Puri asserted supremacy, bagging 19 gold and four silver medals in the Odisha State U-15 & U-23 Freeestyle Wrestling Championship, which was held at the Club House, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. Cuttack finished overall second with 10 gold and 14 silver medals.

Out of a total of 31 gold medals, the remaining two were shared by Khurda and Sambalpur. Around 100 young wrestlers participated in the championship, which offered a a total of 64 medals.

Odisha Wrestling Association organised the day-long championship, in association with the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha.

RESULTS:

U-15 BOYS: 38kg: 1. G Kiran (Puri), 2. Rohit Samal (Cuttack). 41kg: 1. Subham Sahoo (Puri), 2. Rudra Prakash Sethi (Cuttack). 44kg: 1. Debasish Panigrahi (Puri), 2. Ritu Prasad Naik (Cuttack). 48kg: 1. Aryan Sahoo (Puri), 2. Subrabanta Sethi (Cuttack). 52kg: 1. Sambit Sahoo (Puri), 2. Sai Prasad Samal (Cuttack). 57kg: 1. Pravas Ranjan Pradhan (Puri), 2. Sk Sahid Salim (Cuttack). 62kg: 1. Krushna Chandra Panda (Puri), 2. Rudransh Mahapatra (Cuttack). 68kg: 1. Aditya Amlan Rout (Khurda), 2. Om Biswal (Cuttack).

U-15 GIRLS: 33kg: 1. Pritishree Parida (Puri). 36kg: Subhalaxmi Pal (Cuttack), 2. Meghalin Pradhan (Ganjam). 39kg: 1. Jyoti Sethi (Cuttack), 2. Prachi Prangya Soren (Sambalpur). 42kg: 1. Puja Sethi (Cuttack), 2. Rupali Mohanty (Puri). 46kg: 1. Arnapurna Nayak (Cuttack), 2. Bijayshree Pradhan (Ganjam). 50kg: 1. Sradhashree Upadhyaya (Puri). 54kg: 1. Sonia Nayak (Cuttack), 2. Madhupriya Bai (Khurda). 58kg: 1. Chandini Begum (Cuttack), 2. Pratikshya Baral (Sambalpur).

U-23 BOYS: 57kg: 1. Bapi Das (Puri), 2. Satya Prakash Behera (Cuttack). 61kg: 1. Sadasiba Barik (Puri), 2. Nishit Ranjan Nayak (Cuttack). 65kg: 1. Pabitra Sahoo (Puri), 2. Abhisek Guru (Cuttack). 70kg: 1. Kanhu Charan Swain (Sambalpur), 2. Salman Padhi (Puri). 74kg: 1. Kiran Dalai (Puri). 79kg: 1. Rudra Narayan Mahapatra (Puri), 2. Suraj Choudhury (Cuttack). 86kg: 1. Badal Samal (Cuttack), 2. Radhesyam Sahoo (Puri). 92kg: 1. Sudarsan Dixit (Puri), 2. Amit Kumar Mohanty (Bhadrak).

U-23 GIRLS: 50kg: 1. Supriya Mahapatra (Puri), 2. Banita Patra (Cuttack). 53kg: 1. Alokrashmi Guru (Puri), 2. Snigdharani Bhaji (Sambalpur). 55kg: 1. Rosalin Pal (Cuttack), 2. Fiza Mohanty (Puri). 59kg: 1. Beauty Samal (Cuttack). 62kg: 1. Dibyajyoti Nayak (Puri). 65kg: 1. Mitali Nayak (Cuttack). 68kg: 1. Puja Maharana (Puri), 2. Jyoti Barik (Cuttack).
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PHOTO: Medal winners with guests and officials at the medal presentation ceremony of the Odisha State U-15 & U-23 Wrestling Championship in Cuttack on 6 May 2022.