A 16-member Taekwondo team from Odisha on Tuesday left for Amritsar to take part in the Open International Taekwondo Championship-2017.
The tournament is scheduled to be held between May 19 and 21.
The team will represent the state in different categories.
Sub-Junior Category – Abinash Batal and Rajat Kumar
Cadet Category – Jee Zhang Liew, Sudam Sahu and Subhashree Panda
Junior Category – Swastik Kanungo, Dhiren Sahu and Abhiseik Batal
Senior- Tapan Kumar Prusti, Jitendra Oram, Manash Ranjan Barik, Jagannath Tudu and Binay Kumar Barik
Women – Mausumi Das
Officials – Sudipta Nanda and Manoj Kumar Patnaik (Manager) and Praful Samant (Coach)
Countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand are slated to take part in the Championship.
Ms Kalinga