State Karate team leave for National Jr Meet
Bhubaneswar: A 27-member State junior karate team would leave from
here on Wednesday to participate in the National Junior Karate Championship to be held at Talkotara Indoor Stadium in Delhi from May 30 to June 1 to be organised by Karate Association of India. The players were selected on the basis of their performance in the 26th State Karate Championship held at Utkal Karate School here. Odisha State Karate Association wished the participants.
State Team: Kushal Bhatt, Prabin Kumar, Abhisek Bariha, Piush Kumar
Sahu, Ayusha Mohanty, Sagarika Patra, Bonali Das, Mitali Madhusmita,
Saranya Ray, Gitishree Prusty, Debasmita Dalabehera, Anirudha Pratap
Singh, Mukesh Kumar Nayak, Udit Udam, Agnibesh Maharana, Payal Baral,Manasha Mahanada, Abhisek Patnaik, Amrita Parida, Suvam Bobuta, Debabrata Yadav, Bikash Digal, Smruti Ranjan Palo, Basudev Pradhan, Nihar Ranjan Swain, Pawan Kumar, Sauvik Mandal, AK Pundir (manager), Suresh Chandra Jal (assistant manager), Rajib Singh, Mahesh Baral (coaches).
Odia girl ranks 3rd in shooting competition
Bhubaneswar: Odia shooter Shriyanka Sadangi achieved third position in the Super Cup Shooting competition held at Suhl in Germany on Monday. The exciting event is held on the first day of the shooting championship, where all the shooters, including both men and women participate together. The winners are adjudged on the basis of elimination of shooters with lower scores. Shriyanka made it to the top three.
Sumit bags KIIT Chess Fest Platinum category title
Bhubaneswar: Sumit Grover of Jammu and Kashmir bagged eight points by the end of tenth round and emerged champion in the KIIT International Chess Festival Platinum Category (below 1999 and below) here on Tuesday. Raju SW of Tamil Nadu, Sharng Sanjeev Kapoor of Maharashtra and K Srikanth of Andhra Pradesh scored eight points each and finished second, third and fourth respectively. Baivab Mishra and Rabindra Kumar Ojha are two two local boys gathered 7.5 points each and finished fifth and ninth respectively.The champion Sumit and runners-up Raju received the trophy along with cash award of Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 respectively.