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archer hits bulls eye
- Talukdar named for Arjuna Award, hopes to put injury behind A STAFF
REPORTER Jayanta Talukdars parents celebrate at their
residence in Guwahati on Thursday. Picture by Eastern Projections Guwahati,
Aug. 9: Ace archer Jayanta Talukdar has hit a bulls eye. Talukdar is one of
the 14 who have been named for the Arjuna Awards, to be conferred on August 29
by President Pratibha Patil.
The list of the awardees has been sent to the sports ministry for approval,
but celebrations are already on at the Talukdar household.
A team of officials from the Directorate of Sports, led by director Dhruba
Hazarika, conveyed an official confirmation of the news from the sports
ministry to Talukdars parents. The government is planning to felicitate him.
It is a moment to cherish for all of us as it has taken so long to come,
Hazarika said.
Jayanta will be the third from Assam to bag the coveted award after Monalisha
Baruah Mehta in 1988 and Bhogeswar Barua in 1966.
Tata Archery Academy trainee, Talukdars name was nominated by the Jharkhand
government.
It came as a pleasant surprise when some mediapersons called me this morning
to inform me about the award. I immediately called up Jayanta who, too, was not
aware of this, Jayantas father Ranjan Talukdar said. The man of the moment,
however, was not entirely taken by surprise. I was expecting it on the basis
of my performance last year. I came to know about it from my father and then
confirmed from my academy authorities, he told The Telegraph over the phone.
Some of the others named for the awards include:
Anjum Chopra (cricket), Jyoti Sunita Kullu (hockey), Subhajit Saha (table
tennis), Gita Rani (weightlifting), K.M. Binu (athletics), Vijay Ku-mar
(shooting), Vijender Kumar (boxing), Geetika Jakhar (wrestli-ng), Chetan Anand
(badminton), Saurav Ghosal (squash), Navneet (kabaddi) and P. Harikrishna
(chess).
However, contrary to expectations, M.C. Mary Kom was not nominated for the
Khel Ratna Award.
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