A 30-member Odisha squad bagged a total of eight medals in the All India U-21 and Senior Karate Championship, which concluded in Dehradun, Uttarakhand today. The eight medals featured one gold two silver and five bronze. Odisha secured one gold, one silver and two bronze medals on February 18 and one silver and three bronze today.
Valena Valentina justified her reputation as the best woman karateka of the State, capturing gold medal in senior women team kata and silver medal in individual kata. Suman Sekhar Das was another multiple medallist of the Odisha squad.