India Ends Dakar Youth Olympics Campaign With 10 Medals, Its Second-Best Performance

India concluded its campaign at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games with 10 medals, making it the country's second-best performance at the competition. The tally comprised two gold, three silver and five bronze medals.

India's best showing remains its performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics, where it won 13 medals—three gold, nine silver and one bronze.

The Dakar campaign ended on a high note for Indian boxing, with Gunjan and Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei winning gold medals in their respective finals. Their victories marked a first for Indian boxing at the Youth Olympics.

TWO HISTORIC GOLD MEDALS IN BOXING

Gunjan defeated Algeria's Bensalah Bouthaina 5-0 in the women's 48kg final on Thursday to become the first Indian woman to win a boxing gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

Earlier, Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei beat Ireland's Jubani Kristian 3-2 in the men's 50kg final, becoming the first Indian boxer to win gold at the competition.

With both Indian boxers winning their finals, the country recorded a 100 per cent success rate in the sport at this edition. According to a press release from the Boxing Federation of India, both representatives returned with gold medals.

ATHLETICS AND WRESTLING ADD TO INDIA'S TALLY

Shourya Ambure won bronze in the women's 100m hurdles, clocking a personal best of 13.59 seconds. She became the first Indian woman to win an athletics medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

In wrestling, Taniya secured silver in the women's 75kg category. She lost 1-2 to China's Min Zhao in the final, but her performance gave India its first-ever youth wrestling medal at the competition.

SILVER MEDALS IN JUDO AND BADMINTON

Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada won silver in the women's 63kg judo event, while Tanvi Patri secured another silver medal in badminton.

SWIMMERS WIN THREE BRONZE MEDALS

Swimming contributed three medals to India's overall tally. Dhinidhi Desinghu won bronze in the women's 100m and 200m freestyle events, becoming the first Indian athlete to win multiple medals at a single edition of the Youth Olympic Games.

Tirthank Pegu claimed bronze in the men's 200m butterfly, becoming the first Indian male swimmer to win a medal at the event.

Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu added the fifth bronze medal to India's tally with a podium finish in the women's changquan combined wushu event.

With inputs from ANI