21 Young Archers from Vedanta Sports Programme in Kalahandi Qualify for Odisha State Open Archery Meet 2025
Lanjigarh (Odisha) [India], September 16: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is supporting young archers from Kalahandi district through its flagship Sports Training Initiative in Lanjigarh. Recently, 21 of these athletes (12 male and 9 female) qualified for the upcoming 26th Odisha State Open Archery Meet 2025. The qualifiers emerged from the district-level trials held at SSD School, Lanjigarh, organised by the Kalahandi Athletic Association with Vedanta’s support, where a total of 40 archers competed across Indian Round, Compound, and Recurve categories.
Launched in 2018, Vedanta Lanjigarh’s Sports Initiative has been nurturing young talent from Kalahandi by providing access to professional training, national-level coaches, modern equipment and kits, logistical support, and nutritional diets. At present, 40 students are training in archery and another 40 in athletics, with more than 300 youth trained so far under the programme. The initiative has already delivered impressive outcomes, with trainees winning 37 medals at state-level events in FY 2024-25, securing over 20 representations at national competitions, and clinching one national medal at the second Jan Jatiya Khel Mahotsav 2024.
