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The 21st Ekalabya Award for the year 2013 was conferred on international woman shooter Shriyanka Sadangi in a function here on Sunday. Justice A S Naidu, former judge of Odisha High Court, handed over the prestigious award, which carried a cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs, a statuette and citation.
Parliament Member and IMPaCT trustee Baijayant Panda presented the first and second runner-up awards to international woman sprinter Dutee Chand and weightlifter Achyutananda Sahu, who received a cheque of Rs 50,000 each and citation. In the absence of Sahu, who bagged the overall gold medal in the men`s 62kg category of the Junior National Weightlifting Championship at Guwahati two days ago, his father received award.
