- India has opened their medal account in the Youth Olympic Games with a Silver. On the opening day of competitions in Buenos Aires today, shooter Tushar Mane bagged a silver in the men's 10-meter air rifle event.
- Mane 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.
- India is being represented by 46 athletes in 13 sports in the prestigious event. This is India's largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics. India won two medals a silver and a bronze in the last Youth Olympics in 2014 in Nanjing in China.
Published On : 08 Oct 2018
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