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Odisha bagged five medals in wushu, kho-kho and weightlifting on the fifth day of the 38th National Games at different places in Uttarakhand today. The five medals featured one gold, three silver and one bronze. With these five medals, the total number of medals for Odisha became 14, which include four gold, three silver and seven bronze.
Wushu athlete Babulu Munda made Odisha proud as he clinched the gold medal in mens 48kg sanda event at Kanchenjunga Hall in Dehradun. He defeated Dhruv of Haryana in the final 50-14. Woman wush international Manju Munda secured silver medal in sanda women 45kg category, losing to Twinkle Bhandari of Madhya Pradesh 27-60 in the final bout.
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Odisha secured the other two silver medals in kho-kho, losing to Maharashtra in both the finals, which were keenly-contested affairs. Odisha women team lost 28-31, while their men side went down 26-32 at Mahaskhand Khel Parisar in Haldwani.
Weightlifter Suresh Kumar Yadav claimed the lone bronze medal of the day for Odisha in mens 96kg category with a total lift of 312kg at Monal Hall in Haldwani. He lifted 139kg in snatch and 173kg in clean & jerk.
ODISHA WOMEN KHO-KHO TEAM (Silver medal): Pratima Dey, Sasmita Nathasharma, Archana Pradhan, Magai Majhi, Archana Majhi, Ranjita Barik, Subhashree Sing, Kshanaprava Nayak, Champa Majhi, Rupali Pradhan, Madhusmita Ojha, Asha Marandi, Smaranika Sahoo, Ananya Pradhan, Lisarani Raita.
ODISHA MEN KHO-KHO TEAM (Silver medal): T Jagannath Das, Debendra Nath, T Balaram Das, Niranjan Samal, Siddheswar Tudu, Deepak Kumar Sahoo, Pabani Sabar, Arjun Singh, Bharat Kumar Pradhan, Jagannath Murmu, Suresh Sethi, Teppala Sankar, Sunil Patra, Vishal Oram, Santosh Kumar Pradhan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PICS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP: Odisha wushu athlete Babulu Munda poses with his gold medal at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on 1 February 2025. RIGHT: Odisha women kho-kho team celebrates after bagging the silver medal in Haldwani on 1 February 2025.
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