A 31-member squad of Amateur Kickboxing Association of Odisha (AKAO) bagged a total of 38 medals in the Federation Cup Kickboxing Championship, held at Balewadi Stadium in Pune from 24 to 28 March, 2019. According to an AKAO press release, the medals included 11 gold, 12 silver and 15 bronze.

The medals came in cadet, junior, senior categories and in point fight, light contact, kick light and musical events. Odisha squad was accompanied by six officials, who included Kartik Dakua, Gangadhar Sahoo, Bichitra Narayan Jena, Sanjib Xess, Bichitrananda Behera and Bikash Dasmohapatra.

ODISHA MEDALLISTS:

Cadet Category (4 gold, 3 silver): Asmit Sekhar (1 gold, 1 silver), Sai Gourab Mohapatra (1 gold, 1 silver), Swaym Sanket Pradhan (2 gold), Satyajit Dash (1 silver).

Junior Category (2 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze): Anshuman Dakua (1 gold), Ayush Sarkar (2 silver), Sandeep Ghosh (1 bronze), Pratik Kumar Xalxo (1 gold, 2 bronze), K Mukesh (1 bronze), Rehan Khan (1 bronze).

Senior Category (5 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze): Aman Nanda (1 bronze), Mihir Kumar Sahoo (1 gold, 1 silver), Premananda Parida (2 bronze), Sridhar Gochhayat (1 silver, 1 bronze), Sangram Behera (1 bronze), Ganesh Behera (1 bronze), Dharmendra Behera (2 bronze), Sonu Oram (1 silver), Ashok Kunwar (1 gold, 1 bronze), Namrata Nanda (1 gold), Pooja Xalxo (2 silver, 1 bronze), Shelina Tigga (2 silver), Ashmin Minz (1 gold), Nazma Khan (1 gold).
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PHOTO: Kickboxers of Amateur Kickboxing Association of Odisha with officials.