Odisha Athletes Clinch Hat-Trick Of Gold Medals At National Open U-23 Meet

Bhubaneswar: Odisha athletes bagged three gold medals on Day 2 of the 4th U-23 National Open Athletics Championship Under-23 at Patna.

Hurdler Grayson Jiva clocked 14.49 seconds in men’s 110m hurdles to finish ahead of Tamil Nadu’s Rathish (14.56) and Delhi’s Shubham Rawat (14.58).

Animesh Kujur sprinted to the men’s 100m gold in a time of 10.40 secs. He finished well ahead of Chandigarh’s Govind Kumar (10.61) and TN’s Tamil Arasu (10.66).

Jashbir Nayak captured the decathlon gold with 7,065 points. Second-placed Logesh Kumar (TN) finished 540 points behind Jashbir.