Bargarh:<\/strong> Meet this minor boy and Gold Medalist of the 38th National Junior Athletics Championships 2023, who recently bagged the coveted award in the 200-metre race and has won the hearts of many. The little champ from Bargarh district was once a delivery boy and this is a story about his struggle days.<\/p>\n The Class X student Pratik Maharana resides along with his family in Danga village in Bargarh town of this district. Pratik is the son of Judhisthir Maharana. The five-member family includes Pratik\u2019s parents, his sister Prativa, and his grandmother. They reside in a rundown kutcha house in the locality.<\/p>\n Despite living in penury during his childhood days, the financial difficulties could not deter Pratik\u2019s willpower. He continued his practice of the sport until he became a junior national champion.<\/p>\n Before the national championship held in Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu, Pratik had won medals in state-level athletics competitions and was conferred Gold twice in a 100-metre race and once in a 200-metre race. Pratik\u2019s success story motivated a well-known coach and his mentor Siba Prasad Mishra, who trained him and extended financial support to the athlete in making at the time of exigencies.<\/p>\n Pratik works as a delivery boy to support his father and meet the household expenses as well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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