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A 65-member Odisha squad, featuring 31 boys and 34 girls, finished overall runners-up, bagging a total of 50 medals in the 24th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, which concluded at SAI Eastern Centre ground in Kolkata today. The medals included 21 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze.
Odisha`s Rahul Singh (Jharsuguad), Madhuchhanda Mishra (Cuttack) and Sekunta Kullu (Bhubaneswar) were adjudged best athletes in boys-14, girls-14 and girls-16 age groups respectively. Host West Bengal emerged overall champions in the three-day meet.
ODISHA MEDAL WINNERS:
GOLD: Prabhat Tirkey (Boys-16, 400m run), Ashman Sahu (Boys-18, long jump), Ambika B Saini (Girls-16, discus), Jambeswar Panda (Boys-16, shot put), Rahul Singh (Boys-16, long jump), Anand Majhi (Boys-20, 110m hurdles), Rajeswari Bhoi (Girls-18, 100m hurdles), Prabhat Tirkey, (Boys-16, 200m run), Chinmaya Ranjan Jena (Boys-18, javelin), Asman Sahu (Boys-18, triple jump), Sekunta Kullu (Girls-16, long jump), Subash Xess, (Boys-18, octathlon), Biswanath Sahu (Boys-18, 10km walk), Suresh Lakra (Boys-18, 1000m run), Sonia Pradhan (Boys-16, 100m run), Rajat Mohanty (Boys-18, discus), Madhuchhanda Mishra (Girls-14, 100m run), Rajeswari Bhoi (Girls-18, heptathlon), Sekunta Kullu (Girls-16, 100m run).
SILVER: Susmita Kullu (Girls-20, 3000m run), Manki Sundi (Boys-14, 600m run), Sushita Kishan (Girls-18, high jump), Akash Mishra, (Boys-16, shot put), Carmila Barla (Girls-14, shot put), Anil Kumar Das (Boys-20, 110m hurdles), Sumi Oram (Girls-18, 100m hurdles), Visal Kumar (Boys-18, javelin), Ambika B Saini (Girls-16, shot put), Sushita Kisan, Rajeswari Bhoi, Sumi Oram, Susma Toppo (Girls-18, medley relay), Sonia Pradhan, Prabhat Tirkey, Satyabrata Pradhan, Suresh Lakra (Boys-16, medlay relay), Damayanti Murmu (Girls-18, javelin), Madhusmita Giri (Girls-20, 400m hurdles), Champa Tirkey (Boys-18, 400m hurdles), Khirasindhu Dharua (Boys-20, 100m run), Rahul Singh (Boys-14, 100m run), Sushita Kisan (Girls-18, heptathlon).
BRONZE: Samsad Ara Begum (Girls-18, 3000m run), Reema Mohanty (Girls-16, 400m run), Bonita Lakra (Girls-20, long jump), Rama Chandra Hansda (Boys-14, 600m run), Khirasindhu Dharua (Boys-20, 200m run), Puspanjali Mallik (Girls-20, 200m run), Madhusmita Giri (Girls-20, 100m hurdles), Sekunta Kullu, Jhumuri Lenka, Jasmani Burh, Reema Mohanty (Girls-16, medley relay); Bikash Pradhan (Boys-20, 10km walk), Dibal Murmu (Boys-18, 100m run), Sumi Oram (Girls-18, 400m hurdles), Anil Kumar Das, Khirasindhu Dharua, Guja Marandi, Anand Malhi (Boys-20, 4x100m relay).
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PHOTO: Top Odisha athletes (Left to right) Madhuchhanda Mishra, Sekunta Kullu and Rahul Singh.
