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Orissa bagged eight medals in the 9th Federation Cup Junior Athletics Championship, which concluded at Lucknow today. Medals included two golds, three silvers and three bronzes.
On the third and final day, Dharmedhar Mahanta won the gold in boys’ 400 metre hurdles with a timing of 53.72 seconds. He also helped Orissa take the silver medal in boys’ 4x100 metre relay (43.19 seconds). Other three members of the relay quartet included Subhasis Nayak, Rabi Das and Rajendra Toppo.
Rabi Das completed Orissa’s tally with a bronze in 100 metre run, clocking 11.19 seconds.
