Youth Olympics 2018: First glory for India in Argentina, Shahu Tushar Mane clinches silver in shooting

Indian shooter Shahu Tushar Mane clinched India’s first medal at the Youth Olympics on Sunday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tushar Mane bagged silver medal as he finished second in his discipline of 10m air rifle men’s event behind Russia’s Shamakov Grigorii. The 16-year-old Indian shooter lost the gold medal by just 1.7 points.

Mane, who qualified third for the final, shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9.

It was close fight among the three podium finishers till the end and Mane edged out Mitrovic for the silver medal by collecting 228.0 as against 227.9 of the Serbian shooter in the penultimate round. 

But, the final round was not the best one for the Indian as he shot 9.6 and 9.99 while the eventual gold winner had 10.4 and 10.7.

In the qualification round held earlier in the day, Mane had shot 623.7 to finish third and qualify for the final.

India is being represented by 46 athletes in 13 sports in the prestigious event. This is India's largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics. 

India won two medals -- a silver and a bronze -- in the last Youth Olympics in 2014 in Nanjing in China.

(With agency inputs)