Odisha bag 1 gold, 2 silvers in national meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha team bagged one gold, two silver and a bronze medal in the un-equipment event of the Senior National Powerlifting Championship, which concluded at Mangalore in Karnataka on Saturday. In the 66kg men’s category, Pradip Kumar Patra lifted 185 kg in squat, 107.5 kg in bench press, 242.5 kg in deadlift and total of 535 kg and claimed the gold medal. Similarly, in the men 59 kg event, Sudam Sahu lifted 160kg in squat, 97.5 kg in bench-press, 197.5 kg in deadlift and total of 455 kg and bagged the silver medal.
Another silver medalist of the State Dabi Singh, she won the medal in the women 47kg event by lifting 80 kg in squat, 42.5kg in bench-press, 122.5kg in deadlift and total of 245kg. Tarandeep Singh (in men 120kg+) lifted total 595kg and received bronze medal. A-12-member state team including two women lifters participating in the six-day-long meet to be concluded on Monday.
Men un-equipment event: Bidyadhar Singh, Sudam Sahu ( both 59 Kg), Pradip Kumar Patra, Baguru Ratai (both 66Kg),Gutam Adjuad (83Kg), Omm Swarup Mohanty (105 Kg), Ashok Kumar Prasad (120Kg), Tarn Deep Singh (+125Kg). Women category: Devi Singh, Draupadi Singh (both 47 Kg). Equipment Men events: Nilamani Sahu (59 Kg), Pradip Kumar Patra (66Kg), Sumit Kumar Sahu (66Kg).
Week-long weightlifting camp inaugurated
Bhubaneswar: Utkal Bidyapitha Government High School of lathi village in association with Beer Hanuman Club of Brahmapur oraganising a weight lifting training camp for school students was inaugurated in the school premises by chairperson of Kukudakhandi Block Namita Patra , in the outskirts of Brahmapur on Friday. Altogether 22 boys and 23 girls are taking part in the weeklong camp to be concluded on September 1. The well known weight lifting coach of the club Ramesh Chandra Padhy is looking after the camp, while the secretary of the Club Narayan Sahu, PRO of P4SS S Tondon, Suryanarayan Padhi, and coaches of the club are providing necessary technical assistance for smooth conduct of the camp. The sports teacher of the school Kedarnath Satapathy is coordinating the camp. Among others, district sports officer Akshya Kumar Pattnaik, local Sarapanch Santosh Kumar Rout, International weightlifter Sushil Kumar Patra, Tukuna Padhi, the headmaster of the school ladukesh Mishra, and teachers and sports lovers witnessed the camp.
Tapobana, Kalinga enter quarter finals
Bhubaneswar: Tapobana High School and Kalinga Bidyapitha edged out IRC Village High School and Ramkrushna Sikhya Kendra respectively and entered the quarterfinal rounds of the 24th Kalinga Marine Vivekananda Memorial Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Saturday. In the group-B league match, Mohan Hansada, Rupa Sirkha and Bhima Murmu of the Tapobana School scored a goal each in the 25th,31st and 40th minutes respectively and the team thrashed IRC Village School by 3-0 goals and the team registered second victory in the league round and bagged six points. Similarly in another league match, Rajesh Bhoi and Sudhansu Sekhar Rout of the Kalinga Bidyapitha nailed a goal each in the 30th and 41st minute and the team defeated Ramkrushna Sikhya Kendra by 2-0 goal and the team gathered six points out of two league matches and topped the group-C. DAV Chandrashekharpur and Sainik School would meet Xavier Khandagiri and DAV Kalinga Nagar in the league round matches respectively on Sunday.