India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	IND
Nocname:	Indian Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	32
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Opening: Shyam Kumar Kakara^[1] Closing:
Rank:	64
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

India competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. India, which had won 8 medals in 2010 games, managed just 2 medals this time.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Venkat Rahul Ragala	Weightlifting	Boys' Weightlifting(77 kg)	21 August
	Atul Verma	Archery	Boys' Individual	26 August

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Two archers from India qualified due to their performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^{[2] [3]}

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Atul Verma^[4]	Boys' Individual	688	2	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 6–2	L 4–6	W 6–4
Hema Latha Boda	Girls' Individual	640	12	W 7–3	L 0–6	Did Not Advance			9
	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed Team	1206	31	L 0–6	Did Not Advance				17
	1286	13	W 5–4	L 2–6	Did Not Advance			9

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Five athletes from India qualified.^[5]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ajay Kumar Saroj	align=left	1500 m	3:51:71 PB	1 Q	3:46.92 PB	5
Maymon Paulose	align=left	110 m hurdles	13.64 PB	3 Q	13.57 PB	4

Field Events

Girls

Track & road events

Field events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Two shuttlers from India qualified based on the BWF World Junior Rankings.^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Aditya Joshi	Boys' Singles	W (21–17, 21–16)	W (21–14, 21–13)	W (21–14, 21–13)	1 Q	W (20–22, 21–18, 21–12)	L (10–21, 22–24)	L (17–21, 16–21)	4
Ruthvika Shivani	Girls' Singles	W (21–10, 21–4)	W (21–18, 21–11)	L (14–21, 15–21)	2	Did Not Advance
	align=left rowspan="2"	Mixed Doubles	L (19–21, 17–21)	L (13–21, 21–17, 13–21)	W (20–22, 21–18, 21–11)	3	Did Not Advance
	L	L	L	4	Did Not Advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Two boxers from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Youth World Championships.^[8]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shyam Kakara	-49 kg	L 1–2	Did Not Advance	W 3–0	5
Gaurav Solanki	-52 kg		L 0–3	L 0–3	4

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[9]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Kirti Kewat	C1 slalom	1:50.492	5 Q		—	Did Not Advance
C1 sprint	2:31.856	5 qR	2:33.175	1 Q	2:35.385	2	Did Not Advance

Qualification Legend: Q=Next Round; qR=Repechage

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

One team of two athletes from India qualified based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Feroz Garewal	align=left	Boys' Individual	73	19	69	142	7	70	212	5	212	5
Aditi Ashok	align=left	Girls' Individual	74	16	70	144	6	76	220	11	220	11
Feroz Garewal Aditi Ashok	align=left	Mixed team	66	9	72	138	9	153	291	21	291	21

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

One gymnast from India qualified based on the performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[11]

Boys

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Regatta.^[12]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

India was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[13]

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

2 shooters from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Shooting Championships.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Prashant Tanwar	Boys' 10m Air Rifle	606.0	13	Did Not Advance
Yashaswini Singh Deswal	Girls' 10m Air Pistol	377	5 Q	117.6	6

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	813.5	12 Q	W 10–7	L 9–10	Did Not Advance		8
	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	754	3 Q	W 10–5	L 5–10	Did Not Advance		8

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

India qualified two swimmers.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Supriya Mondal	Boys' 100 m butterfly	56.23	19	Did Not Advance
Boys' 200 m butterfly	2:03.71	12	Did Not Advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kataryla Shivani	Girls' 100 m freestyle	58.87	30	Did Not Advance
Girls' 200 m freestyle	2:06.44	25	Did Not Advance

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

2 athletes from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Qualifying Event.^[16]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abhishek Yadav	Boys	L 2–3	W 3–0	L 1–3	3 qB	W 3–0	W 3–1	W 3–2	L 1–3	18
Sutirtha Mukherjee	Girls	W 3–0	L 1–3	W 3–1	2 Q	L 2–4	Did Not Advance			16
Sutirtha Mukherjee Abhishek Yadav	Mixed	L 0–3	/ W 3–0	/ L 1–2	3 qB	/ W 3–0	W 2–1	17

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

One athlete from India qualified based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ojasvinee Singh	Girls' Singles	L 4–6, 1–6	Did Not Advance
	Girls' Doubles		L 2–6, 3–6	Did Not Advance
	Mixed Doubles	L 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]	Did Not Advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Two lifters in the boys' events and one lifter in the girls' event qualified from India based on the team ranking after the 2013 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lalchhanhima	Boys' 56 kg			―	―
Venkat Rahul Ragala	Boys' 77 kg	141	2	175	2	316
Thasana Chanu	Girls' 58 kg	70	5	90	6	160	6

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Four wrestlers from India qualified based on their performance at the 2014 Asian Cadet Championships.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Prakash Kolekar	Boys' freestyle 46 kg	W 4–0 ^VT	L 1–3 ^PP	L 0–4 ^VT	3	L 1–3 ^PP	6
Amit Kumar	Boys' freestyle 63 kg	L 1–3 ^PP	W 4–0 ^VT	W 3–1 ^PP	2	L 1–3 ^PP	4
Shri Pal	Boys' Greco-Roman 85 kg	L 1–3 ^PP	W 4–0 ^VT	L 1–4 ^PP	3	W 4–0 ^PO	5
Anil Reshma Mane	Girls' freestyle 60 kg	L 0–4 ^VT	W 3–1 ^PP	L 0–4 ^VT	3	W 3–0 ^PO	5

Notes and References

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2. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys . . 14 June 2014 . 27 June 2014.
3. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls . . 6 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
4. Web site: Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics: Indian Results . www.drinksbreak.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810031818/http://www.drinksbreak.com/nanjing-2014-youth-olympics/nanjing-2014-results.html . 2014-08-10.
5. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 8 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234918/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014AT%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
6. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215859/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573142&dl=1 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
7. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153712/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573140&dl=1 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
8. News: Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. AIBA. 23 May 2014. 23 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717223659/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/5907/news.aspx. 17 July 2014. dead.
9. News: 2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification . . 20 February 2014 . 13 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313194559/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Canoe-Events/Olympic-Games/2014-Youth-Olympic-Games/main/0/text_files/file/2014%20YOG%20CANOEING%20QUALIFICATION%20TABLE.pdf . 13 March 2014 .
10. News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 6 August 2014 . 6 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
11. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
12. News: 2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing . . 20 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227232856/http://www.worldrowing.com//files/download/12483 . dead .
13. News: 2014 YOG Qualification Techno 293 . . 5 July 2014 . 5 July 2014.
14. News: Quota Places for Asian Shooting . . 13 March 2014 . 15 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231932/http://asia-shooting.org/news/articlefiles/551-Quota%20List%20achieved%20for%20YOG%202014.pdf . 15 March 2014 . dead .
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16. News: Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes . . 16 April 2014 . 20 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012014/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF27240.pdf . 9 March 2014 .
17. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country . . 1 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719210308/http://nanjing.itftennis.com/media/179730/179730.pdf . 19 July 2014 .
18. News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 25 September 2013 . 14 December 2013.
19. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810041126/http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1287:wrestling-qualifiers-named-for-youth-olympic-games&catid=60:actualite&Itemid=100235&lang=en . 10 August 2014 .