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Jeremy Lalrinnunga broke the national record in the men's 62kg category at the Youth Olympic Games&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP Indian athletes waved the tricolour high

at the Youth Olympic Games by producing India’s best-ever tally in the tournament. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, India won three gold, nine silver, and one bronze. India signed off the

from tournament in style as archer Akash Malik became India‘s first-ever archer to bag a silver medal in archery at the tournament. India won three gold medals in shooting and weightlifting.

While Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary sealed gold medals in shooting, weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinched the yellow metal in the tournament after breaking a national record.  HERE

IS A LIST OF ALL MEDALS WON BY INDIA AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES On the opening day of the tournament, Indian shooter Tushar Mane bagged a silver medal in men's 10m air rifle event to open

India’s medal count. While Mane shot 247.5 to win the silver, gold went to Grigorii Shamakov (249.2) while Serbia‘s Aleksa Mitrovic sealed the bronze medal with a score of 227.9. Indian

shooter Mehuli Ghosh bagged a silver medal in the women's 10m air-rifle shooting event of the Youth Olympic Games. The 18-year-old, who ended up shooting 248.0, felt marginally short of

the gold medal which went to Denmark’s Stephanie Grundsoee, who finished top of the podium with a score of 248.7. Thangjam Tababi Devi claimed India’s first-ever medal in judo at the

Olympic level after claiming a silver at the Youth Games. In the finals of the women's 44kg category, Tababi lost to Venezuela's Maria Giminez 0-11. Prior to this event, India had

never won an Olympic medal in judo either at the senior or the youth level. Weightlifter Lalrinnunga broke the national record in the men's 62kg category to finish on top of the podium.

Just 15, Lalrinnunga lifted a total of 274kg (124kg +150kg) to clinch the gold medal. Rising Indian shooter Manu Bhaker, who could not live up to the expectations of her countrymen at the

Asian Games 2018 as well as World Championships, bounced back in style as he bagged a gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event. "This is an important win for me. It will be a

morale booster (after the Asian Games disappointment) as I look forward with an aim to bring home more laurels," Bhaker said after winning the gold. India won another medal in shooting

when Saurabh Chaudhary bagged a gold medal in men's 10m air pistol gold. Chaudhary dictated terms in the final, where he shot 244.2 to finish on top of the podium ahead of South

Korea's Sung Yunho (236.7). Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen added another medal to India’s kitty when he settled for a silver medal after losing to China’s Li Shifeng in the summit clash.

Sen lost 15-21, 19-21 in the final which lasted 42 minutes. The Chinese shuttler avenged the loss for the defeat to Sen in the quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in July. Indian

wrestler Simran opened India’s count in wrestling at the Youth Olympics after she won a silver medal in women's freestyle 43 kg category competition. Simran lost to United States‘ Emily

Shilson 6-11. After reaching the final of men’s hockey, Indian team faltered in the summit clash where they lost to Malaysia 2-4. Skipper Vivek Sagar led from the front as he scored two

goals but it was Malaysia who clinched the yellow metal. In the women’s hockey final, India lost to hosts Argentina – who brought a smile on the faces of their fans by winning their maiden

Youth Olympic Games Hockey gold medal. While India silenced the crowd by taking a lead in the 49th second of the match, the hosts fought back in style to eventually win the summit clash 3-1.

Suraj Panwar opened India’s account in athletics when he sealed a silver medal in men's 5000m race walk event. Even though Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and

35.87 seconds, he finished second overall. Praveen Chitravel bagged India's second medal in athletics at the Youth Olympic Games as he won a cleared a distance of 15.68m to finish

fifth in the Stage 2 competition in men's triple jump. In Stage 1, Praveen was ranked third with a jump of 15.84m which took him to the podium with a combined effort of 31.52m. Earlier,

Suraj Panwar won a silver in men's 5000m race walk event to give India its maiden medal in athletics in 2018 edition of the tournament. India archer Akash Malik entered history books

as he became the first-ever archer to bag a silver medal at Youth Olympic Games. The 15-year-old, who is the son of a farmer, faltered in the summit clash which he lost 0-6 to Trenton Cowles

of the USA. "I have trained in the wind, but here it was too much. I was waiting for an opportunity but he (Cowles) was stronger and I had no chance," Akash told PTI. It was

India’s last medal at Youth Olympic Games 2018.