Bhubaneswar: Ace Odisha sprinter Pratik Maharana lived upto expectations with a spectacular performance in front of his home crowd here at the Kalinga Stadium on Monday.

The 18-year-old Pratik scorched the track to clinch the 200m gold medal in Men’s U-20 category at the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships 2025. ADVERTISEMENT

Pratik stopped the clock at 21.24 seconds, which bettered the meet record of 21.25.

🎥 #Odisha sprinter Pratik Maharana put up a outstanding performance in the U20 Men’s 200m Run to set a new meet record at the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships 2025! 🏃🏻 #OdishaForSports #NationalJuniorAthleticsChampionships2025 pic.twitter.com/fZwFFoNPoJ

— Odisha Sports (@sports_odisha) October 13, 2025

The Odisha boy also achieved the U-20 World Ch

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