The second day of the 71st Odisha State Athletics Championship, which is underway at the Reserve Police Synthetic Ground in Cuttack, produced six new meet records (NMRs) today. Organised by Odisha Athletics Association, the four-day State meet delivered one new state record (NSR) and four new meet records earlier on the opening day.

Ommkar Prasad Nanda (U-20 boys hammer, 59.94m), Jiwan Mukti Billung (U-23 boys long jump, 7.15m), Ankita Mohapatra (U-20 girls hammer, 43.30m), Mehek Narsim (U-23 girls high jump, 1.64m), Sarun Payasingh (Men long jump, 7.61m) and Jasbir Naik (Men decathlon, 6571 pts) established the six NMRs on the second day.

Among star athletes, Animesh Kujur won the mens 100m gold, while Olympian Srabani Nanda settled for silver medal in womens 100m sprint.

MEDAL WINNERS:

BOYS-16:
60m run: 1. Bibekananda Mahanta (Keonjhar), 2. Soumya Ranjan Mantri (Keonjhar), 3. Sai Pritam Sahu (Bhubaneswar).
80m hurdles: 1. Swayam Siddha Sahoo (Nabarangpur), 2. Dev Sarkar (Bhubaneswar), 3. Abhay Kumar Behera (Keonjhar).
Long jump: 1. Subhrajeet Panchabihar (Bargarh), 2. Soumya Ranjan Mantri (Keonjhar), 3. Bibekananda Mahanta (Keonjhar).
Pentathlon: 1. Sankar Bhatra (Cuttack), 2. Vijeet Kumar Mallick (Khurda), 3. Sourav Nayak (Bhadrak).

BOYS-18:
100m run: 1. Ayushman Mahapatra (Bargarh), 2. Turia Oram (Sundargarh), 3. Birendra Kumar Sahoo (Bhadrak).
110m hurdles: 1. Mangal Sinku (Sundargarh), 2. Devittabh Dharua (Koraput), 3. Sachidananda Mahanta (Keonjhar).
Long jump: 1. Banamali Singh (Keonjhar), 2. Birendra Kumar Sahoo (Bhadrak), 3. Hemanta Kumar Sahoo (Keonjhar).

BOYS-20:
100m run: 1. Pratik Maharana (Bargarh), 2. Chinmay Nag (KIIT), 3. Krishna Pradhan (Sambalpur).
110m hurdles: 1. Biswajit Das (Keonjhar), 2. Prakash Mohanty (Cuttack), Akash Toppo (KIIT).
Long jump: 1. Biswajit Das (Keonjhar), 2. Mahendra Hansda (Sundargarh), 3. Swaroy Bhokta (Sambalpur).
Hammer: 1. Ommkar Prasad Nanda (Cuttack, 59.94m *NMR), 2. Rajesh Patra (Keonjhar), 3. Krishna Abinash (Bhubaneswar).
Decathlon: 1. Swayam Siddha Majhi (Kalahandi), 2. Hritik Kumar Swain (Sundargarh), 3. Laxman Murmu (KIIT).

BOYS-23:
100m run: 1. Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram (Kalahandi), 2. Atish Kindo (Sundargarh), 3. Sourav Prasad Sahoo (Kendrapara).
10000m run: 1. Dusmanta Pradhan (Angul), 2. Ratha Chane (KIIT).
110m hurdles: 1. Bidyadhar Samal (Cuttack), 2. Dinesh Singh (Cuttack), 3. Roshan Kumar Hota (Boudh).
Long jump: 1. Jiwan Mukti Billung (Sundargarh, 7.15m *NMR), 2. Sunit Pattnaik (Cuttack), 3. Bhima Sardar (Jajpur).
Hammer: 1. Nirmal Jena (Ganjam), 2. Satyajit Sethy (Jajpur), 3. Suraj Gope (RSP).
20000m race walking: 1. Dusmanta Pradhan (Angul), 2. . Ratha Chane (KIIT), 3. Hemanta Bhatra (Nabarangpur).

SENIOR MEN:
100m run: 1. Animesh Kujur (KIIT), 2. Aryan Ekka (Sundargarh), 3. Abhinash Sahu (Sundargarh).
110m hurdles: 1. Jasbir Naik (Kalahandi), 2. D Sandeep Patra (Bhubaneswar), 3. Anshuman Rayguru (Odisha Police).
Long jump: 1. Sarun Payasingh (Kalahandi, 7.61m *NMR), 2. Ashish Kumar Patra (Post & BSNL), 3. Yugantar Mohanty (Bhubaneswar).
Hammer: 1. Jugesh Kumar Das (Odisha Police), 2. Jyoti Prakash Nayak (Cuttack), 3. Rajesh Kumar Swain (Puri).
Decathlon: 1. Jasbir Naik (Kalahandi, 6571pts *NMR), 2. Abhayakanta Mirdha (Cuttack), 3. Panchu Majhi (KIIT).
20000m race walk: 1. Krushna Ch Acharya (Ganjam), 2. Gorachanda Mohapatra (Kalahandi), 3. Balabhadra Hikaka (Rayagada).

GIRLS-16:
60m run: 1. Samikshya Smaranika (Jajpur), 2. Jharana Behera (Kalahandi), 3. Manasi Munda (Keonjhar).
80m hurdles: 1. Barsha P Mallick (Cuttack), 2. Liza Singh (Cuttack).
High jump: 1. Reshma Behera (Kalahandi), 2. Barsha Tarei (Balasore), 3. Aroti Pradhan (Nabarangpur).

GIRLS-18:
100m run: 1. Tulasi Bag (Sundargarh), 2. Rituparna Biswal (Bhubaneswar), 3. Tanmayee Singh (Jagatsinghpur).
100m hurdles: 1. Diptimayee Das (Jajpur), 2. Urmila Bharasagria (Bhubaneswar), 3. Tanisha Pati (KIIT).
High jump: 1. Ananya Khandayatray (Bhubaneswar).

GIRLS-20:
100m run: 1. Sanju Hental (Cuttack), 2. Sushree S Samanataray (Bhubaneswar), 3. Neha Oram (Jajpur).
100m hurdles: 1. Gurupuja Parida (Jagatsinghpur), 2. Kabita Tadingi (Nabarangpur), 3. Mehek Kumari (Nabarangpur).
High jump: 1. Kabita Tadingi (Nabarangpur), 2. Champa Bhatra (Nabarangpur), 3. Miki Kanhar (Kalahandi).
Hammer: 1. Ankita Mohapatra (Cuttack, 43.30m *NMR), 2. Sasmita Behera (Bhubaneswar), 3. Arghyarupa Das (Jagatsinghpur).

GIRLS-23:
100m run: 1. Subhashree Parida (Jagatsinghpur), 2. Mary M Soreng (Sundargarh), 3. Krushna Priya Barisalya (Bhubaneswar).
100m hurdles: 1. Subbi Kirti (Khurda), 2. Soumyashree Pradhan (Gajapati).
High jump: 1. Mehek Narsim (Puri, 1.64m *NMR), 2. Dipa Kisan (Sundargarh, 1.48m *MR), 3. Rani Sahoo (Puri).
Hammer: 1. Subhasmita Behera (Cuttack), 2. Tanisha Jena (RSP), 3. Swapnashree Jena (Jagatsinghpur).
20000m race walking: 1. Sunita Kishan (KIIT), 2. Samikshya Dash (Jagatinghpur).

SENIOR WOMEN:
100m run: 1. Mousumi Roy (Bargarh), 2. Srabani Nanda (Kandhamal), 3. Binati Behera (Bhubaneswar).
100m hurdles: 1. Sabita Toppo (Odisha Police), 2. Banita Lakra (Odisha Police), 3. Deepika Dalai (Cuttack).
High jump: 1. Suchismita Sahoo (Balasore), 2. Sabita Mallick (Odisha Police), 3. Bhagyashree Sahu (Cuttack) & Suchismita Pradhan (Odisha Police).
Hammer: 1. Divya Shandilya (Paradip Port), 2. Maitreyi Parylekar (Cuttack), 3. Bismita Rout (Cuttack).
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PHOTO: Women hammer throwers Divya Shandilya (Right) and Maitreyi Parylekar express happiness after winning gold and silver medals respectively at the 71st Odisha State Athletics Championship in Cuttack on 28 December 2025.