Swimmer Pratyasa Ray became a multiple medallist for Odisha, bagging one silver and one bronze in under-17 girls 50 and 100 metre backstroke events respectively. She clocked 32.02 seconds in 50 metre and 1:10.61 seconds in 100 metre respectively.

Among Odisha athletes, Pragyan Prasanti Sahu secured the silver medal in under-21 girls 100m hurdles, clocking 14.38 seconds. The bronze medal was grabbed by Manisha Merel in under-21 girls long jump with an effort of 5.83 meter.

Artistic gymnast Jagdish Barik won the silver medal in under-17 boys table vault. Judoka Rajesh Sahoo of Bhubaneswar secured the bronze in under-21 boys below 60kg category.

Odisha U-17 girls football pocketed silver medal after losing to Jharkhand in the final by 1-2 goals. Earlier, Odisha posted a 2-1 win over Manipur in their last-four match. Deepa Nayak and Sarita Soreng scored the two goals against Manipur. Odisha reached semifinals, defeating Maharashtra 2-0, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala 5-1 with a record margin of 36-0.

The bronze medal in kho-kho was secured by U-21 girls team, defeating Delhi on sudden attack after play in regulation time ended in tie. In their earlier matches, Odisha girls beat Karnataka 18-6 and Gujarat 15-14, but lost to Maharashtra in the semifinals.

KIYG is the national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held for two categories, namely under-17 years school and under-21 college students. Every year best 1000 kids will be given an annual scholarship of Rs 5 lakh for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events.
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TOP: Odisha woman hurdler Pragyan Prasanti Sahu celebrates after winning silver medal in Pune on January 11, 2019.
RIGHT: Odisha swimmer Pratyasa Ray after winning bronze medal in Pune on January 10, 2019.