Olympic champions Sushil Kumar and Vijender Kumar have been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for this year. Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Dronacharya Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2009 today.

Considering the spectacular performance of Shri Vijender in Boxing and Shri Sushil Kumar in Wrestling, both Bronze Medalists in Beijing Olympics, 2008, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Selection Committee to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on both of them.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each apart from citation.