Bhubaneswar: Orissa archers bagged 16 medals which included eight gold, three silver and five bronze in the 63rd School National Field archery tournament which concluded January 18 at Madhya Pradesh. In the U-17 recurve event, Tuna Kurmi bagged five gold medals while Sanjit Podiami got one yellow metal and a bronze. Ajay Pangi also clinched a gold medal besides two bronze under the same category.
In the U-14 recurve event, Sanjay Durua got one gold and three silver medals while Anil Huluka had to be satisfied with two bronze medals.
Ananya, Samartha selected
Ananya Basak, Samartha Prusty and Poushali Ghatak have been included in the 13-member Orissa team for the 79th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship at Jharkhand, January 25 to 30, Orissa State Table Tennis Associaltion (OSTTA) announced in a press release in Cuttack, Monday. The team will leave, January 23.
It must be added here that both Ananya and Poushali are players from West Bengal who do not get the chance to represent that state because of the high standards prevailing there. These two players simply play tournaments in Orissa even without residing in the state. Hence quite a few local players are deprived because of them.
Squads: (Men) Bikash Singh, Md Azhar, DD Mohanty, M Eshwar Rao, K Karthik, Dishant Parida, Md Yunus; (Women) Ananya Basak, Poushali Ghatak, Samartha Prusty, Geetanjali Heyal, Suryasmita Aparajita, Gayatri Mitra; Coach: PVSS Raju.
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