Odisha bagged a total of 23 medals in the All-India Inter-Zone Karate Championship, which was held at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on 2 December 2022. According information shared by Orissa State Karate-Do Association (OSKA), the 23 medals included 10 gold, five silver and 8 bronze.
Among the medal winners, Ritesh Ray bagged a double, winning gold medal in both under-21 and senior men 84kg individual kumite events. Odisha squad was accompanied by coaches Rajib Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Samantara, Mahesh Baral, Gopal Das, Rajendra Keshari Samal and manager Dr Abhishek Pundir.
The All-India Inter-Zone Karate Championship is being followed by Sub-junior National Karate Championship at the same venue from December 2 to 4.
ODISHA MEDAL WINNERS:
GOLD: 1. Anupama Swain (Senior women 55kg kumite), 2. Saloni Lenka (Senior women 68kg kumite), 3-4. Ritesh Ray (Both senior and u-21 men 84kg kumite), 5. Suman Sekhar Das (Senior men 75kg kumite), 6. Bratati Biswaprava Pati (U-21 women 50kg kumite), 7. Madhupriya Bai (Cadet women kata), 8. Ritesh Mohanty (Cadet men 57kg kumite), 9. Senior women team kata (Valena Valentina, Suromita Sinha, Afifa Parwez), 10. Junior men team kata (Jyoti Ranjan Rout, Bedanta Das, Subham Samal).
SILVER: 1. Sindhu Tanaya Khuntia (Senior women 50kg kumite), 2. Debasmita Dalabehera (U-21 women 68kg kumite), 3. Bedanta Das (Cadet men kata), 4. Suromita Sinha (Cadet woman kata), 5. Subhkanta Biswal (Junior men 70kg kumite).
BRONZE: 1. Valena Valentina (Senior women kata), 2. D Bhagaban Reddy (Senior men 55kg kumite), 3. Bratati Biswaprava Pati (Senior men 50kg kumite), 4. Anuradha Patra (Senior women 68kg kumite), 5. Deepti Namdeo (Cadet women 40kg kumite), 6. Jyoti Ranjan Rout (Junior men kata), 7. Afifa Parwez (U-21 women kata), 8. Senior men team kata (Mahesh Dora, Krishna Shikari, Tushar Biswal, Rajani Bishi).
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PHOTO: Odisha karatekas pose with their medals at the All-India Inter-Zone Championship in New Delhi on 2 December 2022.