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Odisha girls clinched the title by pulling off a massive upset beating defending champion Maharashtra in a close encounter 34-31 in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar Kho-kho competition at the BIPARD Sports Complex here on Friday.
Maharashtra, however, maintained its dominance in the boys' final and beat Odisha 34-25.
The girls' final was fiercely contested but, led by an outstanding performance by Samarnika Sahu who scored 12 points, Odisha emerged victorious.
This win marked redemption for Odisha, who had to settle for silver in 2024 edition in Tamil Nadu. This time, the team wrote a new chapter in Odisha's sports history...