DESCRIPTION:
* Odisha Powerlifting Association (OPA) will field a 23-member state squad in this championship.
* OPA secretary Chitta Ranjan Swain hopes that the squad will regain the overall trophy it had bagged in 2012.
ODISHA SQUAD:
Men: Sudam Sahu, Somarendra Mohanta, Basanta Malika, Amit Thapa, Pradeep Kumar Patra, Samarendra Routray, Govind Jena, Roo Narayan Singh, Kondagori Dora, Rakesh Kumar Satpathy, Lohit Kishore Bal, Rajesh Srivastav, Gangadhar Bisoi, Sanjay Kumar Nayak, Tarandeep Singh, Sakti Ranjan Barik.
Women: Laxmimani Singh, Anupama Swain, Debi Singh, Chandrabadani Mohanta, Krishna Kumari Mallik, Priyadarshini Bisoi, Geetarani Sasmal.
Manager: Chinni Monika, Coach: Satyabrata Behera.