Host Odisha won two silver medals on the opening day of the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. Pratik Maharana clinched the first medal for Odisha with a silver in U-20 mens 100m sprint, clocking 10.72 seconds.
The other silver medal for Odisha was claimed by Chhabindra Behera in U-14 boys triathlon B, which was a combination of three events (60m dash, long jump and shot put). He scored a total of 2914 points. Odisha has fielded a 75-member squad, which includes 38 male and 37 female athletes.