India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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India at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitehttp://www.olympic.ind.in/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors46 in 13[1] sports
Flag bearersOpening: Manu Bhaker
Closing:Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
3
Silver
9
Bronze
1
Total
13
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

  • Jeremy Lalrinnunga won India's first ever Youth Olympics gold medal.
  • won the first ever Youth Olympics medal for India in Judo and later also won a silver in the mixed team event under mixed-NOCs.
  • Manu Bhaker became the first Indian girl to win a Youth Olympics gold medal.
  • Both Boys' and Girls' Hockey 5s teams won silver medals in their debut.

Medalists[]

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

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

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
Archery 1 1 2 3
Athletics 5 2 7 7
Badminton 1 1 2 3
Boxing 0 1 1 1
Field Hockey 9 9 18 2
Judo 0 1 1 1
Rowing 2 0 2 1
Shooting 2 2 4 6
Sport Climbing 1 0 1 1
Swimming 2 0 2 4
Table Tennis 1 1 2 3
Weightlifting 1 1 2 2
Wrestling 0 2 2 2
Total 25 21 46 36

Archery[]

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]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Boys' individual 679 5   (CAN)
W 6–5 		  (ESP)
W 6–2 		  (MEX)
W 6–4 		  (BEL)
W 6–0 		  (USA)
L 0–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls' individual 665 3   (SAM)
W 7–1 		  (USA)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
  (TUR) /
  (IND) 		Mixed team 1296 24   (DOM) /
  (BRA)
W 5–3 		  (NED) /
  (RUS)
W 6–2 		  (ARG) /
  (THA)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
  (IND) /
  (RSA) 		1274 29   (GBR) /
  (IRI)
L 1–5 		Did not advance

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Track and Road events[]

Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Boy's 200 m 22.08 19 21.72 PB 19 43.80 19
Boy's 800 m 1:52.42 9 2:06.51 24 3:58.93 22
Boys' 5 km walk 20:23.30 PB 2 20:35.87 1 40:59.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girl's 400 m hurdles 1:02.56 11 1:01.92 12 2:04.48 12
Girl's 3000 m 10:03.34 14 14:25 12 26 13

Field events[]

Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Distance Rank Distance Rank Total Rank
Boy's triple jump 15.84 3 15.68 5 31.52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Boy's javelin throw 71.45 9 75.06 3 146.51 6

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4][5]

Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lakshya Sen Boys' singles   (EGY)
W (21–14, 21–10) 		  (UKR)
W (23–21, 21–8) 		  (BRA)
W (23–6, 21–16) 		1 Q  Rumbay (INA)
W (21–17, 21–19) 		 Naraoka (JPN)
W (14–21, 21–15,
24–22) 		 Li Sf (CHN)
L (15–21, 19–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls' singles   (ESP)
W (21–13, 21–6) 		 Gai (USA)
L (18–21, 21–23) 		  (PER)
W (21–14, 21–8) 		2 Did not advance
Lakshya Sen (Team Alpha) Mixed teams Epsilon
W 110–98 		Delta
L 99–110 		Zeta
W 110–103 		2 Gamma
W 110–94 		Theta
W 110–90 		Omega
W 110–106 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
(Team Gamma) Omega
L 99–110 		Sigma
L 86–110 		Theta
W 110–107 		3 Alpha
L 94–110 		Did not advance

Boxing[]

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.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Girls' 51kg   (ITA)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 5

Field hockey[]

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[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Tournament

Team: , , , , Sanjay, , , , Vivek Prasad

Preliminary round[]

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   5 5 0 0 23 9 +14 15 Quarterfinals
2   5 4 0 1 34 8 +26 12
3   5 3 0 2 11 16 −5 9
4   5 2 0 3 12 22 −10 6
5   5 1 0 4 13 22 −9 3 9th place game
6   5 0 0 5 10 26 −16 0 11th place game
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
7 October 2018
11:45
India  10–0  Bangladesh
Goal 4'
Goal 4', 9'
Sanjay Goal 6'
Prasad Goal 9', 18'
Goal 11', 17'
Goal 12'
Goal 20' 		Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
8 October 2018
14:45
India  9–1  Austria
Sanjay Goal 2'
Goal 4', 10', 17'
Goal 6', 11', 14', 18'
Prasad Goal 13' 		Report Goal 8'
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Nick Saunders (NZL)
9 October 2018
09:30
Kenya  1–7  India
Goal 7' Report Goal 5', 10'
Goal 5', 11'
Prasad Goal 8'
Sanjay Goal 14'
Goal 17'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
10 October 2018
17:45
India  3–4  Australia
Prasad Goal 6', 18'
Goal 20' 		Report Goal 2'
Goal 3'
Goal 18'
Goal 19'
Umpires:
Nick Saunders (NZL)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
11 October 2018
13:15
Canada  2–5  India
Goal 15', 16' Report Sanjay Goal 4', 17'
Goal 7'
Goal 10'
Goal 17'
Umpires:
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Final round[]

Quarterfinal
12 October 2018
11:00
India  4–2  Poland
Goal 1', 8'
Goal 3'
Sanjay Goal 17' 		Report Goal 16'
Goal 18'
Umpires:
Darren Hubach (RSA)
James Unkles (AUS)
Semifinal
13 October 2018
15:00
Argentina  1–3  India
Goal 4' Report Goal 3'
Goal 12', 18'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Gold medal match
14 October 2018
15:00
India  2–4  Malaysia
Prasad Goal 3', 6' Report Goal 5'
Goal 14', 19'
Goal 18'
Umpires:
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Girl's 5s[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' Tournament

Team: Salima Tete, , , , , , , , Lalremsiami

Preliminary round[]

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 5 5 0 0 41 2 +39 15 Quarterfinals
2   5 4 0 1 29 10 +19 12
3   5 3 0 2 19 13 +6 9
4   5 2 0 3 19 13 +6 6
5   5 1 0 4 23 8 +15 3 9th place game
6   5 0 0 5 0 80 −80 0 11th place game
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host
7 October 2018
14:00
India  4–2  Austria
Lalremsiami Goal 4', 17'
Tete Goal 5'
Goal 16' 		Report Goal 13'
Goal 20'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Margaux Brand (CAN)
8 October 2018
09:30
India  2–1  Uruguay
Lalremsiami Goal 1', 19' Report Goal 10'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
9 October 2018
16:15
  0–16  India
Report Lalremsiami Goal 2', 10'
Goal 3', 6'
Tete Goal 4', 13'
Goal 5', 5'
Goal 6', 14', 17'
Goal 8', 11', 12', 15'
Goal 20'
Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Jianjun Chen (CHN)
10 October 2018
12:30
India  2–5  Argentina
Goal 8'
Goal 10' 		Report di Santo Goal 7'
Goal 10', 12'
Bruggesser Goal 17'
Goal 19'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
11 October 2018
14:00
South Africa  2–5  India
Goal 10'
Goal 19' 		Report Goal 2', 17'
Goal 10'
Lalremsiami Goal 12'
Goal 13'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Final round[]

Quarterfinal
12 October 2018
14:00
India  3–0  Poland
Lalremsiami Goal 10'
Tete Goal 14'
Goal 14' 		Report
Umpires:
Lizé Srtydom (RSA)
Jianjun Chen (CHN)
Semifinal
13 October 2018
16:00
India  3–0  China
Goal 1'
Goal 5'
Lalremsiami Goal 20' 		Report
Umpires:
Lizé Srtydom (RSA)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Gold medal match
14 October 2018
16:30
Argentina  3–1  India
Goal 7'
Goal 10'
Bruggesser Goal 12' 		Report Goal 1'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Round of 8 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Girls' 44 kg   (BHU)
W 10–0 		  (KOS)
W 1s2–0 		  (CRO)
W 10–0s1 		N/A   (VEN)
L 0s1–11 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
(Team Athens) Mixed team Bye Los Angeles
W 5–3 		Rio de Janeiro
W 5–3 		N/A Beijing
L 3–4 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Rowing[]

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]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Points Rank Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Points Rank Time Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank

3:27.57 6 1:38.85 3 3 1:36.90 3 3 6 8 Q 1:32.00 4 FB 1:38.01 8

Shooting[]

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
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Boys' 10 m air rifle 623.7 3 Q 247.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Saurabh Chaudhary Boys' 10 m air pistol 580 1 Q 244.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mehuli Ghosh Girls' 10 m air rifle 628.1 1 Q 248.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Manu Bhaker Girls' 10 m air pistol 576 1 Q 236.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
  (IND) /
  (UAE) 		Mixed 10 metre air rifle 803.2 20 Did not advance 20
  (PER) /
 Mehuli Ghosh (IND) 		809.9 19 Did not advance 19
 Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) /
  (PAK) 		Mixed 10 metre air pistol 738 15   (CRO) /
  (BLR)
L 3–10 		Did not advance
  (TJK) /
 Manu Bhaker (IND) 		751 5   (THA) /
  (EGY)
W 10–4 		  (LTU) /
  (MDA)
W 10–8 		  (MEX) /
  (UKR)
W 10–3 		  (GER) /
  (BUL)
L 3–10 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Sport climbing[]

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]

Athlete Event Speed
Qualification 		Bouldering
Qualification 		Lead
Qualification 		Points Final
Time Points Result Points Hold
Reached 		Time Points Speed Bouldering Lead Rank
7.17 7 1T 2z 14 20 1:31 21 2058 Did not advance 18

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Srihari Nataraj Boys' 50 m backstroke 26.55 18 Did not advance
Boys' 100 m backstroke 56.75 9 Q 56.48 9 Q 56.12 6
Boys' 200 m backstroke 2:04.80 13 N/A Did not advance
Boys' 800 m freestyle N/A 8:16.06 17

Table tennis[]

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]

Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Manav Thakkar   (LTU)
W 4–2 		  (IRI)
L 1–4 		  (MAS)
W 4–2 		2 Q  Harimoto (JPN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
 Goi R X (SGP)
W 4–1 		  (EGY)
W 4–0 		  (SLO)
W 4–1 		1 Q   (HKG)
W 4–2 		  (AZE)
W 4–3 		 Sun Ys (CHN)
L 1–4 		  (ROU)
L 1–4 		4

Manav Thakkar 		  /
 (AZE)
L 0–3 		  /
 (FRA)
W 3–0 		  (SMR) /
  (ARG)
W 3–0 		2 Q   /
 (ROU)
L 1–2 		Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Jeremy Lalrinnunga at his final attempt

India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[11][12]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Jeremy Lalrinnunga Boy's 62 kg 124 1 150 1 274 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Girl's 48 kg 67 5 84 5 151 5

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships.

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • VB – Victory by Injury
  • VC – Victory due to 3 cautions
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Girls' freestyle 43 kg   (NZL)
W 5–0 VB 		  (MDA)
W 5–0 VT 		  (EGY)
W 4–1 SP 		  (MGL)
W 3–1 PP 		1   (USA)
L 1–3 PP 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls' freestyle 57 kg   (HUN)
L 0–3 PO 		  (CMR)
W 3–1 PP 		  (VEN)
L 1–3 PP 		 Ringaci (MDA)
L 0–5 VT 		4   (EGY)
L 0–5 VT 		8

References[]

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  2. ^ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Asian Youth Championship: Youth A Combined" (PDF). IFSC. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful". ITTF. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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