Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award is India’s highest sporting award. Manu Bhaker became independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the 2024 Olympics.

Manu Bhaker's father revealed what the twin medal winner from the Paris Olympics told him when her name wasn't shortlisted for the Rajv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Manu Bhaker made history at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The 22-year-old is the first athlete from independent India to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. Bhaker's laurels in shooting earned widespread praise after winning bronze medals in the 10m air pistol individual and 10m air pistol mixed team alongside Sarabjot Singh.

Manu Bhaker's father revealed that the shooter is heartbroken after not being nominated for Khel Ratna awards.

Indian shooter Manu Bhaker, initially excluded from the Khel Ratna award recommendations, is now likely to be included in the final list. The NRAIs intervention and widespread backlash have prompted the sports ministry to reconsider her exceptional achievements,

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, who brought India glory with two bronze medals in shooting at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been controversially left out of the recommendations for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award.

Manu Bhaker's father Ram Kishan was left gutted after her daughter and India's double Olympic medallist wasn't shortlisted for the Khel Ratna Award. Her father didn't hold back, saying that the kids taking up Olympic sports would be disheartened by how a champion like Bhaker has been treated.

D ouble Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker's name is likely to be added to the final list of the nominees for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, according to a report in News18. So

Manu Bhaker's father Ram Kishan remains critical of the sports ministry and the nomination committee ofter the shooter was snubbed Khel Ratna award.