Hyderabad:Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, August 18, prolonged his congratulations to the 2 Telangana athletes, shuttler Gayatri Gopichand and shooter Dhanush Srikanth, chosen for the celebrated Arjuna Awards introduced by the Sports activities Ministry earlier within the day. They’re amongst 17 sportspersons chosen for the award.
In a submit on X, the Chief Minister’s Workplace famous that Gayatri and Dhanush, “who’ve demonstrated distinctive expertise within the discipline of sports activities and have been chosen for the Arjuna Awards, are a matter of pleasure for Telangana and the nation.”
The submit went on to say, “Likewise, the Chief Minister has conveyed his greatest needs to all of the winners of the Nationwide Sports activities Awards–2025. He acknowledged that the dedication, perseverance, and laborious work they’ve proven within the discipline of sports activities are inspirational for younger athletes. The Chief Minister expressed his hope that sooner or later, they are going to obtain much more victories and obtain prestigious awards.”
Shuttler Gayatri Gopichand
Gayatri, 23, is the daughter of Pullela Gopichand and P. V. V. Lakshmi, an eight-time nationwide girls’s badminton champion, a Commonwealth Video games medallist and an Olympian.
“With the early initiation into the game and the flexibility to watch and prepare with India’s high shuttlers, together with Saina (Nehwal) and (P.V.) Sindhu, on the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy, run by her dad and mom, Gayatri and her youthful brother Sai Vishnu made speedy progress,” notes the Olympics web site.
On the age of 15, Gayatri was already India No. 1 within the Beneath-17 age group and was repeatedly beating senior gamers at home rating tournaments.
Her performances earned her a spot within the Indian badminton squad for the Jakarta 2018 Asian Video games on the age of simply 15.
In the meantime, whilst this report was being filed, Gayatri, in an unseeded pairing with Treesa Jolly, had defeated sixteenth seeds Lauren Lam and Allison Quynh Lee in straight video games to guide their place within the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships presently being performed in New Delhi.
Dhanush Srikanth
Twenty-four-year-old Dhanush Srikanth broke the world deaf report within the 10m Air Rifle on his solution to profitable India’s first gold medal in taking pictures on the twenty fifth Summer season Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan, in November 2025.
He additionally broke the Deaflympics qualification report to guide his spot within the finals.
In response to the Worldwide Committee of Sports activities for the Deaf, Dhanush has bagged 4 golds within the Deaflympics: 1 every within the males’s and combined classes in 2022 and 2025. He additionally secured two golds in the identical classes within the World Championships in Hanover in 2024.
