Rafey started learning gymnastics at the age of five and got the opportunity to represent the country in Junior Asian Games in 2019 and won a bronze medal PRAYAGRAJ: City-based artistic gymnast Mohammad Rafey, who has been awarded Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021 for exceptional abilities and outstanding accomplishments in the fields of sports, was delighted and thrilled after a virtual interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. Rafey (17) was one among the five children from Uttar Pradesh selected for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021. After the video-conferencing at district collectorate-based National Informatics Centre (NIC), Prayagraj, Rafey, who had won a medal in junior Asian Games held in Mangolia in 2019, said, “I feel honoured on being selected for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. It was a great moment for me when I interacted with PM. He is the biggest leader of the world.”