India_at_the_2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics

India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation

India competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. India, which had won 8 medals in 2010 games, managed just 2 medals this time.

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India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Nanjing
Competitors	32 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: Shyam Kumar Kakara^[1] Closing:
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Venkat Rahul Ragala	Weightlifting	Boys' Weightlifting(77 kg)	21 August
Bronze	Atul Verma	Archery	Boys' Individual	26 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Two archers from India qualified due to their performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^[2]^[3]

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Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Atul Verma^[4]	Boys' Individual	688	2	Min TK (MYA) W 6–0	Szafran (POL) W 6–2	Muto (JPN) W 6–2	D'Almeida (BRA) L 4–6	Gazoz (TUR) W 6–4
Hema Latha Boda	Girls' Individual	640	12	Raysin (ISR) W 7–3	Gaubil (FRA) L 0–6	Did Not Advance			9
Atul Verma (IND) Hana Elshimy (EGY)	Mixed Team	1206	31	Mayr (GER) Tatafu (TGA) L 0–6	Did Not Advance				17
Hema Latha Boda (IND) Damyan Dachev (BUL)	Mixed Team	1286	13	Anagöz (TUR) Purnama (INA) W 5–4	Abdrazak (KAZ) D'Almeida (BRA) L 2–6	Did Not Advance			9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Five athletes from India qualified.^[5]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ajay Kumar Saroj^[4]	1500 m	3:51:71 PB	1 Q	3:46.92 PB	5
Maymon Paulose^[4]	110 m hurdles	13.64 PB	3 Q	13.57 PB	4

Field Events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Mithravarun Senthil Kumar^[4]	Discus throw	54.71	9 Q	57.06	5

Girls
Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
K.T.Neena^[4]	5 km walk	25:02.19	11

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Pushpa Jakhar^[4]	Javelin throw	50.21	6 Q	49.56	6

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Two shuttlers from India qualified based on the BWF World Junior Rankings.^[6]^[7]

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Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aditya Joshi	Boys' Singles	Petrovic (SRB) W (21–17, 21–16)	Sarsiekienov (UKR) W (21–14, 21–13)	Pham CC (VIE) W (21–14, 21–13)	1 Q	CJ Wei (MAS) W (20–22, 21–18, 21–12)	Shi Yq (CHN) L (10–21, 22–24)	Ginting (INA) L (17–21, 16–21)	4
Ruthvika Shivani	Girls' Singles	Konieczna (POL) W (21–10, 21–4)	Lai (AUS) W (21–18, 21–11)	Hartawan (INA) L (14–21, 15–21)	2	Did Not Advance
Tessa Kabelo (BOT) Aditya Joshi (IND)	Mixed Doubles	Sarsiekienov (UKR) Yamaguchi (JPN) L (19–21, 17–21)	Chen (NED) Krapez (SLO) L (13–21, 21–17, 13–21)	Mitsova (BUL) Abdelhakim (EGY) W (20–22, 21–18, 21–11)	3	Did Not Advance
Ruthvika Shivani (IND) Abraham Ayittey (GHA)	Mixed Doubles	Ong (SIN) Hendahewa (SRI) L WO	Courtois (FRA) Sebunnya (UGA) L WO	He Bj (CHN) Dias (SRI) L WO	4	Did Not Advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Two boxers from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Youth World Championships.^[8]

Boys

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shyam Kakara	-49 kg	Huseynov (AZE) L 1–2	Did Not Advance	Karakilic (TUR) W 3–0	5
Gaurav Solanki	-52 kg	Bye	Ping L (CHN) L 0–3	Md. Ali (GBR) L 0–3	4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[9]

Girls

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kirti Kewat	C1 slalom	1:50.492	5 Q	—		DNF	—	Did Not Advance
Kirti Kewat	C1 sprint	2:31.856	5 qR	2:33.175	1 Q	2:35.385	2	Did Not Advance

Qualification Legend: Q=Next Round; qR=Repechage

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

One team of two athletes from India qualified based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[10]

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Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Feroz Garewal	Boys' Individual	73	19	69	142	7	70	212	5	212	5
Aditi Ashok	Girls' Individual	74	16	70	144	6	76	220	11	220	11
Feroz Garewal Aditi Ashok	Mixed team	66	9	72	138	9	153	291	21	291	21

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

One gymnast from India qualified based on the performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[11]

Boys

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Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Abhijeet Kumar^[4]	Qualification	12.650	13.000	10.000	13.600	12.650	12.250	74.150	26

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Regatta.^[12]

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Athlete	Event	Seeding Heats		Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amit Kumar Atul Kumar	Boys' Pairs	3:28.36	4	3:22.68	6 R	3:25.03	5 FB	3:26.56	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

India was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[13]

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Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final	Net Points	Final Rank
Katya Ida Coelho	Girls' Techno 293	18	20	21	20	DNF	20	CNC	CNC	CNC	CNC	19	117	21

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

2 shooters from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Shooting Championships.^[14]

Individual

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Prashant Tanwar	Boys' 10m Air Rifle	606.0	13	Did Not Advance
Yashaswini Singh Deswal	Girls' 10m Air Pistol	377	5 Q	117.6	6

Team

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Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Prashant (IND) Angirmaa Nergui (MGL)	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	813.5	12 Q	Khedmati (IRI) Friman (FIN) W 10–7	Sukhorukova (UKR) Lu S-c (TPE) L 9–10	Did Not Advance		8
Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND) Joze Ceper (SLO)	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	754	3 Q	Le Sieur (CAN) Wu Jy (CHN) W 10–5	Nencheva (BUL) Svechnikov (UZB) L 5–10	Did Not Advance		8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two swimmers.^[15]

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Supriya Mondal	Boys' 100 m butterfly	56.23	19	Did Not Advance
Supriya Mondal	Boys' 200 m butterfly	2:03.71	12	—		Did Not Advance
Kataryla Shivani	Girls' 100 m freestyle	58.87	30	Did Not Advance
Kataryla Shivani	Girls' 200 m freestyle	2:06.44	25	—		Did Not Advance

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

2 athletes from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Qualifying Event.^[16]

Singles

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Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abhishek Yadav	Boys	Akkuzu (FRA) L 2–3	Avvari (USA) W 3–0	Gerassimenko (KAZ) L 1–3	3 qB	Alassani (TOG) W 3–0	Levenko (AUT) W 3–1	Szudi (HUN) W 3–2	Ranefur (SWE) L 1–3	18
Sutirtha Mukherjee	Girls	Salah (DJI) W 3–0	Liu Gy (CHN) L 1–3	Piccolin (ITA) W 3–1	2 Q	Khetkhuan (THA) L 2–4	Did Not Advance			16
Sutirtha Mukherjee Abhishek Yadav	Mixed	Kato / Muramatsu (JPN) L 0–3	Salah (DJI) / Alassani (TOG) W 3–0	Luo (CAN) / Afanador (PUR) L 1–2	3 qB	Seera (UGA) / Bienatiki (CGO) W 3–0	Herng HY / Jing YY (SIN) W 2–1	—		17

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

One athlete from India qualified based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^[17]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ojasvinee Singh	Girls' Singles	Bains (AUS) L 4–6, 1–6	Did Not Advance
Ojasvinee Singh (IND) Greetje Minnen (BEL)	Girls' Doubles	—	Bains / Hon (AUS) L 2–6, 3–6	Did Not Advance
Ojasvinee Singh (IND) Sharmal Dissanaayake (SRI)	Mixed Doubles	Kenin / Rybakov (USA) L 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]	Did Not Advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Two lifters in the boys' events and one lifter in the girls' event qualified from India based on the team ranking after the 2013 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.^[18]

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Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Lalchhanhima	Boys' 56 kg	NL		DNF		―	―
Venkat Rahul Ragala	Boys' 77 kg	141	2	175	2	316
Thasana Chanu	Girls' 58 kg	70	5	90	6	160	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Four wrestlers from India qualified based on their performance at the 2014 Asian Cadet Championships.^[19]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

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Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Prakash Kolekar	Boys' freestyle 46 kg	Ipolito (ASA) W 4–0 ^VT	Tigreros (COL) L 1–3 ^PP	Gadzhiev (RUS) L 0–4 ^VT	3	Hegab (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	6
Amit Kumar	Boys' freestyle 63 kg	Montero (VEN) L 1–3 ^PP	Lloyd (NZL) W 4–0 ^VT	Moore (CAN) W 3–1 ^PP	2	Julakidze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	4
Shri Pal	Boys' Greco-Roman 85 kg	Ahmed (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	Kalaba (SRB) W 4–0 ^VT	Milov (BUL) L 1–4 ^PP	3	Khehira (CAN) W 4–0 ^PO	5
Anil Reshma Mane	Girls' freestyle 60 kg	Bullen (NOR) L 0–4 ^VT	Mbouma (CGO) W 3–1 ^PP	Larroque (FRA) L 0–4 ^VT	3	Stans (RSA) W 3–0 ^PO	5

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