04-Jan-2009 98
A 20-member Orissa squad returned home after winning one silver and 11 gold medals in the 23rd all-India ITF Taekwon-do Championship at Panjim (Goa), Orissa State Taekwon-do Association general secretary Manoranjan Patra said today.
Orissa`s Babrubahan Subuddi and P Srinivas successfully passed the test for first dan black belt there.
Medallists:
Individual sparring: Paresh Kumar (silver): Laxmi Prasad Nayak, Prasant Kumar Sahu, Rabindra Kumar Sahu, S Krishna Rao (all bronze).
Tul sparring: Paresh Kumar Chand, Laxmi P Nayak, P Srinivas, Prakash Pradhan, Rabindra Biswal, Prashant Sahu (all bronze).