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The northern agrarian state Haryana, which is the country’s sporting powerhouse for the last couple of decades, got the maximum representation in the recommendation list for the country’s highest sporting honour in coaching, Dronacharya award (current and lifetime).
Out of six names recommended for the Dronacharya award in the current category, three – Pritam Siwach (Hockey), Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey) and Sujeet Mann (Wrestling) – are from the state.
Haryana got as many representations in the Dronacharya award lifetime category too. Cricket coach Sarkar Talwar, kabaddi coach Ashan Kumar Sangwan and wrestling coach Jagroop Rathi are recommended for the prestigious coaching honour.
The two-day sports award selection committee meeting recommended six names for Dronacharya awards in the current category and nine names in the lifetime category on Wednesday.
Former Indian women hockey team captain Pritam Siwach, who took to coaching in 2004 and three of her trainees were part of the Tokyo-bound squad, is the only woman coach in the lift of 15 coaches recommended for Dronacharya award.
Former wrestling Olympian Sujeet Mann, who later took to the coaching profession, has been associated with the national and Indian Railway camps for over a decade.
Hockey coach Sandeep Sangwan, who is the FIH Level 3 coach, was associated with the national squad for a long time.
Former Haryana Sports Department cricket coach Sarkar Talwar, who was the man behind India winning U-15 World Cup, has been associated with the coaching for a long time. Many of his students had represented the country and under his coaching Haryana won its maiden Ranji Trophy in 1991.
Arjuna awardee Jagroop Singh Rathi, who introduced his daughter Neha Rathi to wrestling and made her one of the top names in the country, had also coached many other top-class wrestlers.
Former Asian Games kabaddi gold medalist turned coach Ashan Kumar Sangwan’s name is recommended in the lift time category. Apart from coaching Indian players, he is the man behind South Korea’s success in the sport. He was associated with the South Korean team that defeated the seven-time Asian Games champion India in the 2018 Asian Games.