Samartha, Gaurav steal show

Samartha Prusty and Gaurav Behera, both students of St Xavier School (Khandagiri), stole the show by securing five out of 10 titles in the 20th Bhubaneswar District Table Tennis Championship which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here yesterday. Samartha clinched a treble by emerging champion in girls` sub-junior, junior and women`s singles. Gaurav won boys` sub-junior and junior crowns to complete a double. Altogether 270 paddlers took part in the two-day championship, which was conducted by Bhubaneswar Table Tennis Associationl. State Agriculture Secretary U P Singh gave away prizes at the closing function. Results (all finals): Mini cadet girls: Ankita Senapati bt Suryasmita Aparajita 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5) Mini cadet boys: Satya Sundar Bhuyan bt Kisan Prusty 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 14-12, 11-4) Cadet girls: Anjali Agarwal bt Ankita Senapati 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-9) Cadet boys: Ajitabh Kalta bt Sarthak Mishra 4-2 (8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9) Sub-junior girls: Samartha Prusty bt Soumya Mishra 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-1) Sub-junior boys: Gourav Behera bt Ajitabh Kalta 4-0 (11-6, 13-11, 11-5, 11-5) Junior girls: Samartha Prusty bt Soumya Mishra 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-7) Junior boys: Gourav Behera bt Ajitabh Kalta 4-1 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9) Women: Samartha Prusty bt Soumya Mishra 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-3) Men: Siddhartha Patnaik bt M Ravana 4-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8)

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