Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels to Odisha, athlete Punga Soren today clinched gold medal in the Boys 110m Hurdles event at the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships-2018 being held at Manjalpur Sports Complex, Vadodara.

On the second day of the meet, Soren emerged victorious clocking 14.28 seconds to finish the race.

He had earlier won gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the first Khelo India School Games in New Delhi on February 4.