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Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, Paralympic winner Praveen Kumar were also conferred the highest sporting honour.
Gukesh was also part of the Indian team that won a historic gold in the Chess Olympiad last year.
The ace shooter said that 'there has been a lapse, maybe on my part, while filing for the nomination, which is being corrected'.
He will join star shooter Manu Bhaker as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent.
Around 100 people waited at the airport long before her arrival despite the morning drizzle in the city.
Manu can look back at her run at Paris 2024 with a big sense of satisfaction.
Bhaker finished fourth and signed off from the ongoing Olympics as the first-ever Indian to have won two medals in a single edition of the Games after Independence.
She lost to Hungarian bronze medallist Veronika Major in the shoot-off.
Manu Bhaker came up with a superb performance in 25m sports pistol to finish second in qualification and book a place in the final
After the bronze medal win, Bhaker became the first Indian athlete to win two medals in the single edition of the Olympics.
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