8 Odisha athletes leave for national meet
Bhubaneswar : A-eight-member athletic team left on Friday to participate in the 11th National Youth (Under-18) Athletic Championship schedule to held at Goa from April 20 to 22. The State team is comprising of four girls and four boys and accompanied by manager Bhabani Sankar Jena. Odisha team: Nelson Tete (Cuttack, 100,200 meter), Sonia Pradhan (jharsuguda, 100,200), Yogendra Tiriya (Cuttack, 3000), Sukadev Mohanty (110 meter hurdles), Sekunta Kullu (100, long jump), Rajani Mohanta (1500), Jhumuri lenka (400 hurdles)(all Bhubaneswar) and Samsad Ara Begum (Khurda, 3000).
Confident Amiya to do better in future
Bhubaneswar : Odisha’s ace sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick reached here on Saturday after completing his training at Racers Track Club in Jamaica. “I have short cut my schedule at Jamaica as I have to participate in the 1st Indian Grand Prix-2014 schedule to held at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala from May 17 and the 2nd Indian Grand Prix-2014 to be held at same venue from May 20. The training at Racers Track Club enhanced my confidence level to produce better results. In my three and half months training under the guidance of Olympic champion Usain Bolt’s coach Glenn Mills helped me to reduce the timing by .16 fraction of seconds,” said Amiya Kumar Mallick. “I got the chance to share the ground with many top rated athlete of the world. I meet the Olympian athlete Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter, Machael Frater, Usain Bolt, Bailey-cole and women sprinter Sherone Simpson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart in the Club. Though I am the fastest runner in my country but in Jamaica I got the opportunity to compite with many Olympians,” added Mallick. “The coaches at Racers Track give emphasis on my technique and strength. They took special care in my strength workout. Many athletes believe in drug to improve their standard, but they guided my schedule with food supplement and vitamins. I personally thanks to the State Sports and Youth Services Department, Odisha Olympic Association, Tata Steel, KIIT, OMC and MCl,” further added Mallick. Amiya’s coach Nilamadav Deo, former assistant director of Sports Department Ashok Mohanty, parents and friends were present in the airport.