Pratyasa bags gold in Nat’l Swimming
Bhubaneswar : Odisha’s ace swimmer Pratyasa Ray bagged fast ever gold medal in the inaugural day of the Glenmark 43rd Junior National Aquatic Championship 2016 at Bengaluru, witnessed around 900 swimmers from 28 different states as the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre bustled with a crowd of around 2500 visitors. Pratyasha Ray clocked 1:10.47 seconds and grabbed the top prize in the girls100 metre backstroke event . She is the first Odia swimmer to snatch gold medal in the national meet. While Jaahnavi R of Tamil Nadu and Suvana C Baskar of Karanataka won the silver and bronze medals by clocking 1:11.43 and 1:12.74 seconds respectively. Altogether 23 players were participated in the 100 metre backstroke event. In the year 2014, Pratyasa bagged bronze medal in the in 50 mtr Back stroke event of the 31st National Sub-Junior Aquatic (Swimming) Championship at Indoor in Madhya Pradesh. last medal was received for the State by Rankanidhi Seth of Sambalpur in 1998-99 at Kolkata National Championship in same 50 mtr back stroke event.
M’pur, Bihar, J’khand, Haryana win in Football
Bhubaneswar: Manipur, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana edged out Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh respectively in the league round matches of the Junior Girls National Football Championship at different grounds in Cuttack on Wednesday.
A four goal haul by N Ratanbala Devi guided Manipur to pipped Maharashtra by 8-0 goals. Ratnabala opened the flood gate in the 5th,24th,56th and 77th minutes and her-mates Kashmina and H Daya Devi netted double goals each in the 60th,78th and 81st and 90+1 seconds respectively. A hattrick each by Neha Kumar and Achana Kumari powered Bihar to win over Telangana by 9-0 goals. Shyama Rani, Tara Khatoon and Gunjan Kumari of Bihar were joined the party by scoring a goal each in the 29th, 41st and 67th minutes respectively at Barabati Stadium. Another one-sided match in the same venue, Jharkhand won the match 6-0 goals. The goal scorers for Jharkhand were Puja Kumari and Asha Kumari one goal each in the 6th and 43rd minute’s respectively. While Puja Toppo and Priya Sandil netted double goals each in the 38th, 90+2mins and 63rd , 65th minutes respectively. A police ground, Nisha of Haryana scored a hat-trick and the team defeated Madhya Pradesh by 7-0 goals. The goal scorer for Haryana were Nisha three goals at 10th , 63rd and 90th minute. Her-mate Ravina Yadev netted double goals, while Jyoti and Renu scored a goal each.