Manu Bhaker, Gukesh among four athletes to get Khel Ratna award

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The quartet of shooter Manu Bhaker, chess world champion D Gukesh, men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar were on Thursday named recipients of this year's Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award -- the country's highest sporting honour.

The 18-year-old Gukesh, on the other hand, became the youngest ever World champion while also helping the Indian team win a historic gold in the Chess Olympiad last year.

The 22-year-old Bhaker became independent India's first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics with her bronze-winning show in the 10m air pistol individual and 10m air pistol mixed team events in August.

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Topics: Hockey captain BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Chess Manu Hamranpreet First athlete Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Praveen Kumar Harmanpreet Singh Dhyan Chand Hockey Harmanpreet Khel Ratna Award Rashtrapati Bhavan President Manu Bhaker Major The Olympics

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