Host Odisha won three medals on the second day of the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar today. The three medals include one gold, one silver and one bronze. With woman hurdler Pragyan Prasanti Sahu claiming one bronze on the opening day, the total number of medals for Odisha has increased to four.
The first gold for Odisha was captured by Chhattisgarh-born sprinter Animesh Kujur in mens 200m run, clocking 20.74 seconds. But the timing was below his personal best of 20.32 seconds, which is a National record. Animesh, however, secured a ticket for the Asian Games to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from September 19 to October 4 this year.