Orissa Rifle Association (ORA) today announced a 35-member State squad for the 30th All-India G V Mavalankar Pre-National Shooting Championship, which is scheduled to be held at in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 10 to 30 October 2021. The squad features 25 men and 10 women shooters.
Among the Odisha shooters, 24 would compete in air rifle section and 11 in pistol category. The squad would leave for Ahmedabad on October 8, accompanied by coach-cum-team manager, Ashish Nayak.
ODISHA SQUAD:
.177 Peep Sight Air Rifle (NR): Dibya Ranjan Giri, Prisha Das, Nishikanta Kar, Sarvansh Mishra, Amrutanshu Mohapatra, Bishwa Bardhan Nayak, Deeptesh Kumar Rout, Avnish Patnaik, P Sai Laxmi, Biswajit Bhuyan, Satyam Shivam Tripathy, Lipsa Bhola, Ansesh Patnaik, Manyata Singh, Sanchita Hansda, Ananya Bakshi, Pitabas Behera, Atish Kumar Naik, Shivangi Meher, Abhishek Das, Vineet Das, Rohan Choudhury, Sumaan Sekhar Nayak, Binita Pattnayak.
Air Pistol (NR) Championship: Rajendra Nath Majhi, Dilip Kumar Padhi, Shrestha Sharma, Gulshan Kumar Mishra, Pratip Das, Gourab Bagh, Arbind Nayak, Anwesha Patra, Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan, Sobhakanta Das, Abhishek Sharma.