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  State Senior Athletics Meet begins with 5 new meet records
05 Jun 2026
 

The 72nd Odisha State Senior Athletics Championship, which commenced today at Reserve Police Synthetic Ground in Cuttack, delivered five New Meet Records (NMR) on the opening day. Ommkar Prasad Nanda (Shot put), Purnima Sandil (800m run), P Arpita Archana Sahoo (Javelin), Diptirani Sahoo (800m run) and Manisha Merel (Long jump) broke the five previous meet records in different age groups.

Around 600 athletes have joined the three-day championship, which is being organized by Odisha Athletics Association. Competition is being held for men and women 20, 23 and senior categories.

RESULTS (5 June 2026):

MEN-20: 800m run. Ranjit Kisan (Sundargarh, 1:56.80s), 2. Anish Kumar Bisoi (Ganjam, 1:57.92s), 3. Matae Barla (Cuttack, 2:01.95).
5000m run: 1. Pawan Kumar Yadav (Sundargarh, 15:39.20s), 2. Kanhu Birua (Deogarh, 17:22.66s), 3. Jeet Barik (Deogarh, 17:40.66s).
High jump: 1. Sagar Ekka (Sundargarh, 1.83m), 2. Amar Yadav (KIIT, 1.81m), 3. Sai Dip (Bhubaneswar, 1.81m).
Shot put: 1. Ommkar Prasad Nanda (Cuttack, 17.97m *NMR), 2. Krishna Abinash Mangaraj (Bhubaneswar, 12.03m), 3. Chandan Barada (Ganjam, 11.82m).
Javelin: 1. Subham Das (Cuttack, 61.00m), 2. Ashutosh Kumar Singh (Bargarh, 59.32m), 3. Somanath Singh (Sundargarh, 57.72m).
 

MEN-23: 800m run: 1. Saswat Kumar Sahoo (KIIT, 1:54.82s), 2. Dayanidhi Munda (Subarnapur, 1:57.16s), 3. Abhi Sisa (Cuttack, 1:58.28s).
5000m run: 1. Ramesh Mali (Koraput, 15:37.89s), 2. Pankaj Soren (Mayurbhanj, 15:52.93s), 3. Subhasis Choudhury (Ganjam, 17:14.53s).
High jump: 1. Tanmaya Mishra (Dhenkanal, 1.94m), 2. Ansuman Thamba (Angul, 1.82m), 3. Soumyajit Dalai (Paradip Port, 1.65m).
Shot put: 1. Abhishek Sethi (RSP, 13.23m), 2. Jaydev Jena (RSP, 11.69m), 3. Pradyumna Kumar Jena (Khurda, 11.65m).
Javelin: 1. Ratnakar Paltasingh (Cuttack, 68.34m), 2. Sai Swarup Rout (Sundargarh, 57.01m), 3. Manas Ranjan Parua (Bolangir, 55.71m).

MEN SENIOR: 800m run: 1. Ashok Dandasena (Odisha Police, 1:54.16s), 2. Subhasish Aich (Jajpur, 1:56.93s), 3. Debasis Pattnaik (Angul, 2:00.24s).
5000m run: 1. Rasmi Ranjan Nayak (Cuttack, 15:50.50s), 2. Dinesh Kumar Raut (Nuapada, 16:45.17s), 3. Debashis Mahanta (RSP, 16:58.11s).
High jump: 1. Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Angul, 2.10m), 2. Nikhil Das (KIIT, 2.04m), 3. Akash Bidika (Rayagada, 1.76m).
Shot put: 1. Chiranjib Singh (Cuttack, 14.78m), 2. Ranjan Kumar Sahu (Malkangiri, 13.08m), 3. Niroj Sahu (Bargarh, 13.05m).
Javelin: 1. Vikrant Malik (KIIT, 71.85m), 2. Priyabrata Pradhan (Angul, 62.42m), 3. Chinmaya Ranjan Jena (Post & BSNL, 58.69m).

WOMEN-20: 800m run: 1. Purnima Sandil (Sundargarh, 2:14.04s *NMR), 2. Pritimayee Bhukta (Nayagarh, 2:26.60s), 3. Daita Hantal (KIIT, 2:28.62s).
5000m run: 1. Mukti Barjo (Subarnapur, 22:03.27s), 2. Mehek Begum (Cuttack, 22:15.95s), 3. Saraswati Khuntia (Angul, 23:39.19s).
Long jump: 1. Sanju Hantal (Cuttack, 5.35m), 2. Amisha Priyadarshini Lenka (Jagatsinghpur, 4.69m), 3. Puspabati Kisku (Mayurbhanj, 4.26m).
Shot put: 1. Ankita Mohapatra (Cuttack, 10.07m), 2. Sasmita Behera (Bhubaneswar, 9.21m), 3. Nandini Debata (Cuttack, 8.66m).
Javelin: 1. Priya Majhi (Sambalpur, 29.85m), 2. Itisri Dansana (KIIT, 25.96m).

WOMEN-23: 400m run: 1. Rajeswari Singh (Mayurbhanj, 1:02.46s), 2. Pinky Sahoo (Kendrapara, 1:02.53s), 3. Pratikshya Naik (Bargarh, 1:02.89s).
800m run: 1. Laxmipriya Kisan (KIIT, 2:15.85s), 2. Anjana Garada (Cuttack, 2:28.42s), 3. Rajeswari Singh (Mayurbhanj, 2:33.42s).
5000m run: 1. Kiran Mahato (Sundargarh, 21:57.00s), 2. Ranjita Minz (Sundargarh, 22:55.76s), 3. Swarna Lata Sharma (Cuttack, 23:20.11).
Long jump: 1. Seemashree Kabi (Jajpur, 5.15m), 2. Jamuna Tudu (KIIT, 5.00m), 3. Rani Pani (Koraput, 4.92m).
Shot put: 1. Anshika Rourtray (KIIT, 11.88m), 2. Payal Kumari Sahu (Ganjam, 8.44m), 3. Shradhanjali Mishra (Bolangir, 8.28m).
Javelin: 1. P Arpita Archana Sahoo (KIIT, 42.94m *NMR), 2. Jyotsna Priyadarshini Sahoo (Jagatsinghpur, 35.00m), 3. Pinki Nayak (Puri, 23.68m).

WOMEN SENIOR: 400m run: 1. Sukhi Baskey (Odisha Police, 56.64s), 2. Jita Patra (Sundargarh, 1:02.52s).
800m run: 1. Diptirani Sahoo (Kendrapara, 2:12.23s *NMR), 2. Basanti Mandia (Odisha Police, 2:27.18s), 3. Sasmita Behera (Odisha Police, 2:45.72s).
5000m run: 1. Namita Pradhan (Bargarh, 18:45.94s), 2. Sarmilata Pradhan (Kandhamal, 26:34.95s).
Long jump: 1. Manisha Merel (Cuttack, 5.96m *NMR), 2. Subasini Bhutia (Bhadrak, 4.41m), 3. Raita Munda (Bhadrak, 3.60m).
Shot put: 1. Kirtirani Sahoo (Dhenkanal, 9.63m), 2. Arpita Parida (RSP, 9.42m), 3. Susmita Rath (Cuttack, 8.53m).
Javelin: 1. Ranjita Xess (Odisha Police, 32.16m), 2. Bandana Priyadarsini Biswal (Dhenkanal, 30.84m), 3. Ranjita Toppo (Odisha Police, 26.99m).
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TOP: Women-23 javelin thrower P Arpita Archana Sahoo poses after winning gold medal with New Meet Record at the 72nd Odisha State Senior Athletics Championship in Cuttack on 5 June 2026.

RIGHT: Men-20 shot put gold winner Ommkar Prasad Nanda (Centre) poses with fellow medallists after creating a New Meet Record at the 72nd Odisha State Senior Athletics Championship in Cuttack on 5 June 2026.
 
   
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