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A 55-member Orissa squad returned home on yesterday after bagging two silver and three bronze medals in the 22nd National Karate Championship at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata last week. Samapika Samadarshini and Sangit Sonali Mallick won the two silvers, while the three brozes were claimed by Asmita Priyadarshini, Abinash Swain and Nihar Ranjan Swain.
The medallists were felicitated at Utkal Karate School here by Urban Development Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, who is also the president of Orissa State Karate-do Association president.
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PHOTO: Odisha karatekas display their medals in Bhubaneswar.
