New Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award committee headed by Rajyarvardhan Singh Rathore has recommended London Olympics medallists wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and shooter Vijay Kumar for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, country’s highest sporting award. 

While Yogeshwar and Vijay were nominated for Khel Ratna, 25 other athletes were recommended for Arjuna Award.

The list will be now approved by the Sports Ministry.

Here is the full list of athletes who have received nomination by the committees.

The list:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

Vijay Kumar (Shooting), Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)

Arjuna Awards:

Yuvraj Singh (Cricket), Deepika Kumari ( Archery), Bombayla Devi (Archery), Sudha Singh ( Athletics), Kavita Raut ( Athletics), Aditya Mehta (Billiards), Vikas Krishan (Boxing), P Kashyap (Badminton), Ashwini Ponappa (Boxing), Sardar Singh (Hockey), Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting), Omkar Singh (Shooting), Anuraj Singh (Shooting), Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming), Dipika Pallikal (Squash), Soniya Chanu (Weightlifting), Narsingh Yadav (Wrestling), Rajender Kumar (Wrestling), Geeta Phogat (Wrestling), Bimaljit Singh (Wushu), Deepa Malik (Parathelete), Ramkaran Singh (Paraathelete), Anoop Kumar (Kabaddi), Yashpal Singh (Judo), Samir Suhag (Polo).

By Indian Sports News Network