India finished the 2018 Youth Olympic Games on silver lining as Akash Malik became the first archer to win a medal for India at Youth Olympics on Wednesday.
India ended their Youth Olympics campaign in the 16th spot with 13 medals (three gold, nine silver and one bronze).
The 15-year-old Akash, who trains at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, finished second in the men’s recurve category after losing to USA’s Trenton Cowles 0-6 in the final.
India won four (2 gold, 2 silver) medals in shooting, one gold medal in wrestling, two silver medals in hockey, one silver and one bronze in athletics and one silver medal each in archery, badminton, wrestling and judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Games 2018. Indian players also won three medals in mixed events.
Praveen Chitravel finished in third place in boys' triple jump behind Cuba’s Alejandro Diaz (17.14m and 17.04) and Nigeria’s Emmeanuel Oritsemeyiwa (16.34m and 15.51 m) to clinch the bronze medal on Tuesday.
This was India's second athletics medal after Suraj Panwar had clocked times of 20.35.87 and 20.23.30 in the two stages of the 5000m race walk to finish behind Ecuador’s Oscar Patin and win a silver on Monday.
On Sunday, Indian men's and women's hockey team had won silver medals. Simran won a silver medal in the girls' freestyle 43 kg event after losing to USA’s Emily Shilson in the final on Saturday.
On Friday, Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen settled for a silver medal after he lost the men's singles summit clash against Li Shifeng of China in straight games. Lakshya Sen also won the gold medal in mixed team event.
Young shooting sensation Manu Bhaker became the second Indian after judoka Tababi Devi to win two medals at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) after winning a silver in the Mixed 10 metre air pistol event. The mixed event medals will not be counted in India's medal tally.
Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won gold medals for India in girls and boys 10 metre air pistol events respectively.
Jeremy Lalrinnunga earned India's first gold medal in weightlifting in the boys' 62 kg category. Mehuli Ghosh added another medal shooting in the girls' 10 metre air rifle event.
Tushar Mane got India's first medal at the games with a silver medal in boys' 10 metre air rifle shooting. Tababi Devi then added a silver to India's medal tally in girls' 44 kg catergory in judo on Sunday.
A contingent of 68 members from India, including 46 athletes, took part in 13 sports during the prestigious event. This was India's largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics.
Here's latest medal tally at Youth Olympics Games 2018
| Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Russia (RUS) |
27 |
16 |
12 |
55 |
| 2 |
China (CHN) |
18 |
9 |
9 |
36 |
| 3 |
Japan (JPN) |
15 |
8 |
12 |
35 |
| - |
Mixed-NOCs (MIX) |
13 |
10 |
12 |
35 |
| 4 |
Hungary (HUN) |
12 |
7 |
5 |
24 |
| 5 |
Argentina (ARG)* |
11 |
6 |
7 |
24 |
| 6 |
Italy (ITA) |
10 |
10 |
12 |
32 |
| 7 |
United States (USA) |
6 |
5 |
6 |
17 |
| 8 |
Iran (IRI) |
6 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
| 9 |
France (FRA) |
5 |
15 |
7 |
27 |
| 10 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
5 |
6 |
6 |
17 |
| 11 |
Thailand (THA) |
5 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
| 12 |
Australia (AUS) |
4 |
8 |
4 |
16 |
| 13 |
Colombia (COL) |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
| 14 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
4 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| 15 |
Cuba (CUB) |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
| 16 |
India (IND) |
3 |
9 |
1 |
13 |
| 17 |
Uzbekistan (UZB) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
| 18 |
Germany (GER) |
3 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
| 19 |
Czech Republic (CZE) |
3 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
| 20 |
Egypt (EGY) |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
| 20 |
Mexico (MEX) |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
Here's how India did in different sporting events at 2018 Youth Olympics Games
| Sports |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| Archery |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Athletics |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Badminton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Hockey |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Judo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Shooting |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| Wrestling |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Weightlifting |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
3 |
9 |
1 |
13 |
Here are the Indian medal winners at 2018 Youth Olympics Games
| Medal |
Name |
Sport |
Event |
| Gold |
Jeremy Lalrinnunga |
Weightlifting |
Boys' 62 kg |
| Gold |
Manu Bhaker |
Shooting |
Girls' 10 metre air pistol |
| Gold |
Saurabh Chaudhary |
Shooting |
Boys' 10m air pistol |
| Gold |
Lakshya Sen |
Badminton |
Mixed team |
| Silver |
Akash Malik |
Archery |
Boys' recurve |
| Silver |
Tushar Mane |
Shooting |
Boys' 10m air rifle |
| Silver |
Tababi Devi |
Judo |
Girls' 44 kg |
| Silver |
Mehuli Ghosh |
Shooting |
Girls' 10m air rifle |
| Silver |
Tababi Devi |
Judo |
Mixed team |
| Silver |
Manu Bhaker |
Shooting |
Mixed 10m air pistol |
| Silver |
Lakshya Sen |
Badminton |
Boys' singles |
| Silver |
Simran |
Wrestling |
Girls' 10m 43kg freestyle |
| Silver |
India |
Hockey |
Men's Team Event |
| Silver |
India |
Hockey |
Women's Team Event |
| Silver |
Suraj Panwar |
Athletics |
5000m walk |
| Bronze |
Praveen |
Athletics |
Triple jump |
Medal tallies updated at 8am IST on Tuesday, October 18.
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