Odisha athlete L Snigdha and gymnast Ajad Laskar won one bronze medal each on the penultimate day of the 7th Khelo India Youth Games today. Snigdha secured the bronze in girls 2000m steeplechase with a time of 10:45.41 at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna, Bihar.
The bronze by Nabarangpur girl Snigdha was the third medal for Odisha in athletics discipline of the KIYG 2025. Earlier, Omkar Prasad Nanda and Parbati Hansdah won the gold in boys shot put and bronze in girls long jump respectively.
Ajad claimed the bronze in boys horizontal bar with a score of 10.933 at IG Stadium Sports Complex in New Delhi. This was the first medal for Odisha in artistic gymnastics competition of the KIYG 2025. It may be noted that, Ajad hails from West Bengal and trains at the Odisha AM/NS India Gymnastics High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar.