“It Is No Small Deal…”: World Championships Gold Medalist Saweety Boora On Receiving Arjuna Award

The Indian boxer and the gold medalist of the World Championships Saweety Boora expressed their happiness to be congratulated with the Prix Arjuna and dedicated his accomplishment to his family. The gold medalist in the world championship was among the players to be congratulated with the Arjuna Awards during the National Sports Awards ceremony on Friday by President Droupadi Murmu. Speaking of Ani, Boora said: “For a player, this price matters a lot. It is not a little matter to get a national price. I feel really happy to have the fruits of my hard work over the years. I would like to dedicate this price to anyone who supported me, I prayed for myself, I wanted something positive for me, whether it is my fans, my family, the coaches, my mother, sister, to my family, to my father. “

In addition to a gold and silver medal in the world championships, she also obtained a gold medal in the Asian championships, during the 2022 edition of the competition in the light heavyweight, other than Silver during the 2015 competition of the competition and a bronze medal in 2021.

Indian male hockey players Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Abhishek and Sukhjeet Singh and the Hockey Women’s team, Captain Salima Tete, received Arjuna prizes for exceptional performances in sports and 2024 games.

The grand master of Indian chess Voutik Agrawal and the athlete Jyothi Yarraji were also awarded with Arjuna prices.

During the Olympiad of chess held in Budapest, Hungary in September, the Indian contingent entered history when the male and female teams obtained gold medals for the first time. Vantika was part of the female team that won gold for the first time, alongside the Harika Dronavalli teammates, Vaihali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh and Tania Sachdev.

At the Paris Olympic Games recently completed, Jyothi Yarraji did not progress in the semi-finals of the female competition of hedges of 100 m, finishing in fourth place in the round heat of the repèche.

In the rehearsal round, Jyothi timed 13.17 seconds schedules to reach fourth place, but qualification was a privilege reserved for the two main athletes of each heat.

Last year, Jyothi won the first medal in India at the Asian in the athletics room in Tehran, obtaining gold in the 60m hedges with a national record time of 8.12 seconds.

Para athletes Preeti Pal, Jeevanji Deepthi, Ajeet Singh, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Dharambir, Pranav Sorma, Hokato Sema, Simran and Navdeep will also receive Arjuna prices.

Preeti obtained two bronze medals in the 100 m T35 and 200 m T35 races at the Paris Paralympic Games last year and became the very first Indian to win two medals at athletics events at the Paralympic Games.

Para-Sprinter Deepthi Jeevanji won the 16th medal in India when it won bronze on Tuesday in the 400m T20 female final.

The double podium ends to rain for India in athletics after Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar said that the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the F46 event to launch male javelin at Stade de France.

Simran obtained a bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games during the 200 m T12 event in Paris. Simran Sharma delivered his best personal performance to get hold of the bronze medal in the female T12 final.

Dharambir added the fifth gold medal in India’s counting by establishing an Asian record with an attempted 34.92 m to win the best honors of the F51 Men’s F51 event. Pranav Sorma won the silver medal in the F51 Club Men’s Club event. He sealed the medal with a 34.59 m throw.

The 27th medal was secured by Hokato Hotozhe SEMA in the Men’s Men’s Men’s Magic Lancing. Hokato recorded the best launch of 14.65 m, his best personal attempt.

The last medal in India at the Paris Paralympic Games was the one to remember. In a matter of mass of the nails, the silver medal of Navdeep Singh was upgraded in gold after the first winner, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayh Sayah, was disqualified in the final. He had first finished second with better personal launch of 47.32 m.

Sachin Khilari added a silver medal to the count of the medal constantly growing from India after having offered a reference performance in the F46 male weight launch. Sachin secured second place with a 16.32 -meter throw, which is also the best in the area (AB). However, the Indian athlete was not likely to miss first place after having achieved a 0.6 m.

The Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Sarabjot Singh Olympic medalists and the Mona Agarwal and Rubina Francis para-Olympic shooters also received Arjuna prizes.

Kusale became the first Indian shooter to win a medal in the 50m 3p rifle male event. The shooter won India’s bronze medal in the 50m male final of 50 meters after finishing in third place with an aggregate of 451.4.

SAURABJOT SINGH and Manu Bhaker shooters won the bronze medal during the 10m Air Pistol (Mixed Team) event, which was the very first India shooting team medal.

Rubina Francis continued the burst of medals after finishing third and embarked a bronze medal in the P2 final – a 10 m female air pistol final.

Para-shooting, Avani Lekhara, maintained his sequence and struck gold in the 10-meter aerial rifle female at the Paris Paralympic Games last year. The mirror Mona Agarwal bags the bronze medal during the same event.

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