Odisha Shining In National Open Athletics: Bhoi Sprints To 100m Gold, Srabani Nanda Leads Women’s Relay Team To Bronze

Bengaluru: Odisha sprinters are in fine form at the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships being held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here.

The 21-year-old Lalu Prasad Bhoi was a surprise winner in a strong men’s 100m field.

Olympian Srabani Nanda led the 4x100m women’s relay team to a bronze finish on Sunday, reported Odisha Sports. The other members of the team were Sukhi Baske, Mary Hajya Soreng and Banita Behera.

Odisha 4×100 silver National Open

Bhoi caught his more experienced rivals napping with a well-judged 100m dash to clock 10.46 seconds, thus emerging as the fastest man of the meet. Bhoi pushed national record-holder Manikanta of Services (10.48 secs) to second place, while Railways’ Siva B came in third in 10.50 seconds on Saturday. Experienced international sprinter Amlan Borgohain finished fourth in 10.51 seconds, while another fancied runner Gurindervir Singh of Services (10.55) was fifth.

The women’s 100m dash was a close contest.

Nithya Gandhe of Railways was the fastest female of the championships as she edged out Sneha SS of Karnataka in a photo finish in women’s 100m final.

Both sprinters clocked 11.57 seconds, while Giridharani of Railways was third at 11.64 seconds.