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Local athlete Amiya Kumar Mallick made Orissa pround by winning a gold and a silver medal in the 4th Children of Asia International Sports Games in Yakutsk, Russia earlier this week.
Amiya claimed the gold in 100 metre dash, clocking 11.2 seconds and followed it with the silver in 200 metre sprint with a personal best timing of 21.71 seconds (previous best 21.91). He could have bagged a double had the climate not been extreemely cold. He is expected to return home on July 16.
