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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Taj visits stadia, inspects Ace shooter Sodhi picked for renovation works Khel Ratna, Kohli for Arjuna Excelsior Sports Correspondent the State Government has embarked on an ambitious pro- NEW DELHI, Aug 13: Games. captain Saba Anjum, paddler SRINAGAR, Aug 13: gramme of strengthening sports Once his name is ratified by Mouma Das, wrestler Neha Rathi Minister for Medical Education, infrastructure in the State and in Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the the the Sports Ministry, the 33- and shooter Rajkumari Rathore Youth Services & Sports, Taj this regard a beginning has been first Indian to win two back-to- year-old, who was conferred the recommended for the award. Mohi-ud-Din today visited Bakshi made with the foundation laying back World Cup gold medals, was Arjuna award in 2009, will Not to forget archer Stadium to inspect the renovation of Rs. 18 crore sports complex at today recommended for the presti- become the seventh shooter to be Chekrovolu Swuro, who was part works being carried out there. He Baramulla last month. He said gious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, honoured with the Khel Ratna. of the silver medal-winning team Winners of various events of inter-school creative writing and debate competition posing for a visited various pavilions and visi- while star cricketer Virat Kohli Interestingly, it is for the third in the 2011 World Cup. group photograph alongwith dignitaries on Tuesday. was among the 14 sportspersons consecutive year that a Khel Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna picked for the Arjuna award by the award has gone to a shooter.
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