World Chess champion Gukesh D and Paris Olympics and Paralympics medallists — Manu Bhaker (shooting), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey) and Praveen Kumar (para-athlete) received the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from President Droupadi Murmu in a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. Gukesh became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, while Manu became the first Indian athlete to win twin medals in a single Olympics.

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