BHUBANESWAR 16-Aug-2012 414
Rutaparna Panda emerged as the star of the State Badminton Championship, retaining her double crown at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall here today. Rutaparna, who lives in Cuttack, but trains at Bhubaneswar, travelling 25kms daily in a bike with her father, won the under-17 and under-19 girls`s singles titles for the creditable double.
Pramod Rana of Cuttack and Gayatri Mishra of AG Odisha emerged champions in men and women singles respectively. Shuttlers from Bolangir, Cuttack, Angul, Rourkela and claimed the remaining five titles in the three-day championship. State Sports Department Commissioner-cum-Secretary I Srinivas handed over the trophies in the presence of Odisha State Badminton Association secretary Pradip Mohanty.
RESULTS (All finals): U-17 girls` singles: Rutuparna Panda (Bhubaneswar) bt Anisha Das (Bhubaneswar) 21-10, 21-11. U-19 girls` singles: Rutuparna Panda bt Anisha Das 21-10, 21-10. Women`s singles: Gayatri Mishra (AG Odisha) bt Rehnuma Parvin bt Gitanjali Jena (Bhubaneswar) 21-6, 21-12. U-17 boys` singles: Surendra Nepal (Bolangir) bt Debashish Mishra (Bhubaneswar) 21-14, 21-19. U-17 boys` doubles: Vikrant Jani-Arvind Sahu (Bolangir) bt Nishant Kumar Ram-Suraj Prakash Sahu (Mayurbhanj-Angul) 21-15, 15-21, 21-18. U-19 boys` singles: Soumen Sekhar Das (Rourkela) bt Mukila Duant (Sambalpur) 21-10, 21-13. U-19 boys` doubles: Dibyahyoti Singh-Snehasis Panda (Angul) bt Jaswant Nayak-S Ranjan Sahu (Angul) 21-16, 21-17. Men`s singles: Pramod Rana (Cuttack) bt K Manoj Kumar (Cuttack) 21-3, 21-9. Men`s doubles: Kamal Das-Chitta Ranjan Satpathy (Cuttack-Bhubaneswar) bt Pramod Rana-K Manoj Kumar 21-13, 22-20.
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PHOTO: Trophy winners and guests at the closing ceremony of the State Badminton Championship on Bhubaneswar on August 16, 2012.
