12 powerlifters left for national meet
Bhubaneswar: A-12-member State powerlifting squad left from here on Sunday to participate in the Senior National Powerlifting Championship schedule to held at Mangalore in Karnataka from August 21 to 26.
The State team has been selected on the basis of their performance in the State Powerlifting Championship held on June 20 to 21. The including two women lifters would participate in both equipment and un-equipment events. The team will be lead by Pradip Kumar Patra as manager and Gutam Adjuad as coach. 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).
OSJA to restart Patnaik memorial award
Bhubaneswar: After a gap of two years, the Asok Patnaik Sports Award would be start again from 2014. The prestigious award could not able to confer in last two years due to some unavoidable situation. On the occasion of Patnaik’s death anniversary on Sunday, the Odisha Sports Journalists Association (OSJA) members organised a remembrance meeting. The association members finalised that they would restart the award ceremony. Patnaik was a inspiring sports journalists and he motivated and guided many fellow journalists, said Ashok Patnaik memorial founder Sambit Mohapatra. Among others, Suresh Swain, Sanjeev Biswal, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Sagarika Mishra, Umakanta Mishra, Tapan Swain , D Niranjan Reddy, Tanmay Das, Jagadish Das and Manoranjan Das were present.
Das Memorial Fide Rating Chess begins
Bhubaneswar: Fifteen players shared the top place with one point each after the inaugural round of the 2nd Keshabananda Das Memorial All India Fide Rating Chess Championship (2000 and above) has been inaugurated by Director General of Police Prakash Chandra Mishra at hotel Seetal here on Sunday. Altogether 44 players including eight IM and six FM from across 10 State are participating in seven round tournament. The top three finishers of the above 2000 rating event would get Rs 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 respectively. Khurda District Chess Association (KDCA) in association with All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) is organizing the five-day-long meet. Results (1st round): IM Swapnil S. Dhopade (MAH) (1) bt IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra (ODI), IM Swayams Mishra (ODI) bt Sekar B (TN), IM Shyam Nikil P (TN)(1) bt Dhulipala Bala Chandra Prasad (AP), IM Suvrajit Saha (WB)(1) bt Roshan Rangarajan (MAH), Gusain Himal (CHAN) bt Sai Krishna S (AP), Kunal M (TN)(1) bt Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar (WB), Ravi Teja S (AP)(1) bt Rajendra Kumar sahu (ODI), IM Deshmukh Anup (MAH)(1) bt Nath Rupankar (WB), Chakravarthi Reddy M (AP) (1) bt FM Thakur Akash (MAH), FM Mishra Soumyaranjan (ODI)(1) bt Majumdar Shankar (IT), K Praneeth Surya (AP)(1) bt Rishi Thariani (DEl), FM Rakesh Kumar Jena (ODI)(1) bt Mithil Ajgaonkar (MAH), Surendran N (TN)(1) bt FM Mitrabha Guha (WB), Shreyansh Daklia (CHHA) bt Dillip Das (WB), Krishna Teja N (AP)(1) bt Arpan Das (WB).