Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- Star Odisha swimmer Pratyasa Ray emerged triumphant at the recently concluded Khelo India University Games. She stole the show by bagging four gold, one silver and one bronze to finish as the most successful female athlete of the prestigious Games.

The 21-year-old swimmer, representing Utkal University from Odisha, attributed the success to her preparations ahead of the competition.

Clocking her personal best, in 400m freestyle (4:48:22) to win the gold, Pratyasa credited her success to her coach Olympian Sandeep Sejwal.

"I have been preparing rigorously. With Sandeep Sir, we use an approach that relies on a combination of volume and intensity in our training. Furthermore, the High-Performance Centre enables us ...