Varun Bhati News
Sharad and Bhati participated in the T-42 category of men's high jump event.
An Olympic medallist directly qualifies for the Khel Ratna award during an Olympic year but there is no such policy in place for the paralympians.
Then this happened: Sports minister Goel Vijay non-committal on Khel Ratna for paralympic medallists
An Olympic medallist directly qualifies for the Khel Ratna award during an Olympic year but Goel said there is no such policy in place for the paralympians.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India`s Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Bhati for bagging a gold and bronze respectively.
Under the Sports Ministry's Cash Award Scheme, Mariyappan will get Rs 75 lakh and Bhati will be presented Rs 30 lakh for their feat.
Thangavelu claimed top spot after his best leap of 1.89 metres while Bhati registered his best mark of 1.86m.
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