Team Orisports 17-Oct-2013 292
Sambalpur boy M Dushmant and Cuttack girl Rutaparna Panda bagged a double each in the under-15 category of the Odisha State Sub-Junior Badminton Championship, which concluded at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall here today.
Dushmant emerged champion in both the singles and doubles categories. After defeating Aman Kumar of Mayurbhanj in the singles final, he combined with Rajat Pradhan of Angul to win the doubles final against Bhubaneswar pair of Ashis Sethi and Biswanath Hembram.
Rutapatna won the singles crown, trouncing Lisarani Parida of Bhubaneswar in the lop-sided final and then added the doubles title with Ayasha Swain of Bolangir as partner. They overcame Bhubaneswar duo of Shrabanee Sabat and Punya Purnima in the summit clash.
Jasmin Sahu (Bhadrak) and Priyal Goyal (Kalahandi) captured the under-13 girls` and boys` singles titles respectively, while the boys` doubles crown in the same age group was grabbed by Mayurbhanj duo of Prayash Kumar Mohanty and Debajyoti Sahoo.
The three-day championship was conducted by Odisha State Badminton Association with the cooperation of Bhubaneswar District Badminton Association. Former India woman football captain Sradhanjali Samantaray handed over the trophies in the presence of OSBA working president Fakir Charan Subudhi and secretary Pradip Mohanty.
RESULTS (All finals):
U-13 girls` singles: Jasmin Sahu (Bhadrak) bt Yashashree Samal (Bhubaneswar) 21-6, 21-17.
U-13 boys` singles: Priyal Goyal (Kalahandi) bt Rosan Kumar Singh (Bolangir) 21-14, 16-21, 21-13.
U-13 boys` doubles: Prayash Kumar Mohanty-Debajyoti Sahoo (Mayurbhanj) bt Prabhu Sahoo-Shreyash Bag (Angul) 21-7, 21-11.
U-15 girls` singles: Rutaparna Panda (Cuttack) bt Lisarani Parida (Bhubaneswar) 21-3, 21-5.
U-15 girls` doubles: Ayasha Swain-Rutaparna Panda bt Shrabanee Sabat-Punya Purnima 22-20, 21-12.
U-15 boys` singles: M Dushmant (Sambalpur) bt Aman Kumar (Mayurbhanj) 21-11, 21-17.
U-15 boys` doubles: Rajat Pradhan (Angul) and M Dushmant (Sambalpur) bt Ashis Sethi-Biswanath Hembram (Bhubaneswar) 21-17, 19-21, 21-11.
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PHOTO: Prize winners and guests at the closing ceremony of the State Sub-Junior Badminton Championship in Bhubaneswar on October 17, 2013.
