A seven-member Odisha squad bagged a total of nine medals in the Sub-junior National Powerlifting Championship, held at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu from June 2 to 6. The medals included five gold and two silver in unequipped category and one gold and one bronze in equipped category.
In the unequipped category, Droupadi Singh and Debi Singh claimed a gold each girls` 43kg and 52kg respectively, while the other three yellow metals were grabbed by Bidyadhar Singh, Sumit Kumar Sahu and Sangram Behera in boys` 59kg, 66kg and 83kg categories respectively.