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Odisha In National Games: Bapi Hansda & 4×100 Relay Team Strike Gold, Majhi Bags Silver

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s athletes had a great day at the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand, claiming 2 gold medals and a silver on Sunday.

Bapi Hansda scorched the track to win the Men’s 400m. Hansda beat off the challenge of Haryana’s Vikrant Panchal (silver) and Kerala’s Manu TS (bronze).

Odisha’s 4×100m Men’s Relay team members did themselves proud by setting a Games record en route to the gold.

The quartet of Lalu Prasad Bhoi, D Murty Jayram, Animesh Kujur and Amiya Mallick clocked 39.47 seconds to finish ahead of Tamil Nadu (40.08) and Kerala (40.73).

On Saturday, Kujur bagged the 100m gold a day earlier equalling the Games record.

Swadhin Majhi fetched Odisha silver in Men’s High Jump.

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