Complex sentence: A committee member noted that discus thrower Krishna Poonia and Paralympic athlete H. N. Girisha were shortlisted and Sodhi was not the initial choice but the final voting was done between Sodhi and Poonia.
Split into simpler sentences: A committee member noted that discus thrower Krishna Poonia and Paralympic athlete H. N. Girisha were shortlisted and Sodhi was not the initial choice. However, the final voting was done between Sodhi and Poonia.