South Asian Championship: Odisha karatekas clinch 3 medals

Odisha karatekas performed brilliantly to win as many as three medals including one silver and two bronze in the recently-concluded South Asian Karate Championship in Colombo.

While Divya Prasad Nayak bagged silver medal in Men’s over 76 kg fighting category, the bronze medals were won by Trilochan Rana and Anshuman Acharya.

Trilochan and Anshuman secured third positions in the Men’s 50 kg fighting Men’s 70 kg fighting categories, respectively.

India clinched the top spot at the 9th South Asian Karate Championship 2025, winning 23 gold, 24 silver and 12 bronze medals. The championship was held in Sri Lanka capital Colombo.

Nepal won the second position, winning 21 gold, 9 silver and 20 bronze medals, while host Sri Lanka secured 3rd position with  16 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze medals.

Bangladesh won 3 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze medals to finish fourth, while Pakistan won 1 silver and 7 bronze medals and finished fifth. Bhutan finished at the bottom with 1 silver and one bronze medal.