India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

India at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Nanjing
Competitors32 in 15 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Shyam Kumar Kakara[1]
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

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

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Two archers from India qualified due to their performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.[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
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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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)
1286 13  Anagöz (TUR)
 Purnama (INA)
W 5–4
 Abdrazak (KAZ)
 D'Almeida (BRA)
L 2–6
Did Not Advance 9

Athletics

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Five athletes from India qualified.[5]

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

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
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
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Mithravarun Senthil Kumar[4] Discus throw 54.71 9 Q 57.06 5
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
K.T.Neena[4] 5 km walk 25:02.19 11
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Pushpa Jakhar[4] Javelin throw 50.21 6 Q 49.56 6

Badminton

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

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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)
 Ong (SIN)
 Hendahewa (SRI)
L WO
 Courtois (FRA)
 Sebunnya (UGA)
L WO
 He Bj (CHN)
 Dias (SRI)
L WO
4 Did Not Advance

Boxing

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

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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

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

Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
Kirti Kewat C1 slalom 1:50.492 5 Q DNF Did Not Advance
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

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

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
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

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Artistic Gymnastics

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

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

Rowing

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

Athlete Event Seeding Heats Heats Repechage Final
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

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

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

Shooting

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

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Points Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
 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

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India qualified two swimmers.[15]

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

Table Tennis

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

Singles
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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

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

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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

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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]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Lalchhanhima Boys' 56 kg NL DNF
Venkat Rahul Ragala Boys' 77 kg 141 2 175 2 316 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thasana Chanu Girls' 58 kg 70 5 90 6 160 6

Wrestling

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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.
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
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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