Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018

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Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018  

From 6^th to 18^th October 2018   

in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Age 15-18 ,  4000 athletes, from 206 teams

Ranks

1^st   :  Russian Federation with 59 medals: 29 gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze medals.

2^nd  :  Japan with 39 medals: 15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze.

India obtained 18^th position with 13 Medals: 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze.

India Flag-bearer

Opening Ceremony : Manu Bhaker

Closing Ceremony : Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Indian contingent

68 members, including 46 athletes ( largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics)

Gold medal winners:

1                   Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Men’s 62kg Weightlifting                  

India’s first ever Youth Olympics Gold medal

2                   Manu Bhaker

10m Air Pistol Women Shooting                

Manu Bhaker has become the 1stIndian shooter to win gold in Youth Olympic Games

3                   Saurabh Chaudhary

10m Air Pistol Men’s Shooting

     Silver medal winners:

1       Akash Malik

Archery – Men’s Recurve Individual                

India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the Youth Olympic Games

2       Indian Men’s Hockey team  

Hockey5s Men’s team event

won silver medals in their debut  

3       Indian Women’s Hockey team

Hockey5s Women’s team event            

won silver medals in their debut

4       Lakshya Sen

Badminton Men’s Singles              

5       Mehuli Ghosh

10m Air Rifle Women’s Shooting 

6       Shahu Tushar Mane

10m Air Rifle Men’s Shooting                 

7       Simran

Women’s Freestyle 43kg Wrestling                

8       Suraj Panwar

Athletics – Men’s 5000m Race Walk               

9       Tababi Devi Thangjam

Women’s 44 kg Judo           

India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level

Under-18 India men’s national field hockey team consisted of:

    Prashant Chauhan, Sudeep Chirmako, Shivam Anand, Pawan, Rahul Rajbhar, Sanjay, Maninder Singh, captain Vivek Sagar Prasad, Rabichandra Moirangathem.

Under-18 India women’s national field hockey team consisted of:

    Bichu Devi Kharibam, Baljeet Kaur, Ishika Chaudhary, Chetna, Khushboo, Reet, Salima Tete, Lalremsiami, Mumtaz Khan.

Bronze medal winners:

Athletics

Praveen Chithravel

Men’s Triple Jump