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Bhubaneswar, Nov 24: Orissa athletes bagged three more medals (one silver and two bronze medals) on the third day of the 31st National Junior Athletics Championships which is currently on at Ranchi.
In the under-16 pentathlon event for boys, Vincent Samad (3,196 points) of Sundargarh Sports Hostel bagged silver finishing behind Mohit (3,345 points) from Haryana.
The bronze medals were bagged by Priyanka Mahalik of Cuttack in the under-16 three-km walk and Bhima Soren of Mayurbhanj in the under-14 100 metres. Priyanka clocked 16:20.04 seconds and finished behind Divya of Kerala and Suvarna Kapse of Maharashtra. Bhima clocked 11.53 seconds in his event.
By virtue of the medals won on the third day, Orissa took their tally to seven (two silver, five bronze) in the medals tally.
Match drawn
Baroda colts fought back brilliantly to take the first innings lead against their Orissa counterparts on the fourth and last day of the Cooch Behar Trophy match which ended in a stalemate at Vadodara, Tuesday. In reply to the visitor’s first innings score of 552 for eight declared, the hosts scored 553 for seven when the match was called off with not enough time to force a result.
The hero for Baroda was wicketkeeper-batsman MG Patel, who played a marathon unbeaten knock of 228 (615m, 436b, 28×4, 3×6). It was his effort that ensured a first innings lead for the hosts and with it a crucial three points. Orissa on the other hand had to be satisfied with a single point.
Patel was well-supported Shivalik Sharma (60, 67b, 7×4, 2×6) and Viken Kedaria (52, 117b, 8×4).
