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A 62-member Orissa squad finished overall third with a total of 35 medals in the 23rd East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, which concluded at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata today. The medals included 11 gold, five silver and 19 bronze.
Host West Bengal emerged overall champions with 112 medals (48 gold, 40 silver, 24 bronze), while Jharkhand settled as runners-up, garnering 45 medals (14 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze). Among Orissa athletes, Rajat Kumar Mohanty and Dutee Chand completed a double each in boys 18 and girls 16 groups respectively.
ORISSA MEDAL WINNERS:
GOLD: 1. Rajat Kumar Mohanty (Boys-18, shot put, 13.59m), 2. Jambeswar Panda (B-14, shot put, 13.17m), 3. Rajeswari Bhoi (G-16, 100m hurdles, 17.2 sec), 4. Chinmayee Ranjan Jena (B-18, Javelin, 57.50m), 5. Anand Kumar Majhi (B-18, 110m hurdles, 14.4s), 6. Sekunta Kullu (G-16, Long jump, 5.09m), 7. Duttee Chand (G-16, 200m sprint, 25.1s), 8. Girls-16 Medlay relay (Duttee Chand, Sekunta Kullu, Rajeswari Bhoi, Subhadra Das), 9. Sibaji Das (B-20, discus throw, 38.97m), 10. Rajat Kumar Mohanty (B-18, discus throw, 43.76m), 11. Dutee Chand (G-16, 100m sprint, 12.1sec).
SILVER: 1. Bonita Lakra (Girls-18, long jump, 5.39m), 2. Soumya Ranjan Das (B-20, 110m hurdles, 15.1s), 3. Girls-18 Medlay relay (Sumi Oram, Bonita Lakra, Anjali Sardar, Madhusmita Giri), 4. Dhiren Kumar Kadraka (B-18, triple jump, 13.13m), 5. Anil Kumar Das (B-20, 400m hurdles, 51.8s).
BRONZE: 1. Dhiren Kadraka (Boys-18, long jump, 6.52m), 2. Mousmi Lakra (Girls-18 3000m, 13:36.0s), 3. Dulari Kisko (G-20, 400m), 4. Bagmeeshree (G-16, discus, 23.27m), 5. Subash Xess (B-16, long jump, 6.28m), 6. Anil Kumar Das (B-20, 110m hurdles, 15.3s), 7. Chatanya Prasad Tudu (B-20, 1500m run, 4:10.9s), 8. Sumi Oram (G-18, 100m hurdles, 16.6s), 9. Sairendri Nag (G-20, 100m hurdles, 20.1s), 10. Suraj Kumar Bahadur (B-18, 110m hurdles, 15.0s, 11), Chandan Murmu (B-18, 200m sprint, 23.2s), 12. Boys-18 Medlay relay (Chanmdan Murmu, Simon Tirkey, Sanjeeb Nag, Debal Murmu), 13. Sairendri Nag (G-20, 400m hurdles, 1:14.6s), 14. Biswanath Sahu (B-18, 10,000m race walk, 59:46.3s), 15. Rajendra Parida (B-20, 800m run, 1:57.5s), 16. Madhusmita Giri (G-18, 400m hurdles 1:14.8s), 17. Sekunta Kullu (G-16, 100m spriny, 12.9s), 18. Dibal Murmu (B-18, 100m sprint,11.3s), 19. Boys-16 medlay relay (Chaitanya Prasad Murmu, Champa Tirkey, Suresh Lakra, Susanta Lakra).
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PHOTO: Gold winning Orissa athletes (L to R) Anand Majhi, C R Jena, Dutee Chand, Rajeswari Bhoi and Sekunta Kullu in Kolkata on August 2, 2011.
