Amiya Kumar Pradhan, Bikash Haripal, Nabin Sharma, Shubhrant Patra, Pratyasa Ray, Shristi Upadhyaya and Purnima Naik bagged multiple gold medals on the opening day of the 62nd State Seniors Swimming Championship at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar today.
The two-day event is being jointly organised by the Odisha State Swimming Association and the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha. The State championship will be the basis for selection of Odisha squad for the National Seniors Aquatic Championship, scheduled to be held in Guwahati from 7 September to 10 September 2022.
A total of 128 senior swimmers (97 men and 31 women) across 13 districts are participating in this championship, supported by 50 technical officials and volunteers.
RESULTS:
MEN: 1500m Freestyle: 1. Manojit Roy (Cuttack), 2. Raiguru Suryansh Mahapatra (Bhubaneswar), 3. Saswat Swarup Behiha (Sambalpur). 100m Breast Stroke: 1. Amiya Kumar Pradhan (Sambalpur), 2. Hitesh Maharana (Sambalpur), 3. Tanu Suna (Bargarh). 50m Back Stroke: 1. Jadu Budek (Bargarh), 2. Nabin Sharma (Bargarh), 3. Anmol Mohanty (Cuttack). 50m Butterfly (Para): 1. Dinesh Kumar (Balangir), 2. Sumeet Kumarardand (Sambalpur), 3. Purna Chandra Sethi (Ganjam). 100m Butterfly: 1. Shubhrant Patra (Ganjam), 2. Jadu Budek (Bargarh), 3. Bikash Haripal (Bargarh). 50m Freestyle: 1. Shubhrant Patra (Ganjam), 2. Jadu Budek (Bargarh), 3. Anshuman Merli (Sambalpur). 50m Breast Stroke (Para): 1. Dinesh Kumar (Balangir), 2. Sumeet Kumar Panda (Sambalpur). 400m Freestyle: 1. Bikash Haripal (Bargarh), 2. Anshuman Vashist (Bhubaneswar), 3. Manojit Roy (Cuttack). 200m Back Stroke: 1. Nabin Sharma (Bargarh), 2. Anmol Mohanty (Cuttack), 3. Piyush Thakur (Sambalpur). 50m Back Stroke (Para): 1. Sumeet Kumar Panda (Sambalpur), 2. Dinesh Mohan Majhi (?), 3. Purna Chandra Sethi (Ganjam). 200m Butterfly: 1. Shubhrant Patra (Ganjam), 2. Anshuman Vashist (Bhubaneswar), 3. Sahil Majhi (KIIT & KISS). 200m Breast Stroke: 1. Hitesh Maharana (Sambalpur), 2. Yajat Gupta (Bhubaneswar), 3. Tanu Suna (Bargarh). 50m Freestyle (Para): 1. Dinesh Mohan Majhi, 2. Sumeet Kumar Panda (Sambalpur), 3. Purna Chandra Sethi (Ganjam). 200m Freestyle: 1. Bikash Haripal (Bargarh), 2. Anshuman Vashist (Bhubaneswar), 3. Anshuman Merli (Sambalpur). 200m Individual Medley: 1. Nabin Sharma (Bargarh), 2. Amiya Kumar Pradhan (Sambalpur), 3. Anmol Mohanty (Cuttack).
WOMEN: 1500m Freestyle: 1. Divyanka Pradhan (Bhubaneswar), 2. Purnima Naik (Boudh), 3. Punyatoya Behera (Boudh). 100m Breast Stroke: 1. Mannata Mishra (Bhubaneswar), 2. Arpita Sahu (Sambalpur), 3. Mahika Mahakur (Sambalpur). 50m Back Stroke: 1. Pratyasa Ray (Bhubaneswar), 2. Prachi Bharadwaj Padhi (Bhubaneswar), 3. Mahika Mahakur (Sambalpur). 50m Butterfly (Para): 1. Purnima Naik (Boudh), 2. Smruti Sethi (Boudh). 100m Butterfly: 1. Shristi Upadhyaya (Bhubaneswar), 2. Divyanka Pradhan (Bhubaneswar), 3. Akankshya Nayak (Bhubaneswar). 50m Freestyle: 1. Shristi Upadhyaya (Bhubaneswar), 2. Anshika Aradhana Sahoo (Bhubaneswar), 3. Addyasha Mishra (Bhubaneswar). 50m Breast Stroke (Para): 1. Purnima Naik (Boudh). 400m Freestyle: 1. Vadra Satpathy (Bhubaneswar), 2. Divyanka Pradhan (Bhubaneswar), 3. Anshika Aradhana Sahoo (Bhubaneswar). 200m Back Stroke: 1. Pratyasa Ray (Bhubaneswar), 2. Prachi Bharadwaj Padhi (Bhubaneswar), 3. Nayantara Karthikeyan (Bhubaneswar). 50m Back Stroke (Para): 1. Purnima Naik (Boudh), 2. Smruti Sethi (Boudh). 200m Butterfly: 1. Shristi Upadhyaya (Bhubaneswar). 200m Breast Stroke: 1. Mannata Mishra (Bhubaneswar), 2. Arpita Sahu (Sambalpur), 3. Aanchal Bag (Sambalpur). 50m Freestyle (Para): 1. 1. Purnima Naik (Boudh), 2. Smruti Sethi (Boudh). 200m Freestyle: 1. Anshika Aradhana Sahoo (Bhubaneswar), 2. Vadra Satpathy (Bhubaneswar), 3. Addyasha Mishra (Bhubaneswar). 200m Individual Medley: 1. Shristi Upadhyaya (Bhubaneswar), 2. Pratyasa Ray (Bhubaneswar), 3. Mahika Mahakur (Sambalpur).
MIXED: 4x50m Mix Medley Relay: 1. Bhubaneswar, 2. Sambalpur, 3. KIIT & KISS.
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PHOTO: Woman international Pratyasa Ray poses with her gold medal at the 62nd State Seniors Swimming Championship in Bhubaneswar on 23 August 2022.