Odisha contributed two silver medals to the Indian medal tally on the last day of the 4th South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai today. Promising sprinter Pratik Maharana won one silver in junior men 200m with a time of 21.41 seconds.
This was the first junior international medal for Pratik, who hails from Danga village in Bargarh District and trains at Bargarh Mini Stadium, under the guidance of coach Siba Prasad Mishra. He bagged another silver medal as a member of the Indian 4x100m relay team that finished second, clocking 40.76 seconds.