Odisha trio Amiya Mallick, Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda asserted supremacy in the sprint events of the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships, which concluded at NS-NIS in Patiala today. Odisha bagged a total of eight medals in the four-day championship. The medals include four gold and as many silver.
Bhubaneswar lad Amiya was most successful of the trio, bagging men’s 100 and 200 metre sprint double, clocking 10.51 and 21.22 seconds respectively. The women’s sprint events witnessed healthy competition between Olympians Dutee and Srabani and ended with the duo sharing the top honours.
Srabani first won the 200m gold, clocking 23.57 seconds, while Dutee settled contended herself with silver, finishing second with a timing of 23.60seconds. But Dutee avenged her 200m defeat by capturing the 100m title ahead of Srabani, who settled with the silver. The former clocked 11.48 seconds and the latter 11.57 seconds.