Para athlete from Odisha, Jayanti Behera, has brought laurels to the State by bagging bronze medal in the 200-meter race at the Asian Para Games-2018 being held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Behera clinched the third spot by clocking a timing of 27.45 seconds. While the top spot was secured by China’s Li Lu with 25.82 seconds, Wang Yanping of China grabbed the second position with 26.45 seconds.
Behera had last year won silver medal in the 100-meter race at the Asian Youth Para Games-2017 in Dubai. In the same year, she had clinched gold for India in the 400-metre event at the World Junior Para Athletic Championships held in Nottwil, Switzerland in August.
Similarly, she had won gold medal at the China Open Para Athletic Grand Prix Championship in May last year.
Notably, Jayanti’s left hand and waist were burnt in a fire mishap when she was just one-year-old. Hailing from a poor family, she has braved all odds to rise to such heights.