Dutee, Amiya bag gold in Fed Cup ahletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sprinters once again proved to be the best in the national track by winning four gold and three silver medals in the four day 21st Federation Cup Senior National Athletic Championship, which concluded at Patiala on Sunday. In the final day, national record holder Dutee Chand nad Amiya Kumar Mallick bagged gold medal each in the women and men 100 metre event by clocking 11.48 and 10.51 seconds respectively. Women 100 metre silver medal claimed by Srabani Nanda of Odisha with a timing of 11.57 seconds. Similarly, Purnima Hemram grabbed silver medal in the hepatathlon event by scoring 5632 points. Earlier on Friday, Srabani and Dutee received gold and silver medal in the women 200 metre event by clocking 23.57 and 23.60 seconds respectively. Fastest runner of the nation Amiya Kumar Mallick added another feather to his cap by winning gold medal in the men 200 metre event by clocking 21.22 seconds. In the inaugural day on June 1, Jauna Murmu won a silver medal in the 400 metre hurdles with 57.51 seconds. All Odisha medal winners will participate in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships schedule to be held at Kalinga Stadium from July 6 to 9.
Ansuman solo leader in State U-25 Chess
Bhubaneswar: Ansuman Samal of Cuttack defeated Baihav Mishra of Puri in the fifth round and become the solo leader by scoring five points in the second day of the three-day State U-25 Chess Championship at Swami Vivekananda Institute here on Sunday. The fifth round match between Biswajit Nayak and Biswanath Samantaray both of Khordha ended in drew, both were jointly placed in the second place by gathering 4.5 points each. Nine players shared the third place with a score of four points each. Total 77 players from across 10 districts are participating in the seven round meet. Top four merit holders of the championship will qualify for National (U-25) open chess championship-2017 which would be held at Andaman and Nicobar from July13 to19.