India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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.
| 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 | 
 | 
| Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
    
| 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
    
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 |  | 
| 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
    
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
    
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
    
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
    
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
    
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
    
    Artistic Gymnastics
    
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
    
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
    
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
    
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 | .svg.png.webp) Le Sieur (CAN)  Wu Jy (CHN) W 10–5 |  Nencheva (BUL)  Svechnikov (UZB) L 5–10 | Did Not Advance | 8 | |
Swimming
    
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
    
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 | .svg.png.webp) 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
    
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) .svg.png.webp) 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
    
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 |  | 
| Thasana Chanu | Girls' 58 kg | 70 | 5 | 90 | 6 | 160 | 6 | 
Wrestling
    
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 | .svg.png.webp) 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 | .svg.png.webp) 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 | 
References
    
- "Shyam Kakara carries Indian flag as #YOGSelfie launches 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics: Indian Results". www.drinksbreak.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
- "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- "BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- "BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- "Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". AIBA. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification" (PDF). ICF. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking". IGF. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- "2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics". FIG. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing". FISA. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- "2014 YOG Qualification Techno 293". International Sailing Federation. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- "Quota Places for Asian Shooting" (PDF). Asian Shooting Confederation. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- "Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes" (PDF). ITTF. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- "2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country" (PDF). ITF. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games". FILA. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.