Srabani bags bronze in Asian Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ace sprinter Srabani Nanda bagged the bronze medal in the women 200 meter event by clocking 23.54 seconds in the 21st Asian Athletic Championship at Wuhan, China on Sunday. India bagged four gold, five silver, four bronze and total of 13 medals and placed in the third place. In the event Viktoriya Zyabkina and Olga Safronova both of Kazakhstan grabbed gold and silver medal by clocking 23.09 and 23.46 seconds respectively. Srabani entered the final of the women 200 meter event by clocking 23.71 seconds in the trail. After the heats in the final standing she placed in the third place. Viktoriya Zyabkina and Olga Safronova both of Kazakhstan qualified first and second by clocking 23.39 and 23.65 seconds respectively.
Srabani improved her showing from the previous edition in 2013 where she had finished seventh. However, Kazakhstan put up a formidable show in this event in 2015. Earlier in the national meet, Srabani bagged the gold medal in the 200 meter race by clocking 23.67 seconds.
Town Club lift Junior Cricket league trophy
Bhubaneswar: The host Town Club emerged champion by defeating Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy by massive 103 runs in the final of the 1st Junior Cricket league here on Sunday. Winning the toss BBCA elected to field first, Aswini Mohapatra of Town Club smashed 43 runs and well supported by Binayak Mohanty who contributed 25 runs and the team total reached 168 runs in 30 overs by losing nine wickets.
In reply, Amitanshu Srichandan and Binayak Mohanty of Town Club scalped four and three wickets respectively and restricted BBCA for 65 runs in 28.2 overs. The champion Town Club bagged the trophy along with cash award of Rs 10,000 and the runner up team took home Rs 5,000. Aniket Patnayak, Binayak Mohanty, Amitanshu Srichandan and Shusil Barik of the champion team received man of the tournament, man of the final, best bowler and fielder awards respectively. S Prasant of the BBCA got the best batsman award. Former national-A team player Rasmi ranjan Parida, OCA joint secretary Sanjib Dutta, treasurer Satya Mohanty, Town Club president Suresh Kumar Routaray, vice president Jayadeb Mohapatra, Pruthikant Mohapatra, Kumar Behera, Narayan Panda, Subash Chudhuray, Prasan Kumar Mahasuara, Rabi Kumar Buta, Arunab Panda, Niharkanta Pattanaik and Basant Kumar Samartha were present as the guest of the closing ceremony.
Brief score: Town Club 168/9 in 30 overs (Aswini Mohapatra 43, Binayak Mohanty 25; Gurav Jena bagged 3 wicket, Santosh Swain, Sandeep Chudamani, N Prasant bagged two wickets each) beat Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy 65/10 in 28.2 overs (Srmaya Nayak 23; Amitanshu Srichandan 4/14, Binayak Mohanty 3/6) by 103 runs.
Sambit bags State U-11 Open Chess title
Bhubaneswar: Overnight solo leader Sambit Panda emerged champion by gathering 6.5 points in the open category of the three-day-long Odisha State U-11 Chess Championship, which concluded at East Coast Railway Institution in Cuttack on Sunday. Mohitosh Dey and Soyamsree Mohanty scored six points each and finished second and third respectively. Aditi Mohanty gathered 6.5 points and bagged the U-11 girls title. Anoushkaa Mohanty and Ankita Sahoo scored six and 5.5 points and finished second and third respectively. Altogether 186 players were participated in the seven round tournament. Dr. SK Rahamtulla, Sr DMO, Working President ECo Railway Institute, SK Pankaj,Chief Workshop Manager, Archana Singh, President East Coast Railway, Women welfare Organisation, Asit Mukherjee: Advisor, SRCC, Ranjan Mohanty, Secretary Cuttack District Chess Association & Vice President, AOCA, Vivek Tibarewal, Secretary, AOCA and Satya Ranjan Pattnaik, Secretary, SRCC were present as the guest of the closing ceremony.