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Bhubaneswar<\/strong>: All four athletes from the High Performance Centre finished among the medals with DM Jayaram winning two and Sabita Toppo recording a personal best.<\/p>\n Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics High-Performance Centre\u2019s (HPC) athletes sparkled at the SAFF Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai by winning five medals at the competition. DM Jayaram starred by winning a brace of medals, a bronze in the men\u2019s 100m event and a silver in the men\u2019s 4*100 relay event, where he was joined by fellow Odisha-RF HPC athlete Mahendra Santa.<\/p>\n Sabita Toppo claimed silver in the women\u2019s 100m hurdles event in an eye-catching display and Laxmipriya Kisan also won a silver in the women\u2019s 800m event.<\/p>\n Speaking about the performance, Martin Owens, Head Coach, Odisha-RF HPC said, \u201cThe SAFF Junior Athletics Championships was a good meet and a really good opportunity for some young athletes to represent India for the first time. From our point of view, Jayaram ran exceptionally well. He was up against two very high-quality Sri Lankan sprinters, who like Jayaram had taken part in the Junior World Championships. He ran his best race of the season so far, so I was very pleased with his effort.<\/p>\n \u201cJayaram and Mahendra also ran really well in the 4x100m relay team. Mahendra is still recovering from dengue and he\u2019ll run even better in the future. Laxmi was a big positive as she only got called up at the last minute. She had a short turnaround but ran well. The best performance from our contingent for me was Sabita\u2019s as she ran under 14s for the first time. When she is in tip-top condition, she does very well. Proud of the team here in Odisha for preparing the athletes so well \u201d<\/p>\n The Odisha-RF HPC is a strong collaborative effort of the Odisha Government and Reliance Foundation, to improve the standard of athletics across the state and produce home-grown athletes who can achieve both national and international success.<\/p>\n Acknowledging the role played by the Odisha-RF HPC in his success, Jayaram said, \u201cMy life has completely transformed in the last two years and I feel like I have come a long way. Before becoming a part of the High-Performance Centre, I had never even received training of this kind. To win medals in an international competition is a dream come true moment for me and I feel very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n Kisan, who was a last-minute entry, clocked a time of 2:10.87 to win silver. Sabita notched her personal best of 13.96s and was inside the previous SAFF junior record en route to her medal. Jayaram ran a season-best of 10.56s, which was also inside the SAFF junior record for India.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Bhubaneswar: All four athletes from the High Performance Centre finished among the medals with DM Jayaram winning two and Sabita Toppo recording a personal best. Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics High-Performance Centre\u2019s (HPC) athletes sparkled at the SAFF Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai by winning five medals at the competition. 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