Hyderabad, July 29 :-
The Government has released the names of sports personalities who will be honoured with Arjuna, Dronacharya, and Rajiv Gandhi Khelratna awards on Wednesday.
Rajiv Khel Ratna award: MC Marykom (Boxing) ; Vijender Kumar (Boxing)
Sushil Kumar (Wrestling).
Arjuna Award: Mangal Singh Champia (Archery) ; Sinimol Paulose (Athletics);
Saina Nehwal (Badminton) ; L Saritha Devi (Boxing) ; Tania Sachdeva (Chess)
Gautam Gambhir (Cricket) ; Ignatius Tirkey (Hockey) ; Surinder Kaur (Hockey)
Pankaj Shirsat (Kabaddi) ; B Prabhu (Badminton-Physically Challenged) ;
Satish Joshi (Rowing) ; Ranjan Sodhi (Shooting) ; Poulami Ghatak (Table Tennis)
Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling) ; G L Yadav (Yachting)
For the Dronacharya Award: Baldev Singh (Hockey) ; Jaidev Bisht (Boxing)
Satpal (Wrestling) ; Pullela Gopichand (Badminton) ; Udaikumar (Kabaddi)
The list has not only set a new record for naming three sports persons for the country's highest sporting award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, it has made the sports circuit very happy by naming Mary Kom as one of the nominees.