Reyan Basha, Dondapati Jayaram selected for Asian Junior Athletics Championship camp

Talented sprinters Reyan Basha and Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram from Odisha RF Athletics High Performance Centre have been selected to take part in the Asian Junior Athletics Championship Camp 2023. The camp will be held in NSSC, Bengaluru. 

Reyan represents Odisha U-18 Boys and India U-18 Boys. He has one gold (100m sprint), two silver (one each in 200m sprint and 1000m medley relay) medals at the 18th National Youth Athletics U-18 Championship, which was held in Udupi in March 2023. He also made a successful international debut by winning the boys medley relay silver medal at the 5th Asian Youth U-18 Athletics Championship, which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in April 2023. 

Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram won the gold in 100m sprint at the Khelo India Youth Games with timings of 10:53 seconds. He also secured first position in the Junior Fed Cup Championship 2023 and at the National Junior Championship 2022 in the 100m category. He was also selected for relay squad for the Asian U-20 Championship camp. In February 2023, Dondapati was also awarded Rs 1 lakh for winning the gold medal in 100m sprint with an impeccable timing of 10.96 seconds at the Khelo India Youth Games, which was held in February this year. 

Head coach Martin Owens spoke highly about Reyan’s and Jayaram’s performance. 

 
“I am very proud of the boys. They have been performing exceptionally well for the past few months. I am sure that they will take a lot of confidence from this and look to build on this in the upcoming months,” said Owens.