Paralympic gold medal winner Krishna Nagar will not be present at the Khel Ratna awards ceremony. The athlete who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics this year in men's badminton singles lost his mother in a freak accident.
The athlete's mother had fallen from the terrace of their house to the first floor on November 10. She was rushed to the hospital soon and was in the ICU. Nagar left for Delhi on Thursday, November 11 after the doctors assured him that she was showing signs of improvement.
Nagar was to receive the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award along with Olympic medallists including Neeraj Chopra (athletics), Ravi Kumar (wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (boxing), Sreejesh P.R (hockey), Avani Lekhara (para Shooting), Sumit Antil (para-athletics), Pramod Bhagat (para-badminton), Manish Narwal (para shooting), Mithali Raj (cricket), Sunil Chhetri (football), and Manpreet Singh (hockey).
"My family feels proud as everyone recognises them and they are very happy with the respect being bestowed on them. Just want to imagine what it would be like to be felicitated by the President of India," Nagar had told ANI in an interview.