Jharkhand athletes bagged two medals -- a silver and bronze --at the 19th National Para Athletics Championship held under the aegis of Paralympic Committee of India in Bangalore from March 24 to 27.

N S Krishna and Ryan Francis claimed silver and bronze respectively in running long jump event at the national meet. Both were part of a 5-member team from Jharkhand.

Krishna, who claimed two medals at the Special Olympics International World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi in 2019, and Francis are students of Jeevika, a special school in Jamshedpur which is promoting intellecually impaired for over a decade.

Akash Sharma (Jeevika), Anirudh Pandit (Deogarh) and Prakash Chandra Saha (Dumka) were other members of the state side.

Avtar Singh, founder of Jeevika and a former international cyclist who accompanied the Jharkhand outfit as support staff to Bangalore, said he was happy over the medal-winning feat of Krishna and Francis.

"All our athletes tried their best during the four-day national meet. However, only two finished with medals," he added.

Singh informed that the organisers would despatch the medals to respective athletes by post.

Sugandh Narayan Prasad and Madhav Gope went as team manager and escort, respectively.