Odisha athlete Jauna Murmu bags gold at national athletics meet

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Sep 27, 2017 at 5:58 PM

Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels to Odisha, athlete Jauna Murmu today won gold medal in women’s 400-meter hurdles event at the 57th National Open Athletics Championships in Chennai.

Murmu, representing ONGC in the meet, clinched the top prize by clocking a timing of 58.25 seconds. While Arpitha M of Railways finished at the second spot, Veerpal Kumar of Punjab grabbed the third position with timings of 59.97 seconds and 1.06 minutes, respectively.

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It may be recalled here that Murmu had entered the final of women’s 400-meter hurdles at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar earlier this year and later found a place in the 25-member Indian athletics contingent for World Athletics Championships in London.