Odisha eves bag gold in Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha girls Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Purnima Hemram and Jauna Murmu bagged gold medal in the 4X100 metre race by clocking 46.26 seconds in the 54th National Inter State Senior Athletic Championship-2014 at lucknow on Saturday. Kerala girls secured silver and Tamil Nadu secured bronze medal. In 4 x 100 mtr Relay Purnima started the race and hand over the batton to Jauna Murmu and Jauna hand over the batten to Srabani and last Dutee Chand cross the finish line leaving behind Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Odisha athletes show best performance in the championship. Sprinter
Amiya Kumar Mallik has been qualified for 100 mtr semifinal. Amiya clocked 10.71 sec and secured 1st in his heats. Srabani Nanda also qualified for final in 100 mtr run. She clocked 11.74 sec to cross the finish line. Dutee Chand also qualified for 400 mtr Run. The final will take place on Sunday.
Quarterfinalists lined up in AITA U-18 Tennis
Bhubaneswar: local girls Alisa Samal and Rutuparna Choudhury defeated fourth seed Nikitha Tirdala of Andhra Pradesh and M Maharwa of Rajasthan respectively and entered the quarterfinal rounds of the girls single event in the AITA-OTPPA U-18 Championship Series Tennis at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. Altogether 51 boys and 23 girls from across Assam, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha are taking part in the three day long meet.