Odisha girl Manisha Merel captured one bronze medal in under-18 long jump event on the third day of the 33rd Natl Junior Athletics Championships at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Vijaywada today. Odisha now has two gold and five bronze medals in its kitty.

Earlier, Punga Soren and Rabi Kohra grabbed the two gold medals, while the four bronze medals were captured by Samsad Ara Begum, Lakhan Murmu, Anshika Routray and Priyanka Toppo.

Odisha now have two gold and four bronze medals in their kitty. Earlier on the opening day, Samsad Ara Begum, Lakhan Murmu and Anshika Routray secured one bronze medal each.

Odisha Athletic Association has sent a 22-member state squad for this championship. The squad includes 12 boys and 10 girls. Olympian Anuradha Biswal has accompanies the squad as manager.

ODISHA RESULTS:

GOLD: 1. Punga Soren, U-18 boys 110m hurdles (14.00s); 2. Rabi Khora, U-14 boys 600m run (1m 25.75s).

BRONZE: 1. Samsad Ara Begum, U-20 girls 5000m run (19:54.88); 2. Lakhan Murmu, U-14 boys long jump (6.27m); 3. Anshika Routray, U-14 girls shot put (10.93m); 4. Priyanka Toppo, U-18 girls javelin (39.97m), 5. Priyanka Toppo, U-18 girls long jump (5.85m).

ODISHA SQUAD:
Boys-14: Rabi Khora, Lakhan Murmu
Boys-16: Dillip Naik, Sushanta Maharana, Chandan Beti.
Boys-18: Swadhin Kumar Majhi, Krishna Munda, Prasanjit Xaxa, Punga Soren, Ramachandra Dora
Junior men: Hari Behera, Binkash Barwa
Girls-14: Basanti Majhi, Anshika Routray
Girls-18: Biplabini Sha, Priyanka Toppo, Priyanka Mahalik, Fulamani Karjee, Manisha Merel
Junior women: Samsad Ara Begum, Divya Shandilya, Salami Kispotta
Coach: Ajit Kumar; Manager: Anuradha Biswal.