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August 06, 2023

ODISHA'S javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena has made it to the final list of athletes qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 19 August to 27 August 2023.

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Thrower Jena aiming for big show alongside idol Neeraj

Jena is the first Odisha athlete to qualify for World Championships and Asian Games in throwing events.

In the recently concluded National Inter-State Senior Athletic Championships, Jena clinched the silver medal by throwing a personal best of 81.05m. Subsequently, he broke that record and bagged the gold medal with 84.38m in the Sri Lanka National Athletics Championship, moving up to 36th in the world rankings.

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