Nagoya/New Delhi: Bringing cheers among sports lovers and followers in Odisha, Jayanti Behera from Odisha clinched silver medal in the Women's 400m T47 event at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on Thursday.

Jayanti Behera won the silver with a time of 1:00.65s (815 Raza points).

Meanwhile, Anjanaben Bumbadiya won gold medal in the Women's 400m T47 event. She clinched the yellow metal in the 400m T47 run with a time of 59.97s (848 Raza points). She finished less than a second earlier than Jayanti.

Jayanti is a 1999-born athlete from Odisha. She is classified under T47 and suffered a tragedy early in her life. She suffered severe second-degree burns when she was one year old as she accidentally fell into an earthen stove (chulha). This resulted in a permanent contracture of her left elbow and hand. Her school coach Bishnu Prasad Mishra identified her talent and enrolled her at his Gurukul Athletic Training Centre in Sakhigopal, where he trained her free of cost.

Jayanti won two medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games - a Silver Medal in the Women's 400m (T47) (59.71s) and a Bronze Medal in the Women's 200m (T47) (27.45s). She was also crowned the World Youth Champion (Gold Medal) in the 400m at the World Junior Para Athletics Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, in 2017.