Rayagada sports persons brought laurels from National Muaythai Championship

Badal Tah,Odishabarta

Rayagada, June 2: A 20 members team (15 Muaythai Atheletes and 5 Officials) have represented the Odisha State successfully under the banner of Odisha Muaythai (Thai Boxing) Union; out of the selected talents from 11th Odisha State Muaythai Championship 2023 which was held on 13th & 14th May at GCD High School Ground Rayagada. International Federation of Muaythai Associations (under International Olympic Committee) associated Indian Organization United Muaythai Association India has arranged the UMAI NATIONAL MUAYTHAI CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 at EVP Film City, Chennai from 25th to 30th May 2023.

From Rayagada, Sushil Kumar Majhi got medal, Parameswar Majhi a silver, Sunil Dishari a bronze medal. The Team was led by Technical Official Chandra Sekhar Bahuk, Team Coach Laxman Nayak, Team Manager Sameer Sarangi & Umesh Nayak.

After the grand success of theTeam, they were welcomed through a program arranged by Arts Temple at Rayagada Railway Station where Dr. BLN Prusty as Chief Guest, Dr. VLN Raju as Guest of Honour and others attended namely Dr. Mamata Sahu, District Sports Officer Sekh Alinur, State Union Hony General Secretary Dr. Gyana Ranjan Mohanty, Jyoti Prakash Shoren, Shyamand Maharana, Satish Kumar Ladi, Pramila Kumari Mohapatra, Ashok Dash, Jagat Kumar Satpathy, Itishree Mishra & Bimal Kumar Parida.  They felicitated the Team Members with bouquets and Trophies.

For this great achievement of Odisha Team; the State President Rabi Narayana Panda, State Jt Secretary Dr. Subhranshu Sekhar Mahapatra, Rayagada Muaythai Organising Committee President J. Rajeswar Rao Patnaik, Vice President – Rajendra Prasad Bhoi, Himanshu Bhusan Das, Technical Secretary Sanjay Kumar Kishan, Technical Director Gaurab Sai, Technical Committee Members Suraj Pujahari, Saroj Nayak, Sudhir Barik, Rupesh Adhikari, Debasish Pradhan, Dibyaranjan Barad, Sarat Kumar Dalai, Ranjit Pani, Sachin Mahanta, MD Nuruddin, Saroj Pattnaik, Chitta Sahu, Anil Bala, UAIL PRO Pitambar Behera, JK Paper Ltd PRO Milan Lenka and IMFA PRO have extended their good wishes to each and every member of the team and union.