The mythical Devendra Jhajharia on Monday turned into the primary para athlete to obtain the Padma Bhushan, the rustic’s 3rd best possible civilian award.
The 40-year-old Jhajharia won the distinguished award from President Ram Nath Kovind on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Jhajharia is a multiple-time Paralympics medal winner, having received his maiden gold all the way through the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, his 2nd gold medal all the way through the Rio Video games in 2016, and a silver medal all the way through the 2020 Tokyo version closing yr.
The javelin thrower competes within the F46 occasions within the Paralympics and was once a number of the 4 Paralympic medallists to be conferred with the Padma awards this yr.
President Kovind items Padma Bhushan to Shri Devendra Jhajharia for Sports activities. He’s the primary Indian Para-Javelin thrower and the primary Indian para-athlete to win two gold medals at Paralympics. %.twitter.com/hIiQNcAf1V
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) March 21, 2022
Tokyo Paralympics double medallist shooter Avani Lekhara won the Padma Shri for her superb appearing closing yr.
Lekhara received a gold medal within the 10m air rifle status match and a bronze within the 50m rifle 3 positions match.
Honoured and thankful to be awarded the Padma Shri. This award is a testomony not to simplest my efforts, however the sacrifices of my circle of relatives and the enhance of everybody interested in my profession serving to me reach all I’ve. I stay up for representing the rustic with the similar hobby! https://t.co/Y7FgPKBLlU
— Avani Lekhara अवनी लेखरा (@AvaniLekhara) March 21, 2022
Along Jhajharia and Lekhara, gold medal-winning javelin thrower Sumit Anil, gold medallist in badminton Pramod Bhagat have been the opposite Paralympic stars to be conferred with the consideration.
That he has completed a primary was once no longer misplaced on Jhajharia.
“That is the primary time a para athlete has were given the Padma Bhushan, and I thank Top Minister Narendra Modi for this. Now I will be able to have extra duty against the rustic, to win extra medals for India,” Jhajharia stated.
“To the adolescence, I will be able to say paintings arduous. One minute of labor is not going to get you the rest. I’ve labored arduous for the previous twenty years, 2002 was once the primary time I received a gold medal,” he added.
Lekhara tweeted, “Honoured and thankful to be awarded the Padma Shri. This award is a testomony not to simplest my efforts, however the sacrifices of my circle of relatives and the enhance of everybody interested in my profession serving to me reach all I’ve.
“I stay up for representing the rustic with the similar hobby!” PTI AH AH
