BHUBANESWAR 23-Apr-2017
A 10-member Odisha squad has bagged one silver and three bronze medals in the 14th Youth National Athletics Championship, held at GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gochibowli, Hyderabad from April 21 to 23, 2017.
The three-day championship served as the selection criteria for the upcoming Asian and World Youth Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in Bangkok (Thailand) and Nairobi (Kenya) respectively.
Punga Soren of Cuttack secured the lone silver medal in 110m hurdles with a timing of 14.15 seconds. This was a remarkable performance by Punga, who had established a new meet record, clocking 14.2 seconds in the Odisha State Athletics Championship earlier this month at Cuttack.
