In a bid to popularise throwing sports in the country and provide a platform to the budding talent in Odisha, the Sports Science India (SSI), a sports medicine, rehabilitation and multi-sports promotion centre, hosted eastern India’s first Throwers’ Championship 2024 in the State here on
Maharashtra's Siya Sawant and Odisha's Mohammad Basha became the fastest athletes of the 6th Khelo India Youth Games while Bihar's Durga Singh and Rahul Sarnaliya of Uttarakhand improved on the girls and boys 1500m meet records on the second .