lifters Pramila, Swarupa get rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel inmates greeted their mate lifters Pramila Kirshani and Swarupa Purti on their arrival here on Wednesday after bagging medals in the 67th Men and 30th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship, which held at Cambay Golf Resorts, Jamdoli Road, Agra Highway, Jaipur from March 11 to 15.
In the 53kg women category, Pramila lifted 77kg in snatch, 100kg in clean and jerk and total of 177kg and claimed the gold medal. In the 58kg women event, bronze medal won by Swarupa in the snatch event by lifting 83Kg. Other two women lifters, Subhasimta Mohanty and Kiran Kumar Digal finished 6th and 9th in the 75kg and 69kg women categories respectively. Subhasnita lifted 72kg in snatch, 80kg in clean and jerk and total of 152kg. Similarly, Kiran lifted 80kg in snatch, 92kg in clean and jerk and total of 172kg.
“I am happy with my performance, on the basis of my achievement in the national competition I got selected in the national core group camp to be held for the forthcoming Olympic Games, said Pramila.
Rao, Chandrashekhar passed referee exam
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s weightlifting coaches Dhrama Rao and Chandrashekhar Sahu successfully passed the national referee examination held at Jaipur in Rajasthan at the time of 67th Men and 30th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championships.
National Weightlifting Federation conducted the examination in which 72 coaches of the country were participated. Chandrashekhar and Dharma passed the category-1 and 2 referee examination respectively. Dharma Rao is working as the Bhubaneswar sports hostel coach and international player Chandrashekhar working in the East Coast Railway.Presently in the State one international, four category-1 and five category-2 referees are available to conduct different tournaments. Odisha Weightlifting Association secretary Narayan Sahu and Khurda District Weightlifting Association president Chhita Ranjan Swain congratulated both the coaches.
Semifinalists spotted in women cricket
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack and Bhubaneswar would meet Bolangir and Keonjhar respectively in the semifinals of the OCA Inter Districts Women’s Cricket Tournament at different Grounds in Cuttack on Friday. In the last super league round matches on Wednesday, Cuttack, BBSR and Jajpur defeated Bhadrak, Khurda and Jharsuguda by 10 wickets, 128 runs and 10 wickets respectively. The match between Balasor and Bolangir ended in tie. The final match would be held at Bidansi Ground in Cuttack on Sunday. Brief Score: Ravenshaw Ground-I: Bhadrak 63/10 in 32.5 overs (Gangotri Behera 3/11, Rajashree Swain 3/13, Kalpana Nayak 2/6) lost to Cuttack 64/0 in 9.4 overs (Suvalaxmi Rout 37 n.o;) by 10 wickets. Bidanasi Ground : BBSR 261/5 in 50 overs (Priyanka Priyadarsini Sahu 151 n.o; Sujata Mallik 54; Swarnalata Maharana 2/24) beat Khurda 133/10 in 39.4 overs (Priyanka P Sahu 5/6, Rajeswari Jena 3/33) by 128 runs. Nimpur Ground: Jharsuguda 63/10 in 29 in overs (Sunita Murmu 37 n.o; Punam Nayak 4/20, Swarnalata Nayak 2/7, Jyotikamal 2/28) lost to Jajpur 64/0 in 13.2 overs (Sumitra Sahu 27 n.o; Suchitra Roy 22 n.o;) by 10 wickets.
SCB Medical College Ground: Balasore 75/10 in 44.1 overs (Bandana P Hanuman 3/11, Madhuri Meheta 3/12, Rajeswari Nag 2/7) tie with Bolangir 75/10 in 37.5 overs (Sarita Meher 27; Tilattama Sahu 3/18, Anjali Singh 2/3, Dalilata Sahu 2/11, Sarojini Giri 2/16) match ended with tie.