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The fourth recipient, para high-jumper Praveen, was crowned the T64 champion in the Paris Paralympics.

Continued from P1 The T64 classification is for athletes who have one or both legs missing below the knee and rely on a prosthetic leg for running.

The Khel ratna awardees receive a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh along with a citation and a medallion. The Arjuna awardees are given Rs 15 lakh as cash reward, a statuette of Arjuna and a citation.

The athletes selected for this year's Arjuna award include Paris Olympics bronze medal-winning lot of wrestler Aman Sehrawat, shooters Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh and the men's hockey team players Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Sanjay and Abhishek.

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