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  KIUG: Dutee retains gold; Pragyan secures silver
30 Apr 2022
 

Odisha sportspersons bagged two medals in the ongoing 2nd Khelo India University Games (KIUG) in Bengaluru today with double Olympian Dutee Chand retaining the womens 100m gold medal for KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar and Pragyan Prasanti Sahu winning womens 400m hurdles silver medal for Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab.

Sprint star Dutee, who had claimed the 100m gold at the first edition of the KIUG in Bhubaneswar in 2020, won it again with timing of 11.68 second. Avantika (Savitribai Phule Pune University) and Preeti (Guru Jambheshwar University of Sci & Tech, Hisar) settled for silver and bronze respectively.

 

Hurdler Pragyan, a trainee of Bhubaneswar-based Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre, secured the silver medal clocking 59.48 seconds. R Arathi of Calicut University won the gold in 59.10 seconds, while Gudiya of Ram Manohar Lohia University took the bronze in 1:00.09 seconds.

With two medals today, the total number of medals collected by Odisha sportspersons for different universities increased to nine (two gold, five silver, two bronze). KIIT, which hosted the first edition of KIUG, continued to be the most successful Odisha university in the onging edition with a total of five medal (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).

Host Jain University led the medal tally with a total of 27 medals, which included 16 gold, six silver and five bronze.
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TOP: Dutee Chand reacts after winning the 100m gold medal at the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru on 30 April 2022.
RIGHT: Odisha woman hurdler Pragyan Prasanti Sahu poses with her silver medal at the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru on 30 April 2022.

 
   

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