Salmi Kispotta salvaged some consolation for Odisha by winning one bronze medal in girls discus throw event on the last day of the 13th National Youth Athletics Championship, which concluded at Kozhikode in Kerala today. She finished third with an effort of 36.61 metre.

This was the only medal a nine-member Odisha squad, comprising three boys and six girls, could get from the three-day meet. This was also the second time within a month that Odisha athletes put up disappointing performance in a National meet. Earlier, an eight-member state squad failed to win a single medal in the 14th Federation Cup Junior National Athletics Championship, held at Bengaluru from May 3 to 5.

ODISHA SQUAD: Prasanjit Kujur, Cuttack (Boys 100m, 200m), Binkash Barwa, Sundargarh (Boys 400m hurdles), Krishna Munda, Bhubaneswar (Boys 200m, 400m, Biplabini Sha, Cuttack (Girls 100m ,200m), Rasmita Chinhara, Bolangir (Girls 800m), Sunita Oram, Sundargarh (Girls 1500m), Salmi Kispotta, Sundargarh (Girls discus, shot put), Carmela Barla, Sundargarh (Girls javelin), Sanjukta Minz, Sundargarh (Girls javelin).
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PHOTO: File photo of Odisha discus thrower Salmi Kispotta.