Buenos Aires, Argentina is hosting the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, third Summer event, from Oct 6 to Oct 8. Almost 4000 athletes from 206 nations are set to participate in 241 events of 32 Sports at Obelisco de Buenos Aires Stadium. Indian Contingent of 46 athletes is one of the top 10 biggest participants. In the event, dominated by China India has won 10 medals in last two Olympics and are yet to win a Gold medal. Manu Bhaker is India’s flag-bearer at Youth Olympics 2018 for the inauguration ceremony.
Indian Medals at Youth Olympic Games of 2010 and 2014
In 2018 Youth Olympics, 25 Boys and 21 Girls are representing India in 36 Events of 13 Sports.
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Archery: 1 Boy, 1 Girl, 3 Events
Athletics: 5 Boys, 2 Girls, 7 Events
Badminton: 1 Boy, 1 Girl, 3 Events
Boxing: 1 Girl, 1 Event
Hockey: 9 Boys, 9 Girls, 2 Events
Judo: 1 Girl, 1 Event
Rowing: 2 Boyz, 1 Event
Shooting: 2 Girls, 2 Boys, 6 events
Sport Climbing: 1 Boy, 1 event
Swimming: 2 Boys, 4 events
Table Tennis: 1 Boy, 1 Girl, 3 events
Weightlifting: 1 Boy, 1 Girl, 2 Events
Wrestling: 2 Girls, 2 Events
Squads:
- Archery: Aakash, Himani
Athletics: Nisar Ahmed, Sreekiran Nandakumar, Suraj Panwar, Praveen Chitravel, Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana, Seema, Vishnupriya Jayaprakashan
Badminton: Lakshya Sen, Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy
Boxing: Jyoti Gulia
Hockey:
Boys
- Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Shivam Anand, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Sanjay, Sudeep Chirmako, Pawan, Rabichandra Singh Moirangathem, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Girls
- Salima Tete, Reet, Khushboo, Ishika Chaudhary, Mumtaz Khan, Sangita Kumari, Chetna, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Lalremsiami
Judo: Tababi Devi
Rowing: Satnam Singh & Ashish Goliyan
Shooting: Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Saurabh Chaudhary, Tushar Mane
Sport Climbing: Bharath Pereira
Swimming: Srihari Nataraj, Advait Page
Table Tennis: Manav Thakkar, Archana Kamath
Weightlifting: Jeremy Lalrinunga, Sneha Soren
Wrestling: Simran, Mansi
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