Dutee qualifies for 400m final in National meet
BHUBANESWAR: In the inaugural day, promising athlete of the State Dutee Chand qualified for the 400 meter final race of the 53rd National Senior Inter State Athletic Championship-2013 at Chennai on Tuesday.
Earlier, junior athlete Dutee Chand who claimed gold medal in the 100 meter and 200 meter race by clocking 12.00 and 24.98 seconds respectively in the 28th National Junior Athletic meet at locknow by scripting new meet and national record. This is the first time, Dutee participated in the senior National and qualified for final which will take place on Wednesday. In the same event her elder sister Saraswati Chand finished badly and not qualified for final. On first day event 100 meter run was conducted for men and women athletes and from Odisha Amiya Kumar Mallick and Srabani Nanda was participated respectively. Amiya could not qualify and Srabani Nanda finished fifth in girls category.
Pramila hope medal in Asian weightlifting
Berahampur: The well known women weightlifter Pramila Kirsani has been selected from the State to participate in the Junior Women Asian Weightlifting Championship being held from June 1 to 8 at Kazakhstan (Russia). This was disclosed by a press release by the Secretary of Beer Hanuman Club and Odisha Weightlifting Association Narayan Sahu. Pramila has had participated in several international level sports competitions and won a galaxy of prizes. She will definitely win in the Asian Women Championship this time, said confident Sahu
Rufus scores hattrick in FAO Football league
BHUBANESWAR: Rufus Mulu of Radha Gobinda Club hammered a hattrick and powered the team to beat Mangala Club by 4-0 goals in the group-A league match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. In the one-sided match, Rufus Mulu draw the first blood in the 19th minute and he doubled the lead in the 28th minute. After the change of sides, Rufus nailed the hattrick in the 59th minute. His-mate Jimon joined the party and scored the final goal in the 82nd minutes. The officials who conducted the match were Bhanu Bauri, PK Pal, Ratnakar Barik and Durga Madhab Nayak as referees. In the group-B league match, Sunrise Club would meet Independent Club on Wednesday.