Six rural talents sponsored by JSPl, Barbil have bagged six gold medals in the State level Sub-Junior Boxing Championship held recently in Bhubaneswar. The competition was jointly organised by the Boxing Orissa and Khordha District Amateur Boxing Association.
In girls’ category Manju Munda, Arti Gope and Jashoda Purty won gold medals while in boys’ category Rajesh Munda, Kishore Pradhan and Sajeeb Naik contributed three gold medals to the team’s overall medal tally.
Krishna Munda and Randa Purty earned silver medals for the team led by coach Pankaj Mahanta while Manju Munda won the title ‘Best Boxer of the Tournament.’
The gold medalists from each segment are qualified to represent Odisha at the National Amateur Boxing Championships to be held at Hyderabad from September 27.
Total eight sports persons of Martial Arts Club of Sialijoda, Joda were selected by the Keonjhar district boxing association to participated in the two-day event which concluded on September 17.
Dronacharya awardee Braja Bhusan Mohanty and coach of Olympiad Bijender Singh distributed prizes to the winners and told them about different techniques how to excel in boxing.
EVP and Unit Head G Suresha congratulated and wished all success to the team for the national championship.