Srabani Nanda, the 32-year-old untiring women sprinter became the fastest athlete of the meet, winning the 100m sprint with a time of 11.77 seconds. Olympian Srabani will also compete in the relay event tomorrow.

Among other successful Odisha athletes, Swagat Behera and Swadhin Majhi secured second position in mens triple jump and high jump respectively, while Nikhil Das finished third in mens high jump.

Swagat and Swadhin won the second position with efforts of 13.94 metre and 2.06 metre respectively. Nikhil cleared a height of 1.95 metre to claim the third position behind Swadhin.

Amiya Kumar Mallick, the National record holder in mens 100m sprint, put up fighting performance to finish fourth with a time of 10.75 seconds.
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TOP: Odisha javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena poses with his coach Samarjeet Singh Malhi after the duo secured first and 18th positions respectively at the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh on 10 September 2023.
RIGHT: Odisha Olympian Srabani Nanda speaks to the media after winning the womens 100m title at the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh on 10 September 2023.