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Odia woman athletes Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand and Purnima Hembram won one or more medals in 17th Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championship, which concluded at Patiala today. Srabani won two silver medals in 100 and 200 metre sprint events, clocking 11.89 seconds and 23.96 seconds respectively.
Railway athlete Srabani also bettered her own 200m state record of 24.2 seconds, which she had created two years ago. Dutee, who represented ONGC in the four-day championship, claimed two bronze medals in 4x100m relay and 200 metre sprint (24.14 seconds).
Dutee’s ONGC teammate Purnima claimed one bronze in 4x1000m relay. Among other athletes in the three-member Odisha squad, Parbati Sethi finished eighth in women’s discus throw with a distance of 37.73 metres.
