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Bolangir boy Vikrant Jani and Cuttack girl Rutaparna Panda bagged a double each, winning both the under-17 singles and doubles titles in the Odisha State Age-Group Badminton Championship, which concluded at NTPC, Kaniha (Angul) today.
Altogether 160 shuttlers, including 42 girls, participated in the four-day championship, which was hosted by NTPC Sports Council, under the aegis of Odisha State Badminton Association (OSBA).
Kaniha NTPC Executive Director V B Fadnavis handed over the prizes at the closing function. General Managers JVN Rao (O&M), UK Dasgupta (Maintenance) and OSBA secretary Pradip Mohanty were present on the occasion.
Ayush Pattnaik, Swastik Das, Laxmikant Pradhan, Swetaparna Panda, Aman Debata, Gyana Prasad Sahoo, Purusottam Sethi, Yasashree Samal, Abhimanyu Bagarty, Arabinda Sahoo and Samriddha Paul were other title winners of the championship, which featured competition in under-13, under-15 and under-17 boys` and girls` categories.
RESULTS (All finals):
Under-13 boys’ singles: Ayush Pattnaik (Mayurbhanj) bt Swayam Prakash Pradhan (Bhubaneswar) 21-11, 21-9.
Under-13 boys` doubles: Swastik Das-Laxmikant Pradhan (Angul) bt Shreyash Bag-Abhishek Sahoo (Angul) 21-17, 21-16.
Under-13 girls` singles: Swetaparna Panda (Cuttack) bt Krishnika Birok (Routkela) 21-18, 21-16.
Under-15 boys` singles: Aman Debata (Kalahandi) bt Prayas Kumar Mohanty (Mayurbhanj) 21-14, 22-20.
Under-15 boys` doubles: Gyana Prasad Sahoo-Purusottam Sethi (Angul) bt Prayas Kumar Mohanty-Aman Debata (Ang-Kal) 15-21, 21-15, 21-15.
Under-15 girls` singles: Yasashree Samal (Bhubaneswar) bt Shreya Pattnaik (Bhubaneswar) 21-10, 21-17.
Under-17 boys` singles: Vikrant Jani (Bolangir) bt Abhimanyu Bagarty (Bolangir) 21-19, 11-21, 21-19.
Under-17 boys` doubles: Vikrant Jani-Arabinda Sahoo (Bolangir) bt Abhimanyu Bagarty-Sidharth Bagarty (Bolangir) 21-13, 21-8.
Under-17 girls` singles: Rutaparna Panda (Cuttack) bt Lisarani Parida (Bhubaneswar) 21-5, 21-7.
Under-17 girls` doubles: Rutaparna Panda-Samriddha Paul (Cuttack-Angul) bt Lisarani Parida-Garima Panigrahi (Bhubaneswar) 21-8, 21-10.
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PHOTO: Prize winners and guests at the State Age-group Badminton Championship in Kaniha on August 3, 2014.
