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ACHIEVEMENTS OF

RELIANCE-SUPPORTED

ATHLETES

The 100m sprinter DM Jayaram, who is an athlete at the
Odisha Reliance Foundation High Performance Center,
shone bright at various competitions over the year.
In the U-18 100m sprint at the National Junior Athletics Championship
in November 2022, he consolidated his status as India’s number one in the
Under-18 100m rankings, as he won a gold and finished in 10.83 seconds.
At the 5th Khelo India Youth Games in February 2023,
he again bagged a gold in the 100m event, clocking 10.53 seconds.

He surpassed his timing in the heats of 10.79 seconds and secured the top spot.

When 14-year-old Tilottama Sen had a conversation with her father in 2020
about shooting as a sport, her only achievement was that of shooting at a
balloon-popping competition. Now, the teenager’s most recent achievement is a
Bronze medal at the Senior Shooting World Cup 2023 in Cairo.
This 10 m Air Rifle event also equalled the Junior world record
at the 2022 Shooting World Championships.

Another recipient of the scholarship is 15-year-old badminton player Unnati Hooda.
The shuttler rose to fame when she won the women’s single event at the
Odisha Open in 2022, becoming the youngest Indian to win a
BWF Super 100 Title. She also made it to the Indian squad for the
Senior Women’s Team World Championships (The Uber Cup).

Jyothi Yarraji is India’s fastest athlete in hurdles who achieved
this feat in the past one year. The 23-year-old has been training under
coach James Hillier, the athletics director at Reliance Foundation
High Performance in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Jyothi also made her appearance
at the Commonwealth Games last year in Birmingham. However, the journey
has not been easy for the youngster. From being scared to go over
hurdles due to a calf injury she suffered eight months prior to joining the HPC,
House, an Olympic Hospitality House, starting with While leading India’s Olympic Movement, the youngster has come a long way, all due to her positive mindset and

the Paris 2024 Olympics. The IOC Session and Mrs. Nita Ambani has been deeply committed to support of coaches, sports medicine, staff and managers.
India House are significant steps towards realizing providing sporting opportunities for the next
India’s dream of hosting its first ever Olympic Games. generation in India. Her role as an IOC member since More than 70 track and field athletes are currently training under the
Reliance’s sports broadcast channel, Sports 18 is 2016, has enabled her to bring valuable international academies in addition to 150+ athletes, who are being supported

the official India broadcast partner for the 2024 exposure to transform sports and engage with the by the sports medicine team at Athletics national camps across the country.
Olympic Games. Olympic Movement.