NEW DELHI: Indian capturing legend Abhinav Bindra has been awarded the Olympic Order by the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) for his excellent contributions to the Olympic Motion.
The award ceremony is scheduled for August 10, throughout the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, a day earlier than the closing of the Olympics.
In a letter dated July 20, the IOC knowledgeable Bindra of the distinction.
“It’s with nice pleasure that I inform you that the IOC Government Board has determined to award you with the Olympic Order to your excellent companies to the Olympic Motion,” IOC President wrote.
The Olympic Order is the very best award given by the IOC and is supposed to acknowledge people who’ve illustrated the Olympic best via motion, achieved exceptional benefit within the sporting world, or rendered excellent companies to the Olympic trigger.
Nominations for this prestigious award are proposed by the Olympic Orders Council and determined upon by the Government Board.
Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated Abhinav Bindra for receiving the award.
The award ceremony is scheduled for August 10, throughout the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, a day earlier than the closing of the Olympics.
In a letter dated July 20, the IOC knowledgeable Bindra of the distinction.
“It’s with nice pleasure that I inform you that the IOC Government Board has determined to award you with the Olympic Order to your excellent companies to the Olympic Motion,” IOC President wrote.
The Olympic Order is the very best award given by the IOC and is supposed to acknowledge people who’ve illustrated the Olympic best via motion, achieved exceptional benefit within the sporting world, or rendered excellent companies to the Olympic trigger.
Nominations for this prestigious award are proposed by the Olympic Orders Council and determined upon by the Government Board.
Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated Abhinav Bindra for receiving the award.
Bindra, now 41, created historical past by changing into India’s first particular person Olympic gold medallist when he received the boys’s 10m air rifle occasion on the 2008 Beijing Video games.
He served as a member of the Athlete Committee of the Worldwide Taking pictures Sport Federation (ISSF) from 2010 to 2020, and as its Chair from 2014.
Bindra has been a member of the IOC Athlete Fee since 2018.