Odisha bagged three gold and one bronze medals and placed in the fourth position by the end of day two in the 35th National Games at Vembanad lake, Alappuzha in Kerala on Monday. Odisha rowing team bagged two gold medals and weightlifters won one gold and one bronze medals.
Sanjukta Dung Dung, Pricila Baxla bagged gold medal in the women Coxswain less Pairs-2000mts by clocking 08:7.00 seconds and the silver and bronze medals claimed by host Kerala and Chandigarh by clocking 08:25.00 and 08:45.00 seconds respectively.
Similarly, Meena Madhuri Toppo, Sanjukta Dung Dung, Pratima Puhan and Alam lakra bagged gold in women Coxless Four-2000mts by clocking 07:35.00 seconds. The host Kerala and Karnataka won silver and bronze medals by clocking 07:40.00 and 08:13.00 seconds respectively. In the 58kg women weightlifting event, Minati Sethi lifted 82kg in snatch, 110kg in clean and jerk and total of 192kg and claimed the gold medal. In the men 62kg weightlifting event, Susant Sahu bagged bronze medal by lifting 114kg in snatch, 143kg clean and jerk and total of 257kg.