MPS win in Inter-School Football meet
Bhubaneswar : MPS win in Inter-School Football meet In the inaugural-day Mothers Public School (MPS) defeated FIT High School by 2-0 goals in the Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday. Altogether 10 school teams are taking part in the six-day-long tournament being organised by YMCA. In another match, Prabhujee English Medium School edged out St Xavier’s High School of Patia by 4-2 goals via through penalty strike. The match ended in goalless draw in the stipulated time. Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija inaugurated the meet in presence of Aradinda Mitra and Ashok Mohanty.
‘lack of coach, platform will spoil weightlifting’
Bhubaneswar : Believe it or not without coach, platform and modern equipments but Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel weightlifter bagging medals not in the national level but also in the international arena said Pramila Kirsani on her arrival here on Monday after bagging silver medal in the junior girls 53kg event, by lifting 71kg in snatch and 92kg in clean and jerk in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship, which was held at Malaysia from November 24 to 30. The State Government is spending crores of rupees for the development of the Kalinga Stadium. But condition of weightlifting hall remains horrible. “First of all we are practicing here without any coach. Recently seven to eight new girls joined the hostel I do not understand without any coach how they will learn weightlifting,” said Pramila. lifting is a dangerous sports in which little bit of mistake will spoil our sporting career, sometimes it may lead to fatal injury. For lifting a minimum a wooden platform is required, which is coasting only Rs 10,000 to 15,000. It provides safety to the players as well as to the floor, added Pramila. In Kalinga Stadium the weightlifting hall is not having any ventilation we use to manage with that, now the toilet water passing through the existing wooden platform. We do our workout in the pungent atmosphere which is not healthy at all. It is better not to discuss about the equipment, if you have the dream to get medals in the international level we should avail the facility to practice with the present modern equipments. Despite of all odds, the lifters of our State are bagging national and international medals every year, said Pramila.
Rutuparna bags AITA Talent series U-12 girls title
Bhubaneswar : Rutuparna emerged champion in the girls U-12 singles event by defeating S Roy of West Bengal in the AITa Talent Series Tennis Tournament at Kolkata on Monday. Rutuparna beat Roy by 6-1,6-1. Earlier in the semifinals, Rutuparna edged out Tanisha Banerjee by 6-1,6-0. Another Odisha player, Amrutjay Mohanty lost to A Agarwal 2-6,3-6 in the semifinal.
State athletic team leaves for National meet
Bhubaneswar : A-17-member State athletic team left from here on Sunday to participate in the 29th National Junior Athletic Championship-2013 would be held at Kanteerva Stadium, Bangalore from December 3 to 7. Rabi Nayak and Bhabani sankar Jena accompanied the team as manager and coach respectively. Team list; Suman Jena (10000 walk, Angul), Champa Tirkey (110, 400 meter hurdles, Cuttack), Ramachandra Hansdah (400 meter, Mayurbhanj), Subrat Mandal (javelin, Sambalpur), Salim Kispotta (shotput, discus),Rajeswari Bhoi (100 meter hurdles, heptatholon, medlay relay), Sumi Oram (100,400meter hurdles), Sushita Kisan (heptathlon) (all Sundargarh), Chinmay Ranjan Jena (javelin), Bikram Murmu (100 meter, longjump), Rajeswari Das (100 meter), Karmi Singh (triathlon), Tapati Sahoo (100 meter), Sekunta Kullu (100 meter, longjump, medlay relay), latika Basara (200 meter, longjump, medlay relay),Damayanti Murmu (javelin), Susama Toppo (400 meter hurdles, medlay relay) (all Bhubaneswar).