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'World Games Athlete Of Year' Rani Rampal Ecstatic on Getting Felicitated From Sports Authority of India

Former Indian athlete and World Championships bronze medallist Anju Bobby George was also present for the occasion and personally congratulated Rani for the historic feat.

New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal on February 7th was felicitated by Sandip Pradhan, Director General, Sports Authority of India. Former Indian athlete and World Championships bronze medallist Anju Bobby George was also present for the occasion and personally congratulated Rani for the historic feat. Rani, who recently led the Indian team to a 3-0 victory in New Zealand was announced as the Athlete of the Year by the World Games on January 30th after she became the most voted athlete on their online poll. With this feat, she is now the 1st Hockey player in history to get this award after winning the poll with over 199,400 votes. The poll, that lasted for 20 days, had sports fans from across the world voting for their favourite athlete and had a total of over 705,600 votes have been cast during this time. Talking about this feat, Rani told SAI “I am really happy to be the first hockey player in history to get this award. What’s makes it more special is that I got a lot of support for this award, be it from the Hockey Federation or SAI. I am especially thankful to the Sports Minister Rijiju sir, as he personally tweeted about this, which made a lot of people aware of the voting.” When asked if the award became even more special looking at the fact that she won it after public voting, Rani said “yes this makes me feel even more blessed as it shows the fans' love for the sport. It is a great recognition for me and all's women athletes. This makes the win even more special for me.”
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