Chess world champion D Gukesh and Olympic-medallist Manu Bhaker are among four athletes finalised for the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, according to Sports Ministry.
Men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold-winner Praveen Kumar will also get the prestigious award.
Following is the list of National Sports Award winners for 2024:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
D Gukesh (Chess) Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey) Praveen Kumar (Para-Athletics) Manu Bhakar (Shooting).
Arjuna Awards
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-Shooting)
Rubina Francis (Para-Shooting)
Swapnil Suresh Kusale (Shooting)
Sarabjot Singh (Shooting)
Abhay Singh (Squash)
Sajan Prakash (Swimming)
Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling).
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime)
Sucha Singh (Athletics) Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para-Swimming).
Dronacharya Award (Regular)
Subhash Rana (Para-Shooting) Deepali Deshpande (Shooting) Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey).
Dronacharya Award (Lifetime)
S Muralidharan (Badminton), Armando Agnelo Colaco (Football).
