Shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt (London Olympics 2012 medallists) have been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the nation’s highest honour for sportsmen for a specific achievement in a year.
This year the number of Arjuna Award recommendations is at record high at 25. The following are in the list.
Swimming: Sandeep Sejwal
Weightlifting: Soniya Chanu
Archery: Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari
Badminton: Ashwini Ponnappa, P. Kashyap
Boxing: Vikas Krishan
Shooting: Omkar Singh, Annuraj Singh, Joydeep Karmakar
Wrestling: Geeta, Narsingh Yadav, Ravinder Singh
Cricket: Yuvraj Singh
Athletics: Sudha Singh, Kavita Raut
Hockey: Sardar Singh
Paralympics: Deepa Malik, Ramkaran Singh
Squash: Dipika Pallikal
Wushu: Bimoljit Singh
Billiards: Aditya Mehta
Judo: Yashpal Solanki
Polo: Samir Suhag
Kabaddi: Anup Kumar
