Mary Kom, Vijender and Sushil Get Rajiv Khel Ratna

Four time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom, Olympic Bronze medallists boxer Vijender Kumar and Wrestler Sushil Kumar jointly won the Rajiv Khelratna Award. It is the first time that this award is shared by 3 people. Earlier in 1996-97 and 2002-03 two players shared this. This year Mary Kom was nominated by the award panel but due to the controversy arising from neglecting the Olympic Bronze winners in the award list, the ministry of sports affairs included the names of Vijender and Sushil.

List of awardees:

Rajiv Khel Ratna: M.C. Marykom (boxer), Vijender Kumar (boxer) and Sushil Kumar (wrestling)

Arjuna Award: Mangal Singh Champia (archery), Sinimol Paulose (athletics), Saina Nehwal (badminton), L. Saritha Devi (boxing), Tania Sachdeva (chess), Gautam Gambhir (cricket), Ignatius Tirkey (hockey), Surinder Kaur (hockey), Pankaj Shirsat (kabaddi), B. Prabhu (physically challenged), Satish Joshi (rowing), Ranjan Sodhi (shooting), Poulami Ghatak (table tennis), Yogeshwar Dutt (wrestling), G.L. Yadav (yatching)

Dronacharya Award: Baldev Singh (hockey), Jaidev Bisht (boxing), Satpal (wrestling), Pullela Gopichand (badminton) and Udaikumar (kabaddi).