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On the occasion of National Sports Day 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind honoured many Indian sportsmen with National Sports Awards 2019. President presented Khel Ratna award, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award and Dhyan Chand Award to the respective winners. National Sports Day 2019 got much more limelight this year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched #FitIndiamovement. PM urged the citizens to walk 10,000 steps on this day and induct this habit in their daily life. National Sports Awards 2019 Ceremony Live Streaming From Rashtrapati Bhavan: List of Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners For This Year.
Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Thakur, Poonam Yadav and Mohammed Anas Yahiya are some of the popular sportsmen who are going to be conferred with the Arjuna Award. Deepa Malik (para-athletics) and Bajrang Punia (wrestling) are the winners of Khel Ratna Awards. For Dronacharya Award, Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis) and Vimal Kumar (badminton) are the winners for this year.
The event started at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 5 PM on August 29, 2019. Photos from National Sports Awards Ceremony 2019 ceremony were shared by the office of President on Twitter. Press Information Bureau also shared the videos and photos of the ceremony on their official Twitter handle. Below are the photos and videos from the event.
Well Done!
President Kovind confers Dhyanchand Award, 2019 upon Shri Manuel Fredricks for his outstanding achievements and contribution to the promotion of Hockey 🏑.
He was the member of Hockey team winning bronze medal in Olympic Games 1972. pic.twitter.com/3FIiAV8qM6
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2019
Manoj Kumar!
President Kovind confers Dhyanchand Award, 2019 upon Shri Manoj Kumar for his achievements and contributions in promotion of Wrestling.
He has won medals in Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Wrestling championship and Asian Wrestling Championship. pic.twitter.com/uN20sxt9Jt
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2019
Vimal Kumar!
President Kovind confers Dronacharya Award, 2019 upon Shri Vimal Kumar for his achievements in the field of Badminton coaching 🏸.
He has trained many outstanding badminton players like Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponappa, P. Kashyap, Ajay Jayram, Aparna Popat and Lakshya Sen. pic.twitter.com/TLdbaM3pJ4
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2019
Ajay Thakur!
President Kovind confers Arjuna Award, 2019 upon Shri Ajay Thakur for his achievements in Kabaddi.
🔹Captain of men's Kabaddi Team winning Bronze Medal in Asian Games, 2018
🔹 Captain of men's Kabaddi Team winning Gold Medal in Asian Championship, 2017 pic.twitter.com/DpjmVj9pLH
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2019
Deepa Malik!
#PresidentKovind confers #KhelRatna to @DeepaAthlete
at @rashtrapatibhvn.#NationalSportsDay #NationalSportsAwards pic.twitter.com/4Ad4uO1RSD
— PIB India (@PIB_India) August 29, 2019
PM Meets Winners!
PM @narendramodi meet the winners of #NationalSportsAwards 2019#FitIndiaMovement #NationalSportsDay pic.twitter.com/SUMR2SRWvb
— PIB India (@PIB_India) August 29, 2019
Manuel Fredricks!
#DhyanChand Award for Manuel Fredricks 🏑
LIVE Now: #NationalSportsAwards 2019 - LIVE from Rashtrapati Bhavan https://t.co/DTk622Ujh4#FitIndiaMovement #NationalSportsDay pic.twitter.com/cybSSyYzP9
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) August 29, 2019
Live Event!
Watch LIVE as President Kovind presents National Sports and Adventure Awards 2019 https://t.co/H1w4WC9eTw
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2019
National Sports Day 2019 is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of late Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand. Chand, who was born on August 29 in the year 1905, led India to three Olympic Gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Chand took his last breath in the year 1979.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 29, 2019 06:03 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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