Smaraki, Baivab get rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Kendrapada girl Smaraki Mohanty anf Puri lad Baivab Mishra got rousing welcome here on Monday, on their arrival by winning gold and bronze medals respectively in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 held at Waskaduwa, Sri lanka from July 30 to August 6. Smaraki won gold medal in the U-18 girls event and Baivab grabbed bronze in U-20 boys event. In a nine round tournament Smaraki secured 5.5 points to become the champion. She is the daughter of Bhabesh Mohanty and Diptimayee Parida. At present she is continuing her studies at KIIT University. In under-20 boys section of the same tournament Baivab Mishra of Puri has bagged the bronze medal by scoring six points. He is a student of Computer Science at S.C.S. Autonomous College, Puri. His father Sriprakash Mishra is a lawyer and mother Dr. Sanghamitra Mishra is a lecturer in Sanskrit. On their arrival at Bhubaneswar Airport, many chess lovers of the city and outside, the executives of All Orissa Chess Association, Members of Master Chess Foundation, were present to welcome and felicitate the winners.
National Rugby Champ Odisha eves return
Bhubaneswar: Odisha women team bagged their third national title in last two years and reached here on Monday. Odisha Rugby Football Association secretary Upendra Kumar Mohanty and many members welcomed the gold medal winning girls team. Odisha women team first came to limelight in the year 2015 by bagging gold medal in the 35th National Games at Kerala and the team also grabbed another gold medal in the same year All India Rugby Championship held at Patna. A double haul try by Mirarani Hemram guided Odisha women to emerged champion of the Societe Generale Senior National Rugby Seven’s Championship at Patliputra Stadium in Patna on Sunday.
Mirarani scored double try and two conversions and bagged the best women player of the tournament while her-mate Majulata Pradhan scored a try and Odisha edged out Maharashtra 19-5 in the final. West Bengal finished third. Odisha men team suffered defeat from Delhi by 0-12 and finished sixth in the tournament. As many as 12 women and 18 men team were participated in the meet. .