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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | No policy to award Khel Ratna to Paralympics medal winners: Sports Minister Vijay Goel

No policy to award Khel Ratna to Paralympics medal winners: Sports Minister Vijay Goel

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published Published on Sep 15, 2016   modified Modified on Sep 15, 2016
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India have won four, including two gold, one silver and one bronze, medals at the ongoing Rio Paralympics so far.

New Delhi:
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday refused to commit if medallists of the ongoing Rio Paralympics will be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award — the highest sporting honour in the country.

An Olympic medallist directly qualifies for the Khel Ratna award during an Olympic year but Goel said there is no such policy in place for the paralympians.

“Our Paralympians have made India proud winning four medals so far in Rio Paralympics. But on the issue of awards, till now there has been no decision on any such policy for paralympians. We will take up the matter,” Goel told reporters during the unveiling of the logo of the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup, to be held in Ahmedabad next month.

Indian athletes have so far won four medals (two golds, one silver and one bronze) in the ongoing Rio Paralympics. After Mariyappan Thangavelu (gold in men’s T42 High Jump), Varun Bhati (bronze in men’s T42 High Jump) and Deepa Malik (silver in women’s shotput F53 event) won medals in their respective events at the Rio Paralympics, javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia today bettered his own world record to win his career’s second gold in the F46 event.

The Indian Express, 15 September, 2016, http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/no-policy-to-award-khel-ratna-to-paralympic-medallist-sports-minister-vijay-goel-3031442/


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