India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:2018
Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Website:http://www.olympic.ind.in/
Competitors:46
Sports:13[1]
Flagbearer:Opening: Manu Bhaker
Closing:Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Location:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:6
End Date:18 October 2018
Gold:3
Silver:9
Bronze:1
Rank:17
Appearances:auto

India participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. India managed their best ever medal haul of the Youth Olympics in this edition. Among the 206 participating nations, India ranked 17th on the medals tally.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in (italics). These medals are not counted towards the Individual NOC Medal tally.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Lakshya Sen Badminton Mixed team
Tababi Devi Judo Mixed team
Manu Bhaker Shooting Mixed 10 metre air pistol
India men's national field hockey teamField hockeyBoys' tournament
India women's national field hockey teamField hockeyGirls' tournament
Medals by sport
SportTotal
2 2 0 4
1 0 0 1
0 2 0 2
0 1 1 2
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
Total 3 9 1 13
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male2518
Female1405
Total 3 9 1 13
Medals by date
DayDatebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Day 17 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
Day 28 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
Day 39 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 410 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 511 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Day 612 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 713 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 814 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
Day 915 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 1016 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 11
Day 1117 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
Day 1218 Octoberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 00
Total39113

Competitors

India placed 46 athletes in 13 sports with 36 events, its largest contingent till now.[1] India marks its debut in field hockey 5s and sport climbing at the Youth Olympics. The contingent includes ISSF senior and junior world cup champion Manu Bhaker, Commonwealth Games medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh, ISSF senior world champion Saurabh Choudary, world youth boxing champion Jyoti Gulia and world youth silver medalist Jeremy Lalrinunga in weightlifting.

!Sports!Boys!Girls!Total!Events
Archery1123
Athletics5277
Badminton1123
Boxing0111
Field Hockey99182
Judo0111
Rowing2021
Shooting2246
Sport Climbing1011
Swimming2024
Table Tennis1123
Weightlifting1122
Wrestling0222
Total25214636

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified two archers based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament.[2] [3]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Akash MalikBoys' individual6795
W 6–5
W 6–2
W 6–4
W 6–0
L 0–6
Himani KumariGirls' individual6653
W 7–1
L 4–6		did not advance
/
Mixed team129624 /

W 5–3		 /

W 6–2		 /

L 0–6		did not advance
/
127429 /

L 1–5		did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Track and Road events

AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2Total
ResultRankResultRankTotalRank
Nisar AhmedBoy's 200 m22.081921.72 PB1943.8019
Sreekiran NandakumarBoy's 800 m1:52.4292:06.51243:58.9322
Suraj PanwarBoys' 5 km walk20:23.30 PB220:35.87140:59.17
Vishnupriya JayaprakashanGirl's 400 m hurdles1:02.56111:01.92122:04.4812
SeemaGirl's 3000 m10:03.341414:25122613

Field events

AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2Total
DistanceRankDistanceRankTotalRank
Praveen ChithravelBoy's triple jump15.84315.68531.52
Kunwer Ajai RajBoy's javelin throw71.45975.063146.516

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4] [5]

AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lakshya SenBoys' singles
W (21–14, 21–10)
W (23–21, 21–8)
W (23–6, 21–16)		1 Q
W (21–17, 21–19)
W (14–21, 21–15,
24–22)
L (15–21, 19–21)
Jakka Vaishnavi ReddyGirls' singles
W (21–13, 21–6)
L (18–21, 21–23)
W (21–14, 21–8)		2did not advance
Lakshya Sen (Team Alpha)Mixed teamsEpsilon
W 110–98		Delta
L 99–110		Zeta
W 110–103		2Gamma
W 110–94		Theta
W 110–90		Omega
W 110–106
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (Team Gamma)Omega
L 99–110		Sigma
L 86–110		Theta
W 110–107		3Alpha
L 94–110		did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

India qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified 2 teams (Men and Women) based on its performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics Qualifiers.Both teams won silver medals.

Boy's 5s

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament. Team: Prashant Chauhan, Shivam Anand, Rahul Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Sudeep Chirmako, Pawan Malik, Rabichandra Moirangathem, Vivek Prasad

Preliminary round

Pool B

Final round

Quarterfinal
  • Semifinal
  • Gold medal match

    • Girl's 5s

    See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament. Team: Salima Tete, Reet, Khushboo Khan, Ishika Chaudhary, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Chetna Rathi, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Lalremsiami

    Preliminary round

    Pool A

    Final round

    Quarterfinal
  • Semifinal
  • Gold medal match

    • Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Round of 8QuarterfinalsSemifinals
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Tababi DeviGirls' 44 kg
    W 10–0
    W 1s2–0
    W 10–0s1
    L 0s1–11
    Tababi Devi (Team Athens)Mixed teamLos Angeles
    W 5–3    		Rio de Janeiro
    W 5–3    		Beijing
    L 3–4

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

    India qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.[6]

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.[7]

    Individual
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Shahu Tushar ManeBoys' 10 m air rifle623.73 Q247.5
    Saurabh ChaudharyBoys' 10 m air pistol5801 Q244.2
    Mehuli GhoshGirls' 10 m air rifle628.11 Q248.0
    Manu BhakerGirls' 10 m air pistol5761 Q236.5
    Mixed
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    PointsRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRank
    /
    		align=left rowspan=2Mixed 10 metre air rifle803.220did not advance20
    /
    		809.919did not advance19
    /
    		align=left rowspan=2Mixed 10 metre air pistol73815 /

    L 3–10    		did not advance
    /
    		7515 /

    W 10–4    		 /

    W 10–8    		 /

    W 10–3    		 /

    L 3–10

    Sport climbing

    See main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

    India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[8]

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan="3" Srihari NatarajBoys' 50 m backstroke26.5518did not advance
    Boys' 100 m backstroke56.759 Q56.489 Q56.126
    Boys' 200 m backstroke2:04.8013did not advance
    Advait PageBoys' 800 m freestyle8:16.0617

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series in Thailand and one more in the form of Archana Kamath at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) in the Cook Islands.[9] [10]

    AthleteEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		RankOpposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Manav ThakkarBoys' singles
    W 4–2
    L 1–4
    W 4–2    		2 Q
    L 1–4    		did not advance
    Archana KamathGirls' singles
    W 4–1
    W 4–0
    W 4–1    		1 Q
    W 4–2
    W 4–3
    L 1–4
    L 1–4    		4
    Archana Kamath
    Manav Thakkar    		Mixed team
    L 0–3
    W 3–0    		 /

    W 3–0    		2 Q
    L 1–2    		did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[11] [12]

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Jeremy LalrinnungaBoy's 62 kg12411501274
    Sneha SorenGirl's 48 kg6758451515

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships.

    AthleteEventGroup stageFinal / Rank
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		RankOpposition
    Score
    Simran KaurGirls' freestyle 43 kg
    W 5–0 VB
    W 5–0 VT
    W 4–1 SP
    W 3–1 PP    		1
    L 1–3 PP
    Mansi AhlawatGirls' freestyle 57 kg
    L 0–3 PO
    W 3–1 PP
    L 1–3 PP
    L 0–5 VT    		4
    L 0–5 VT    		8

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Bhaker leads Indian contingent as Youth Olympic Games opens . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . TOI . 12 October 2018.
    2. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys . . 15 December 2017.
    3. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Girls . . 15 December 2017.
    4. Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
    5. Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
    6. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained . . 30 October 2017 . 10 November 2017.
    7. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 11 December 2017 . 15 December 2017.
    8. News: Asian Youth Championship: Youth A Combined . . 9 July 2017 . 3 August 2017.
    9. News: Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list . . 9 May 2018 . 10 May 2018.
    10. News: Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful . . 12 June 2018 . 25 June 2018.
    11. News: Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships . . 30 April 2018 . 10 May 2018.
    12. News: Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships . . 30 April 2018 . 10 May 2018.

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