Shooter Mane bags silver, India open medal account at Youth Olympics
BUENOS AIRES: India opened its medal account in the Youth Olympic Games with shooter Tushar Mane bagging a silver in the men’s 10m air rifle on the opening day of competitions here on Sunday.
Mane, who qualified third for the final, shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9.
It was close fight among the three podium finishers till the end and Mane edged out Mitrovic for the silver medal by collecting 228.0 as against 227.9 of the Serbian shooter in the penultimate round. But, the final round was not the best one for the Indian as he shot 9.6 and 9.99 while the eventual gold winner had 10.4 and 10.7.
Tababi Devi Thangjam qualified for the final of the women’s 44kg judo competition with a 10-0 win over Ana Viktorija Puljiz of Crotia. In women’s singles badminton, Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy defeated Elena Andreu of Spain 21-13 21-6 in her opening match.
Also, the Indian U-18 men’s hockey team registered an emphatic 10-0 win over Bangladesh in their opening Hockey 5s campaign on a positive note. India is being represented by 46 athletes in 13 sports. India won two medals in the 2014 edition in Nanjing, China.
KEERTHANA WINS TITLE
MUMBAI: India’s Keerthana Pandian won the girls’ title in the IBSF World Under-16 Snooker Championships, her maiden international crown.
In the corresponding boys category, Ben Martens of Belgium clinched the title in St Petersburg, Russia
RAYHAN ENDS TIED 2ND
SINGAPORE: Indian teenager Rayhan Thomas came within a striking distance of creating history before finishing tied second at the elite Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships here. Thomas’ tied second is the best finish ever by an Indian in the 10-year history of the Championships.
INDIA FINISH THIRD
THIMPHU:India women beat Bhutan by a solitary strike from Devneta Roy to finish third in the U-18 SAFF Football Championship on Sunday. Devneta scored the winner in the 73rd minute which proved to be the difference between the two teams in a closely contested encounter.
TAMIL THALAIVAS WIN
CHENNAI: Defending champions Patna Pirates began their title defence on a disappointing note as they crashed to 26-42 defeat against Tamil Thalaivas in the opening match of Pro Kabaddi League. Skipper Ajay Thakur scored 14 points.