Bapi Hansda clinched a formidable silver medal within the 400m hurdles at the continuing 5th Youth Asian Athletics Championships
The 17-year-old from Balasore district impresses with a ‘gutsy’ race in solely his 5th try within the 400m hurdles
India’s newest sensation in athletics Bapi Hansda clinched a formidable silver medal within the 400m hurdles at the continuing 5th Youth Asian Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He clocked 51.38 seconds, his private greatest to complete forward of Sri Lanka’s Kuda Liyanage Ayomal who timed 51.40 to bag bronze whereas Qatar’s Mahamat Abakar Abdrahman gained the gold with a time of fifty.91 secs.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik stated, “ I congratulate Bapi on his achievement at the Asian level. He is an inspiring example for other athletes. Inspite of lot of challenges in his personal life, Bapi has been able to achieve this feat.
I wish Bapi, the coaches and the entire team of the Odisha Reliance Foundation HPC the very best. I am happy that our investment in sports ecosystem has started showing results”.
Bapi, a local of Basta in Balasore – a coastal district within the northern most a part of Odisha, is presently a part of the Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High-Performance Center and has been making outstanding strides within the 400m hurdles. Bapi lately gained gold at the 18th National Youth Championship clocking 51.90 secs. With this timing, Bapi ranked World No 1 in beneath 18 years age class and in addition certified for Asian Youth Athletics Championship.
Chief Minister Patnaik had lately felicitated Bapi Hansda with a money award of Rs 25 Lakhs for his feat at the Nationals.
Speaking about Bapi’s race, an elated Head Coach of the Odisha Reliance HPC Martin Owens stated, “Bapi ran a brave race. He was a bit nervous before the race because he had finished third yesterday in the heats due to which he was assigned lane 8. I call it a gutsy effort by him today because he was almost running blind in lane 8, he was a little behind midway but made a brilliant finish. Considering this is only his 5th attempt in the 400m hurdles, it is a fantastic achievement and the lad has clocked his personal best.”
The Head Coach is optimistic about Bapi’s prospects within the upcoming occasions too. He will subsequent be vying for honours within the Commonwealth Championships in August. “We will be looking at taking him for the Commonwealth Championships in August and then prepare for the Junior World Championships next year. This kid has a lot of potential,” added Martin.
The Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High-Performance Center is a collaborative effort between the Odisha Government and Reliance Foundation with the purpose to make sure that India and Odisha’s athletic expertise has entry to the very best infrastructure, teaching staff, tools, sports activities medication and rehabilitative assist that’s wanted to ship at the very best ranges of efficiency. Since 2019, the Odisha Reliance Foundation HPC has skilled over 50 athletes throughout numerous athletics disciplines and gained many medals at the nationwide and worldwide degree.
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