Asian Games: PT Usha names Kumkum Mohod, Sujeet Kalkal as Team India’s MVPs
Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal have been named the inaugural recipients of the Jaspal Rana and Raja Randhir Singh awards. These honors recognize their standout performances at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where India finished fourth in the medal standings.
Why it matters
The establishment of these awards by the Indian Olympic Association highlights a formal effort to celebrate and incentivize elite athletic achievement in India.
NEW DELHI: Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal have been recognised as the standout performers of India’s campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha naming them the inaugural recipients of the Jaspal Rana Award and Raja Randhir Singh Award respectively.The two awards have been instituted by the IOA to honour the best female and male sportspersons of the Games and commemorate the legacy of two stalwarts of Indian sport.Seventeen-year-old Mohod, making her Asian Games debut, won three medals, including two golds, while 23-year-old Kalkal produced one of the most dramatic comebacks of the Games to claim gold in the men’s 65kg freestyle wrestling category.India finished fourth in the medal standings with 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals.Mohod ends South Korea’s long reignMohod was at the heart of one of the biggest breakthroughs for Indian archery in Aichi-Nagoya.Along with Ankita Bhakat…
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