Orissa name strong squad Karate National

Orissa State Karate-do Association yesterday named a 51-member state squad, including five officials for participation in the 22nd National Karate Championship to be held at Netaji Subhash Indoor Stadium in Kolkata from September 25 to 28. The 46 karatekas were chosen from a pool of 60 probables, who underwent a fortnight-long coaching camp at Utkal Karate School here. Aditya Steel is sponsoring the squad. According to All India Karate-do Federation president R Thiagrajan, performance in the Kolkata National will serve as the basis for selection Indian squqd for different international meets. Orissa squad: MEN: Harish Mandinga, Nihar Swain, Jay Sriram, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, Abinash Swain, Devbrata Yadav, Dilip Behera, Sagar Palo, Debasish Mohanty, Maruti Dutta Sahu, Srikant Bara, Nishant Ray, Rakesh Pani, Suryakant Pradhan, Santosh Sahu, Purandar Bag, Bikram Singh, Piyush Choudhury, Nitai Sankar Guin, Dharmesh Verma, Santosh Kumar Moharana, Deepak Samantara, Devbrat Samadar, Umakant Senapati, Sachin Mistry, Rajiv Singh, Bikram Prusty, Chandra Takari, Mahesh Chandra Baral, Lokanath Patnaik, Bijay Samal, Sitanshu Mohapatra, Tophan Badatia, Bhubaneswar Mohanty. WOMEN: Sarita Rout, Asmita Priyadarshini, Alishon Lunun, Tanali Mishra, Biswashri Mohapatra, Samapika Samadarshini, Sangit Sonali, Sujata Sahu, Ipsita Pandey, Jamini Mishra Coaches: Sourya Ranjan Sasmal, Kharavel Mallick: Manager: Gouri Mohanty: Referee: Tapan Biswas: Delegate: Hari Prasad Pattanayak.