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  KIYG Athletics: Sabita wins 2nd gold and bronze
04 Feb 2023
 

Odisha athletes continued their fine run for the second day in the 4th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), winning five medals at Tatya Tope Stadium in Bhopal today. The five medals consisted of two gold, one silver and one bronze.

With addition of five medals today, the total number of medals for Odisha in athletics became seven. Odisha had captured two gold medals on the opening day of the KIYG athletics competitions yesterday.

Versatile athlete Sabita Toppo was the star of the day as she clinched a magnificent double, adding the girls 100m hurdles gold to the long jump yellow metal she had secured yesterday.

A cadet of Bhubaneswar-based Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performace Centre, Toppo won the 100m hurdles gold with a career-best time of 13.96 seconds. She was also part of the Odisha girls 4x100m relay team, that won the bronze medal with a time of 49.88 seconds.

 

Jamuna Tudu, Merymukta Soreng and Laxmipriya Kisan were other three sprinters the 4x100m relay team. Merymukta Soreng also secured one bronze medal in girls triple jump with the performance of 12.01 metre. She missed silver medal by 0.01 meter.

The second gold medal of the day for Odisha was bagged by the boys 4x100m relay team, clocking 42.23 seconds. The relay team was consisted of Nitish Kullu, Dondapati Mruty Jayaram, Mohammad Reyan Basha and Rajendra Sidhu.

The first athletics medal of the day for Odisha was captured by Swagat Behera, who secured silver medal in boys triple jump with the performance of 14.95 metre. Kothuri Pranay of Telengana won the gold medal with identical performance of 14.95 metre.

As per the rule of World Athletics, in case of a tie, the winner will be determined from the the next best performance of the two competitors. In case of Swagat, his next best jump was 14.45 metre, against 14.70 metre by Kothuri. Hence, the gold medal was awarded to Kothuri, while Swagat settled for silver.
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TOP: Sabita Toppo poses with her 100m hurdles gold medal at the 4th Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal on 4 February 2023.
RIGHT: Odisha boys 4x100m relay team of (L-R) Rajendra Sidhu, DM Jayaram, Mohammad Reyan Basha and Nitish Kullu celebrates after winning gold medal at the 4th Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal on 4 February 2023.

 
   

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