Host Odisha bagged a total of 11 medals, including five on the fifth and last day in the 39th National Junior Athletics Championships, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. The 11 medals featured six gold, two silver and three bronze.
Sprinter Dondapaty Mrutyam Jayaram became the most successful Odisha athlete, capturing three gold medals. He completed a sprint double today, adding the U-20 men 200m gold to the 100m yellow metal he won with a personal best of 10.50 seconds earlier on the second day.
A trainee of Bhubaneswar- based Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre, Jayaram secured the 200m title with a time of 21.27 seconds. He was also a member of the Odisha U-20 mens 4×100m relay team that bagged the gold medal on the third day.