Amrit Mohanty and Abinash Tripathi with SOA founder president Prof (Dr) Manojranjan Nayak.
Bhubaneswar: Amrit Mohanty of SOA Deemed to be University won the singles men’s badminton event in the first Odisha Inter University Competition (Games and Sports) held at Baripada on Sunday.
Mohanty, a first year student of Computer Science in SOA, defeated his rival from Fakir Mohan University 15-21, 16-21 in the final. He had earlier demolished his other opponents in straight games as well on his way to the final.
The champion was presented a cash award of Rs 30,000 and a trophy.
Abinash Tripathy, another SOA student, finished runner-up in the table tennis men’s singles event losing 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11 to his opponent in the final. He received a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a trophy.
Besides badminton and table tennis, the other events included basketball, volleyball, cricket, chess, football, kabaddi and carrom.
SOA’s founder president Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak, dean (Students’ Welfare) Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das and sports officer Sunita Barma have congratulated the two students for their excellent show.
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