SAI gives Rani Rampal out-of-turn promotion after World Games Athlete of the Year win

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NEW DELHI: Indian women's hockey skipper Rani Rampal on Friday received an out-of-turn promotion from the Sports Authority of India. Rani, on Thursday won the World Games Athlete of the Year award and SAI has promoted the 25-year-old, honouring her achievement.

Rani was voted The World Games Athlete of the Year through an online voting process that spanned three weeks. With a total of 199,477, the India captain overwhelmingly claimed the top spot.

The Indian captain, who joined SAI as an assistant coach in 2015, has been promoted to the post of coach (Level-10), with immediate effect.