Youth Asian Games: Indian shuttlers and paddlers impress, boxing and swimming stars advance | More sports News
Indian athletes made significant progress at the Youth Asian Games in Bahrain on Monday, with shuttlers and table tennis players advancing to pre-quarterfinals, while the 3×3 basketball team faced a quarterfinal defeat against Iran. India currently holds ninth position on the medals table with 24 medals, including three gold, ten silver, and eleven bronze.In badminton, Vennala Kalagotla secured a victory in girls’ singles against Sri Lanka’s Nethmi Ratnayeke with scores of 23-21, 21-10. Tankara Talasila won his boys’ singles match against Singapore’s Tee Kai 21-15, 21-15.The mixed doubles pair of Param Choudhary and Aanya Bisht lost their opening round to South Korea’s Na Seon Jae and Kim Bohye 8-21, 15-21.In boxing, 15-year-old Lanchenba Singh Moibungkhongbam won against Philippines’ Aamya Jefferson 4-1 in the 50kg girls’ quarterfinal. However, Devendra Chaudhary lost his 75kg quarterfinal bout to China’s Guan Yiwen 5-0, and Udham Singh Raghav was defeated in his 54kg quarterfinal by Ryusei Kitamura 3-1.The table tennis contingent showed strong performance with Sarthak Arya and Syndrela Das advancing in mixed doubles. They defeated Maldives’ pair Nafiz Aishath and Mohamed Rafiu 11-6, 11-3, 11-4.Another mixed doubles pair, Divyanshi Bhowmick and Ritvik Gupta, secured their spot in the round of 16 by beating Maldives’ Imran Muhammad and Amina Adam 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.In individual events, Sarthak Arya won his boys’ singles group match against John Marin of the Philippines, while Hansini Mathan progressed to pre-quarters in girls’ singles.The swimming events saw multiple Indians qualifying for finals. Nitishsai Harniath qualified in boys’ 50m freestyle with 23.71 seconds, and Vedant Tandale made it to the boys’ 100m butterfly final with 56.31 seconds.In other events, Aditya Jakhar finished sixth in boys’ cycling Individual Time Trial final. The Indian girls’ handball team defeated Hong Kong-China 22-12 in Group A.Shashikumar Dhakshan qualified for the boys’ 400m freestyle final with 4:03.61 seconds, while Aditi Satish Hegde secured a spot in the girls’ final with 4:29.22. The Indian girls’ team also qualified for the 4x100m freestyle relay final, clocking 4:01.01 seconds.The Indian girls’ 3×3 basketball team’s journey ended with a 15-10 quarterfinal loss to Iran.
