Orissa has finished overall third by bagging 19 medals in the National Muaythai Championship, which was held at Hyderabad from August 5 to 7.
Medals included four gold, six silver and nine bronze, All Orissa Muaythai Association secretary Bibhuti Bhusan Behera informed mediapersons today. Manipur emerged overall champions, while Nagaland finished runners-up.

Orissa medal winners:
Gold: Sangramjeet Swain, Chinmay Samantaray, Gagan Bihari Singh, Swarna Sikha Biswal.
Silver: Dillip Kumar Sahu, Manas Ranjan Soren, Om Prakash Mallik, Ansuman Behera, Swarna Sikha Biswal, Bibharani Patra.
Bronze: Lokanath Swain, Abhisek Biswal, Ranjit Barik, Debasish Sahoo, Aditya Palai, Sachikanta Saha, Biswa Ranjan Patalsingh, Bisnupriya Patalsingh, Sovan Das.
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PHOTO: Medal winners and officials of Orissa squad at the National Muaythai Championship in Hyderabad on August 7, 2011.