Sujata, Anupama, Deepak, Dillip bag state karate titles

Deepak Kumar Samantara (Khurda) and Dillip Kumar Jena (Bhubaneswar) won the titles in men`s open kata and kumite categories respectively in the 26th State Karate Championship, which concluded at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall here today.
Sujata Sahoo (Rourkela) and Anupama Swain (Bhubaneswar) emerged champion in women open kata and kumite respectively. Veteran journalist Barendra Krushna Dhal handed over the trophies at the closing function.
Among other notable achievers, Payal Baral (Koraput), Somu Nayak (Sundargarh), Abhishek Pattnaik (Rourkela), Udit Uddam (Angul) and Anirudh Pratap Singh (Bhubaneswar) bagged a double each.
Around 350 karatekas joined the three-day championship, which is being conducted by Odisha State Karate-do Association.
RESULTS:
10-11 years boys kata: 1. Praveen Kumar, 2. Abhishek Baratya, 3. Gyanjyoti Samal, Suman Das.
10-11 boys kumite: 1. A Baratya, 2. Ayaskant Maharana, 3. Aaryan Rout, Praveen Kumar.
10-11 girls kata: 1. Saranya Ray, 2. Gitishree Prusty, 3. Anjali Sharma, Tanmeet Kaur.
10-11 girls kumite: 1. G Prusty, 2. Soniya Soy, 3. Archi Singal, Manshika Gerg.
12-13 boys kata: 1. Udit Uddam, 2. Abhijeet Dev Goswamy, 3. Piyush Sahoo, Himansu Khosla.
12-13 boys kumite: 1. U Uddam, 2. Ayush Mohanty, 3. R Seth, P Dave.
12-13 girls kata: 1. Debasmita Dalbehera, 2. Aasmi Asisha, 3. Kuhu Rath, Monalisa Priyadarshini.
12-13 girls kumite: 1. M Priyadarshini, 2. Sarita Rout, 3. A Ashisha, Swayangsubhra Dash.
14-15 boys kata: 1. Anirudh Pratap Singh, 2. Sanket Nayak, 3. Alok Naik, Mukesh Naik.
14-15 boys kumite: 1. Anirudh Singh, 2. M Naik, 3. A Mahakul, A Naik.
14-15 girls kata: 1. Payal Baral, 2. Sakiya Parbeen, 3. Jyotirmayee Pani, Smruti Salini.
14-15 girls kumite: 1. P Baral, 2. Manisha Mahananda, 3. Amrita Parida, S Salini.
16-17 boys kata: 1. Abhishek Pattnaik, 2. Subham Babuta, 3. Swayanjeet Das, Ramkumar Singh.
16-17 boys kumite: 1. A Pattnaik, 2. S Babuta, 3. P Bhoi, R Singh.
16-17 girls kata: 1. Somu Nayak, 2. Aradhana Behera.
16-17 girls kumite: 1. S Nayak, 2. A Behera.
Women`s kata: 1. Sujata Sahoo, 2. Somu Nayak, 3. Nikki Kushwaha, Itishree Nayak.
Women`s open kumite: 1. Anupama Swain, 2. Sujata Sahu, 3. Kalpana Samal, Nikki Kushwaha.
Men`s open kata: 1. Deepak Samantara, 2. Abhisek Pattnaik, 3. Umakant Senapati, Debabrata Yadav.
Men`s open kumite: 1. Dillip Jena, 2. Debasish Mohanty, 3. Bikash Digal, Nihar Swain.
Below 50kg men`s kumite: 1. Ananda Bihary, 2. Suren Pandit, 3. Nabin Meher, Titu Bisoy.
Below 55kg men`s kumite: 1. Dillip Jena, 2. Krishna Shikari, 3. Debadarshy Prusty, Damodar Kisku.
Below 60kg men`s kumite: 1. Santosh Maharana, 2. Ambit Mohanty, 3. Santosh Sahu, Jagarnath Sahu.
Below 67kg men`s kumite: 1. Tofan Badatya, 2. Bikash Digal, 3. Jogesh Beriha, Debabrata Samadar.
Below 75kg men`s kumite: 1. Debasis Mohanty, 2. U Senapati, 3. MJ Munda, SK Mishra.
Below 84kg men`s kumite: 1. B Maruti Datta Sahu, 2. Pawan Kumar, 3. N Digal, SS Nayak.
Above 84kg men`s kumite: 1. Nihar Swain, 2. Surya Narayan Nayak.
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PHOTO: Karatekas Dillip Jena (Left) and Deepak Samantara with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on January 16, 2014.