DESCRIPTION:
* Odisha Olympic Association (OOA) on Saturday announced a 196-member contingent, including 158 sportspersons and 38 officials for participation in the National Games.
* Odisha would compete in 15 disciplines (aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, canoeing-kayaking, cycling, football (women), gymnastic, hockey, kho-kho, rowing, rugby 7s, shooting, weightlifting and yachting.
* Odisha had finished 17th, bagging 12 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze) in the 34th National Games, held in Jharkhand from February 12 to 26, 2011.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL GAMES:
* The National Games of India is a sporting event held in India.
* It comprises various disciplines in which sportsmen from the different states of India participate against each other.
* It was in 1924, in erstwhile Punjab, that the Indian chapter of the Olympic movement was born.
* The founder was GD Sondhi, the first Secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association.
* The same year, the country`s first Olympic Games, now christened as National Games, were organised in Lahore, the then capital of undivided Punjab.
* The city of Lucknow hosted the National Games in its first post-independence avatar.
* The duration and the regulations of the National Games are entirely within the jurisdiction of the Indian Olympic Association.
* Although the periodicity of National Games is two years it is not allowed to coincide with the years scheduled for the conduct of Olympic Games and Asian Games.
LIST OF NATIONAL GAMES:
Indian Olympic Games:
1st 1924 Lahore
2nd 1926 Lahore
3rd 1928 Lahore
4th 1930 Allahabad
5th 1932 Madras
6th 1934 New Delhi
7th 1936 Lahore
8th 1938 Calcutta
National Games:
9th 1940 Bombay
10th 1942 Patiala
11th 1944 Lahore
12th 1946 Lahore
13th 1948 Lucknow
14th 1952 Madras
15th 1953 Jabalpur
16th 1954 Delhi
17th 1956 Patiala
18th 1958 Cuttack
19th 1960 Delhi
20th 1962 Jabalpur
21st 1964 Calcutta
22nd 1966 Bangalore
23rd 1968 Madras
24th 1970 Cuttack
25th 1979 Hyderabad
National Games (New Format):
26th 1985 Delhi
27th 1987 Kerala
28th 1994 Maharashtra
29th 1997 Karnataka
30th 1999 Manipur
31st 2001 Punjab
32nd 2002 Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam
33rd 2007 Guwahati
34th 2011 Ranchi
35th 2015 Kerala
Future National Games
36th 2016 Goa
37th 2017 Raipur
38th 2018 Uttarakhand
ODISHA CONTINGENT:
ARCHERY: Ranjit Naik (Male). Coach-cum-manager: Rajesh Hasdak
ATHLETICS: Dutee Chand, Jauna Murmu, KR Meghana, Parbati Sethi, Purnima Hembram, Srabani Nanda (all female); Amiya Kumar Mallick, Vikash Lathyan (both male). Coach: Subhasmita Rath, Manager: Chitta Ranjan Mohapatra.
BOXING: Gayatree Singh, Swarnasikha Biswal (both female); Abdul Rahman, N Ganesh Patra, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak (all male). Coach: Anjan Das, Manager: Dillip Swain
CANOE & KAYAKING: Elina Rout, Manaswini Swain, Rashmirekha Lenka, Sarojini Toppo (all female). Coach-cum-manager: Prasanta Das.
FOOTBALL (Women): Alochana Senapati, Jabamani Soren, Lochana Munda, Manisa Panna, Manisa Tirkey, Menaka Malik, Nandini Munda, Parbati Kujur, Pinky Bompal Magar, Pyari Xaxa, Rachita Malik, Sakina Nisha, Sasmita Malik, Sinulata Sahoo, Sita Sharma, Subhaprabha Rout, Suprava Samal, Supriya Routray, Tikina Samal. Coaches: Gitanjali Khuntia, Ranjita Mohanty, Sradhanjali Samantaray; Physiotherapist: Somu Mallick; Manager: Sangeeta Sharma.
GYMNASTICS: Rakesh Mohanty, Saurav Kumar Mohanty (Male). Coach-cum-manager: Dinesh Kumar Mohanty.
HOCKEY (Men): Alok Barla, Arbin Barla, Azam Baig, Deepak Kishore Ekka, Deepanshu Bhargav, Dinesh Mann, Gurpratap Singh, Kunjan Toppo, Mahendra Kumawat, Mathias Minz, Mohammed Naeem, Mrinal Choubey, Navneet Swarnkar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Prakash Barla, Rajin Kandulna, SS Bundela, Usafur Rehman. Coach: Kalu Charan Choudhury, Manager: Pranab Kishore Pattnanik.
HOCKEY (Women): Ambika Toppo, Anita Ekka, Arati Reshma Toppo, Asmita Barla, Birajini Ekka, Jira Ekka, Sukum Kanti Barla, Manisha Sharma, Moully Yadav, Nilprojita Majhi, Pritimala Dung Dung, Priyanka Ekka, Rajkumari Ekka, Rashmita Minz, Reena Rathore, Seema Lakra, Surabhi Pradhan, Susmita Kujur. Coach: PK Sarangi. Manager: Anandini Darjee.
KHO-KHO (Men): Ajaya Kumar Swain, Akash Rana, Chinmaya Behera, Chinmaya Rout, Dhanuram Tudu, Jitendra Behera, Kalidas Soren, Manas Ranjan Behera, Manoranjan Das, Manoranjan Das, Ramachandra Behera, Shukul Hansda. Coach: CH Parthasarathi Mohapatra, Manager: Pradyumna Mishra.
KHO-KHO (Women): Dalimba Majhi, Madhusmita Ojha, Mamita jani, Mandakini Majhi, Priyanka Singh, Puspa Marqandi, Sabila Khatun, Sagarika Pradhan, Sasmita Nathsharma, Sasmita Patra, Sujata Mallik, Sunita Nayak. Coach: Kalandi Charan Rout, Manager: Minati Pattnaik.
ROWING: Alma Lakra, Amusana Devi, Ashmita Kujur, Manisha Kispotta, Manjula Xess, Meena Madhuri Toppo, Monika Devi, Pratima Puhan, Pricila Baxla, Sanjukta Dung Dung (all female); Chandra Sekhar Sahoo, Gokulananda Naik, Manoranjan Sahoo, Soumya Ranjan Baral, Subhendu Kumar Jena. Official: Nirod Chandra Panda, Coach: Jose Jacob, Manager: Martin Kujur.
RUGBY 7S (Men): Bikrant Kumar Rauta, Gouranga Jamuda, Gyanaranjan Prusty, Muna Murmu, Niranjan Biswal, Rajeev Kumar Nath, Rajkishore Murmu, Ratnakar Hembram, Roshan Xaxa, Shanawaz Ahmed, Sunil Hembram, Surendra Jena. Physiotherapist: Kishore Kumar Lenka, Coach: Manas Kumar Jena, Manager: Sridhar Mahalik.
RUGBY 7S (Women): Amita Sethi, Bhagyalaxmi Barik, Buduni Laguri, Gitanjali Jena, Hiramani Soren, Hupi Majhi, Laxmipriya Sahu, Meenarani Hembram, Pragnya Paramita Garabadu, Sanjukta Munda, Saraswati Hansda, Sujata Pradhan. Physiotherapist: Dhiren Kumar Rout, Coach: Upendra Mohanty, Manager: Rudrakesh Jena.
SHOOTING: Gouri Mohanty, Lipsa Sethi, Shriyanka Sadangi (all female); Arimardan Shahi, Ashish Nayak, Balabhadra Nayak, Balabhadra Das, Bhabani Prasad Haiburu, Debasish Rout, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Nigam Prasad Parida (Male). Coach-cum-manager: Sandeep Mohanty.
SWIMMING: Anju Parida, Rounde Tudu (both female); Sayantan Sattwik, Sonu Patel (both male). Coach: Surendra Kumar Naik, Manager: Dilawar Hossain.
WEIGHTLIFTING: Minati Sethi, Susila Majhi, Swarupa Swain (all female); Susant Sahu (male). Coach: Jagnya Narayan Nanda, Manager: Chitta Ranjan Swain.
YACHTING: Bikram Mohapatra (Male)
Chef-de-mission: Adhip Das; Deputy chef-de-mission: Dibakar Mohanty, Rabi Nayak; Office secretary: Prabodha Kumar Mohanty.