Promising Indian sprinter Dondapati Jayaram dies in road accident
Promising Indian sprinter Dondapati Jayaram and fellow athlete Malay Barik died in a motorcycle accident while traveling to Cuttack for Dussehra celebrations. The young athlete had recently achieved national and international success in various track events.
Why it matters
The death of a rising sports talent represents a significant loss to the Indian athletics community and the Odisha sporting fraternity.
Promising Indian sprinter Dondapati Jayaram dies in road accident Jayaram along with Malay Barik, another athlete, was going to Kataka for Dussehra celebration by bike on Wednesday evening when the accident occurred BHUBANESWAR In a tragic road accident, Dondapati Mrutyum Jayaram, a promising athlete who brought laurels to the country at the national and international levels, died in a road accident near Cuttack late on Wednesday (October 21, 2026) evening. Jayaram, along with Malay Barik, another athlete, was travelling to Cuttack to celebrate Dussehra when they reportedly lost control of their motorcycle and crashed into a road median. Doctors at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack declared both of them brought dead. Originally hailing from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, he lived in Bhabanipatna, Kalahandi district, Odisha. He trained at the Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar under coaches Rohit Mane and Martin Owens.
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