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A 22-member Odisha squad, including 11 girls, bagged seven medals in the 11th Youth, 52nd Junior Men and 28th Junior Women National Weightlifting Championships, which was held at Patna (Bihar) from February 22 to 26. Medals included two gold, two silver and three bronze.
Khurda girl Jhilli Dalabehera was most successful lifter, bagging two gold and one silver in 48kg weight category. She grabbed the two yellow metals in clean & jerk and total categories with efforts of 79kg and 139kg respectively. She added the silver in snatch with a lift of 60kg.
Bapuji Biswal of Dhenkanal claimed one silver 69kg junior men clean & jerk category with a lift of 141kg. Nrusingha Satpathy (Berhampur) one bronze each in +105kg junior men event, lifting 110kg in snatch and 250kg in total. Bhabani Toika (Khurda) grabbed one bronze 63kg youth girls category with an effort of 85kg in clean & jerk. Odisha squad was accompanied by three coaches, two managers and two referees.
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ODISHA SQUAD:
Girls: Jyoti Badamundi, Jhili Dalabehera, Bhabani Toika, Debaki Khilo, Shantilata Naik, Tukuni Badamundi, Puja Sabat, Shanti Kabashi, Sambari Samad, Banita Ghadei, Roshani Tandi.
Boys: Bhaktaram Desti, Bidyadhar Sahu, Sushant Kumar Hembram, Rajendra Muduli, Brundaban Dami, Sumanta Sethy, Mihir Kanta Sethy, Suvam Panchal, Bapuji Biswal, Shibaram Sahu, Narasingha Satpathy.
Coaches: Jagnya Narayan Nanda, Prasad Mohanty, Jagannath Nayak. Managers: Janaki Ballav Mishra, Rakesh Jena. Referees: Narayan Sahu, Ramesh Chandra Padhy.
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TOP: Odisha medallist Jhili Dalabehera with her medals in Patna on Feb 22, 2016.
RIGHT: Odisha squad pose before leaving for the National Championship.
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