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Orissa bagged seven medals, including three golds on the opening day of the 19th National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletic Championship at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh today. Amiya Kumar Mallick and Renubala Mahanta won a gold each in under-16 boys 100 metre sprint and under-18 girls long jump respectively.
The third gold was secured by the under-20 boys 4x400 relay team. Srabani Nanda won a silver medal in under-18 girls 100 metre sprint. Prashant Patnaik gave Orissa a bronze medal in the under-20 boys 800 meter event, while another bronze was claimed by the under-18 boys 4x100 metre relay squad.
