Bhubaneswar: Seven members of Odisha para-athletic team bagged 11 medals including four gold, five silver and two bronze medals in 7th Indian Open Para Athletics International Championship 2025, which concluded at Kanteerave Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.
Odisha’s ace sprinter Jayanti Behera won gold medal each in the Women’s T-47 100 m, 200m with a timing of 13.37 and 27.87 sec respectively. She also won a silver medal in T-47 400m clocking 1:05.30 sec.
Odisha’s Suchitra Parida claimed gold medal in Women’s F-55 Javelin and silver medal in F-55 Shot Put events with a distance of 17.84 and 5.75 m respectively.
Janaki Oram won silver in Women’s T-12 100m, bronze in Women’s T-12 200m with guide runner Sahil Kiro and gold in T-12 Long Jump.
Kamalakanta Nayak won silver medal in Men’s Field 54/55 Javelin, silver medal Men’s Field 53/54 800m and bronze medal in Men’s F-53/54 400m.
Final Results: Women’s T-47 100m: Gold – Jayanti Behera, (Odisha) – 13.37 sec Silver – Bhavani Valas (Andhra Pradesh) – 13.56 sec Bronze – Keerti Chauha (Delhi) – 14.07 sec,
Women’s T-47 200m: Gold – Jayanti Behera, (Odisha) – 27.87 sec Silver – Bhavani Valas (Andhra Pradesh) – 29.10 sec Bronze – Mafi. (Haryana) – 31.03 sec.
Women’s T-47 400m: Gold – Bumbhadiya Anja Rohitbhai, (Gujarat) – 1:01.20 Silver – Jayanti Behera, (Odisha) – 1:05.30 Bronze – Mafi. (Haryana) – 1:11:50
Women’s F-55 Javelin* Gold – Suchitra Parida, (Odisha) – 17.84m Silver – Garima Joshi (Uttarakhand) – 15.98m Bronze – Fatima Khatoon (Uttar Pradesh) – 16.26m (Raza Points).
Women’s F-55 Shot Put : Gold – Keerthika Jayachandran (Tamil Nadu) - 6.06m Silver – Suchitra Parida (Odisha) – 5.75m Bronze – Asha Jalandar Patil (Maharashtra) – 4.81m.
Women’s T-12/T-13 100m: Gold – Simran (T-12, Uttar Pradesh) – 12.21 sec Silver – Janaki Oram (T-12, Odisha) – 14.20 sec Bronze – Sakshi Kale (T-13, Goa) – 14.83 sec
Women’s T-12 200m: Gold – Simran (T-12, Uttar Pradesh) – 24.76 sec Silver – Damor Tejal T-12, (Gujarat) – 25.75 sec Bronze – Janaki Oram (T-12, Odisha) – 29.97 sec
Women’s T-12 Long Jump: Gold – Janaki Oram T12 (Odisha) 4.05m jump only one participated only this event.
Men’s F-53/54 Javelin: Gold: Pradeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh, F54) – 26.11 meters Silver: Kamalakanta Nayak (Odisha, T53) – 17.49 meters Bronze: Abhishek Chamoli (Delhi, F54) – 24.07 meters (Raza system)
Men’s F-53/54 800m: Gold: Ramesh Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu , T-54) – 1:50.90 Silver: Kamalakanta Nayak (Odisha, T53) – 2:30.60 Bronze: Jagveer Singh (Rajasthan, T-54) – 4:49.20
Men’s F-53/54 400m: Gold: Ramesh Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu , T-54) – 54.80sec Silver: Anil Kumar (Hariyana T-54) – 1:14.90 Bronze: Kamalakanta Nayak (Odisha, T53) 1:15.00
