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Saina Nehwal to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
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New Delhi, July 30 (PTI) India's ace shuttler Saina
Nehwal was selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her
oustanding achievements on the badminton court on Friday.
National sports awards (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna
and Dhyan Chand) selection committee headed by P T Usha met
here on Friday and decided to bestow the Khel Ratna on Saina
after considering her brilliant performance in the last one
year.
The World number two Indian has been in red-hot form in
the last one year, where she reached the semifinals of the All
England Super Series in March before winning three successive
titles in June.
"I am really happy. It's unbelievable, a dream come true
for me to get another within one year. National awards gives
you a lot of motivation and it definitely has inspired me to
achieve bigger glories for my country," Saina said.
"I have done well in the last two years and the three
titles that I won recently have really boosted my confidence.
I am now preparing for the World Championship and I hope to
win the title," she added.
Saina was awarded the Arjuna Award last year and recently
she was chosen as one of the six brand ambassador for the
Commonwealth Games which will be held here from October 3-14.
National coach and her mentor Pullela Gopichand also
heaped praise on his protege and said it is the result of her
hard work that she achieved the award.
"Its really a great news. She deserves the award. She had
a fantastic last two years and she has put a lot of hard work
and the sort of believe she has on herself, I'm confident she
will achieve much more in her career," Gopichand said.
Gopichand said next month's World badminton Championship
will be a test for Saina as it would decide if she can reach
the numero uno status.
"She is world number two now and the number one status
will depend on her feat in the World Championship because, the
other two important tournaments likw Commonwealth Games and
Asian Games unfortunately doesn't count in ranking," he said.
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was given jointly to
the trio of Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh,
wrestler Sushil Kumar and four-time World champion woman
pugilist MC Mary Kom last year.
The award, to be given away on August 29 by the President
Pratibha Patil, consists of a cash amount of Rs 7.5 lakh, a
scroll of honour and medal. PTI ATK DBP
MYR
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New Delhi, July 30 (PTI) India's ace shuttler Saina
Nehwal was selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her
oustanding achievements on the badminton court on Friday.
National sports awards (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna
and Dhyan Chand) selection committee headed by P T Usha met
here on Friday and decided to bestow the Khel Ratna on Saina
after considering her brilliant performance in the last one
year.
The World number two Indian has been in red-hot form in
the last one year, where she reached the semifinals of the All
England Super Series in March before winning three successive
titles in June.
"I am really happy. It's unbelievable, a dream come true
for me to get another within one year. National awards gives
you a lot of motivation and it definitely has inspired me to
achieve bigger glories for my country," Saina said.
"I have done well in the last two years and the three
titles that I won recently have really boosted my confidence.
I am now preparing for the World Championship and I hope to
win the title," she added.
Saina was awarded the Arjuna Award last year and recently
she was chosen as one of the six brand ambassador for the
Commonwealth Games which will be held here from October 3-14.
National coach and her mentor Pullela Gopichand also
heaped praise on his protege and said it is the result of her
hard work that she achieved the award.
"Its really a great news. She deserves the award. She had
a fantastic last two years and she has put a lot of hard work
and the sort of believe she has on herself, I'm confident she
will achieve much more in her career," Gopichand said.
Gopichand said next month's World badminton Championship
will be a test for Saina as it would decide if she can reach
the numero uno status.
"She is world number two now and the number one status
will depend on her feat in the World Championship because, the
other two important tournaments likw Commonwealth Games and
Asian Games unfortunately doesn't count in ranking," he said.
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was given jointly to
the trio of Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh,
wrestler Sushil Kumar and four-time World champion woman
pugilist MC Mary Kom last year.
The award, to be given away on August 29 by the President
Pratibha Patil, consists of a cash amount of Rs 7.5 lakh, a
scroll of honour and medal. PTI ATK DBP
MYR
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