Delhi (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: In the event of sports awards distribution ceremony, Indian president Ram Nath Kovid honored many players who made India proud in different sports. In this event 12 players awarded with Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratan award including Tokyo Olympics Gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dhaiya, Lovleena Boghain, P.R. Sreejesh, Avni Lekhra, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Manish Narwal, Mitali Raj, Sunil Shetri, Manpreet singh and Krishna Nagar.
Other than these players, many coaches were also felicitated with Dronacharya Award. Tipi Asif, Sarkar Talwar, Ashan Kumar, Dr. Tapan Kumar, Radha Krishan Nayar, Sandhya Gurung, Pritam sivanch, Jaiprakash Nautiyal and S. Raman were awarded with Dronacharya Award.
President Kovind also honored Arpinder Singh, Simranjit Kaur, Shikhar Dhawan, Monika, Nishaad Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Suhas Alvai, Singhraj Adhana, Bhavina Patel, Harvinder Singh, Deepak Punia along members of Male and Female hockey teams of India with Arjuna awards.
