Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang, who notched up four gold medals at last year’s Commonwealth Games, is all set to be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award after being recommended for the honour by the awards selection committee on Friday.
Gagan becomes the fifth shooter to be nominated for the Khel Ratna award which is the highest honour given for achievement in sports.He won two silver medals in the Asian Games in Guangzhou and is the first shooter from India to qualify for the London Olympics.Meanwhile, Cricketer Zaheer Khan, Rahul Banerjee for Archery, Preeja Shreedharan for Athletics, Ashish Kumar for Gymnastics, Sunil Chetri for football have been recommended for Arjuna awards which is the recognition for outstanding achievement in National sports.
The awards would get the final approval from the Ministry of Sports and it will be given on 29th August 2011 at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan which is also celebrated as National sports day.