Bhubaneswar judokas win state team title

Sept 5
Bhubaneswar won the team title in the State Judo Championship, which concluded at Paradeep earlier on September 2. Over 300 judokas from across the state participated in the two-day championship, which was hosted by Jagatsinghpur District Judo Association, under the aegis of Odisha State Judo Association.
CRPF Group Centre (Bhubaneswar) claimed the title in senior men`s category. In the sub-junior category, Sagar Soren (Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1) and Sujata Sahoo (Bhubaneswar) were adjudged best judokas in the boys and girls categories respectively.

RESULTS (All title winners):
Sub-junior boys: Masi Hantal, Dhanu Kristhani (both Malkangiri); Tushar Ranjan Nayak, Sagar Soren, Samir Soren, Suraj Das, Tapas Kumar Bag (all KV No 1); Samant Pradhan, Rabindra Behera (both KISS); Rajesh Sahoo (Bhubaneswar).
Sub-junior girls: Jasmita Nayak, Sarojini Hembram, Mukta Jani, Rasmita Nayak (all KISS/KIIT); Kamal Sharma (KV No 1); Sujata Sahoo (Bhubaneswar); Baisnabi Prasad, Pinky Jena (both Sambalpur); Priyanka Rajbahar (Paradeep).
Junior boys: Pitha Hembram (Mayurbhanj), Sankar Das (Puri), Santora Pandey (Sambalpur), Nrusingha Nayak (Paradeep); Shreyam Behera (KV No 1); Sagar Jena, Biswajit Mahari (both Bhubaneswar).
Junior girls: Anita Nayak, Sanghamitra Mohapatra, Gitanjali Sahoo (all Bhubaneswar); Nibedita Das, Niharika Das (both Puri); S Sahoo, Priyanka Mittal (both Sambalpur); Ankita Aparajita, Chitrasa Pal (both KV No 1).
Men: Basant Dalai, Amar Kumar Nayak, Biswajit Mahari, Pratap Kumar Jena (all Bhubaneswar); Manoj Kumar Panda, Rajesh Kumar, Rishi Prakash (both CRPF).
Women: Anita Nayak, Sanghamitra Mohapatra, Gitanjali Sahoo, Manisha Patnaik (all Bhubaneswar); Anita Sahoo, Netramani Sethi (both Puri).
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PHOTO: Men’s 73kg champion Manoj Panda is felicitated by CRPF IGP Satyanarayan Sabat.