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  IWAS World Games: Jayanti wins 2 gold, 1 silver medals
28 Nov 2022
 

Odisha woman para athletics ace Jayanti Behera bagged three medals in the IWAS World Games 2022, which is being held at Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal from 23 to 28 November 2022. The three medals included two gold and one silver.

Jayanti won the two gold medals in women T46-47 200m and 400m clocking run, clocking 22.59 seconds and 1:03.42 on November 27 and 28 respectively. She started her campaign with a silver medal in 100m sprint on November 26 with a timing of 13.62 seconds.

Poland sprinters Agata Krzywdzinska and Agata Galan took home the 200m  silver and bronze with timings of 28.36 and 28.65 seconds respectively.

 

The bronze medal in the 100m event was also secured by fellow Indian athlete Keerti Chauhan with a timing of 13.94 seconds, while Agata Krzywdzinska (Poland) bagged the gold medal, clocking  13.58 seconds.

The IWAS World Games was organised by International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS). It is a biennial event featuring multiple sports, aiming to give aspiring athletes with physical impairments their first taste of international competition and older athletes the chance to continue competing.

Around 300 athletes from 30 countries joined the IWAS World Games. Jayanti was the only athlete from Odisha, representing India in this World Games. She was accompanied by her coach Bishnu Prasad Mishra
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TOP: Odisha para athlete Jayanti Behera (1st from left) and other two medal winners of the 100m women T47 event pose at the IWAS World Games in Portugal on 26 November 2022.

RIGHT: Jayanti Behera (Middle) poses with the 200m gold medal
at the IWAS World Games in Portugal on 26 November 2022.

 
   

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