Kumar. Dinesh won a Apple Cup brownish in 2008 and fabricated the quarterfinals of the Apple championships abutting year. He additionally won an Asian championship brownish the aforementioned year.