Talcher: Sonalsagar Sahoo and Pracheshu Sahoo were adjudged best shooters in the men’s and the women’s categories respectively in the 52nd State Shooting Championships, which concluded here Friday. Both won three medals each in the various categories they participated in.
Sonal was presented King Hruday Chandra Dev memorial trophy and Pracheshu received the Dharmendra Dash memorial trophy during the prize distribution ceremony.
Other results: (.22 rifle standing) Ashok Kumar Swain, Prasant Kumar Rath, Dilip G; (.22 rifle standing junior) Sonalsagar Sahoo, Punyasholka Patnaik, Ayush Chandra Dev; (.22 rifle standing, women’s) Raja Nandini Sahoo, Prateshu Sahoo, Aradhana Devi; (.22 standing rifle junior) Pracheshu Sahoo, Jasmin Mohanty, Aranakhya Devi; (.22 rifle prone, men’s) Paresh Kumar Sarangi, Matru Prasad Sahoo, Palas Sahoo, (.22 rifle prone, junior) Punyasloka Patnaik, Sonalsagar Sahoo, Piyush Kumar Sarangi (.22 rifle women’s junior) Pranjuashu Sahoo, Suchismita Patra, Raja Nandini Sahoo; (air rifle, men’s) Palas Sahoo, Atish Kumar Nayak, Punyasloka Patnaik; (air rifle junior) Sonalsagar Sahoo, Prince Priyanshu Bhutia, Ayushman Nayak; (air rifle, women’s) Rajanandini Sahoo, Pranjyashu Sahoo, Prateshu Sahoo; (air rifle women’s, junior) Pratidipa Sahoo, Swetapadma Patnaik, Saktimayee Sahoo.
GBYA enter semis
Golak Bihari Youth Association (GBYA) entered the B division semifinals of the Gati Krushna Memorial Football League after pipping JSJS AG Colony by a solitary goal in a keenly-contested quarterfinal match in Bhubaneswar, Friday. The all-important goal was scored by Tophan Nayak in the 58th minute.
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