As many as 65 competitors bagged honours in the two-day Odisha State Wrestling Championship, which concluded at the Barabati Stadium Club House in Cuttack today. Around 150 wrestlers, including 60 women, participated in the championship, which was organised by Odisha Wrestling Association (OWA).

The wrestlers represented affiliated districts Cuttack, Puri, Dhenkanal, Khordha, Sambalpur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Postal Department and non-affiliated districts Ganjam, Jajpur and Kandhamal.

The championship was inaugurated by Odisha Olympic Association secretary Avijit Paul, while Odisha Athletics Association secretary Asirbad Behera graced the closing ceremony as chief guest. OWA president Ramachandra Padhi, secretary Kishor Behera and Cuttack District Sports Officer Rashmi Ranjan Samantaray were present on the occasion.

Successful competitors of the State Championship will represent Odisha in the Senior National Championship in Gonda, UP from 19-21 November 2021, Junior Beach National Championship in Hisar, Haryana on 1 and 2 November 2021 and Under-15 National Championship in Ranchi, Jharkhand from 15 to 17 December 2021.

RESULTS (All finals):

Senior Men: 57kg: 1. Prasanta Biswal (Postal), 2. Abhisek Sahoo (Puri). 61kg: 1. Janeswar Paikera (Puri), 2. Ajit Kumar Phuttan (Cuttack). 65kg: 1. Pratap Pradhan (Postal), 2. Prasanta Kumar Behera (Cuttack). 70kg: 1. Krushna Chandra Khuntia (Puri), 2. Sahil Sundar Behera (Dhenkanal). 74kg: 1. Kedar Dalai (Puri), 2. Arijeet Mallick (Cuttack). 86kg: 1. Shyam Sundar Mohapatra (Puri), 2. Niranjan Kanhar (Kandhamal). 92kg: 1. Arupananda Behera (Puri), 2. Soumya Ranjan Swain (Cuttack).

Senior Women: 50kg: 1. Anupama Swain (Khurda), 2. Subarna Naik (Cuttack). 53kg: 1. Alokrasmi Guru (Puri), 2. Rosalin Pal (Cuttack). 55kg: 1. Supriya Mohapatra (Puri), 2. Suprava Rout (Cuttack). 57kg: 1. Sibani Jena (Puri), 2. Banani Biswas (Sambalpur). 59kg: 1. Aziza Begum (by walk-over). 62kg: 1. Parbati Dalai (Puri), 2. Jyoti Barik (Cuttack). 65kg: 1. Tahera Khatun (Cuttack), 2. Ananya Senapati (Khurda). 68kg: 1. Manisha Behera (Cuttack), 2. Samheeta Pattnaik (Khurda).

Junior Women Beach: 50kg: 1. Banita Patra (Cuttack), 2. Jafril Choudhury (Sambalpur). 60kg: 1. Dibyajyoti Nayak (Puri), 2. Santoshini Nayak (Cuttack).

Junior Men Beach: 70kg: 1. Prasant Kumar (Puri) by walk-over. 80kg: 1. Jaya Narayan Mohasuar (Puri) by walk-over. 90kg: 1. Damodar Mohapatra (Puri) by walk-over.

U-15 Boys: 38kg: 1. Ratnakar Nayak (Puri), 2. Rohit Samal (Cuttack). 41kg: 1. Aryan Sahoo (Puri), 2. Anmol Patra (Ganjam). 44kg: 1. Debasis Panigrahi (Puri), 2. Akash Karra (Kandhamal). 48kg: 1. Rudra Prasad Panda (Puri), 2. Subrabanta Sethi (Cuttack). 52kg: 1. Sai Prasad Samal (Cuttack), 2. Abhijit Nayak (Dhenkanal). 57kg: 1. Pravash Ranjan Pradhan (Puri), 2. Sk Sahid Salim (Cuttack). 62kg: 1. Madhabananda Rana (Puri), 2. Ansuman Kar (Dhenkanal). 68kg: 1. Rudransh Mohapatra (Cuttack), 2. Laxmi Narayan Mohapatra (Puri).

U-15 Girls: 29-32kg: 1. Zohurun Nisha (Cuttack) by walk-over. 36kg: 1. Subhashree Pal (Cuttack), 2. Prachi Pragnya Soren (Sambalpur). 39kg: 1. Jyoti Sethi (Cuttack), 2. Rupali Mohanty (Puri). 42kg: 1. Annapurna Nayak (Cuttack) by walk-over. 46kg: 1. Puja Sethi (Cuttack), 2. Bharati Tandon (Sambalpur). 50kg: 1. Sonia Nayak (Cuttack), 2. Tanisha Jindal (Sambalpur). 54kg: 1. Anshika Jhunjhunwala (Sambalpur), 2. Sonam Mohapatra (Puri). 58kg: 1. Pratikshya Baral (Sambalpur) by walk-over.
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PHOTO: A viw of the prize-distribution ceremony in Cuttack on 20 October 2021.