Thursday, October 18, 2018

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to IOAIndia twitter handle
Archery - Boys' Recurve Individual Gold Medal match
Akash Malik (IND) l Trenton Cowles (USA) 0-6 (26-28, 27-29, 26-28)

[SF] Akash Malik (IND) bt Senna Roos (BEL) 6-0 (27-25, 29-25, 27-26)
[QF] Akash Malik (IND) bt Carlos Daniel Vaca Cordero (MEX) 6-4 (29-28, 21-26, 29-24, 26-26, 28-28)
[R16] Akash Malik (IND) bt Jose Manuel Solera (ESP) 6-2 (29-26, 29-28, 27-27, 28-28)
[R32] Akash Malik (IND) bt Benjamen Lee (CAN) 6-5 (26-28, 27-25, 28-28, 25-27, 28-25) (Shoot-off 9*-9)

Akash Malik became the first Indian to win a silver medal in archery at the Youth Olympic Games ... The 16-year-old archer suffered a defeat in the final to American Trenton Cowles 0-6 in the boy's recurve final at the Youth Olympics Games.

India finished on the 17th position with 3 Gold and 9 Silver and a Bronze medals ... This is India's biggest medals haul in any Olympic ... The first-time we crossed a double figure in the medals ... Frankly, few positive signs as we won 13 medals from 8 different sports.

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