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IMAGE: Yashita outmuscled Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Muktar in an evenly poised girls’ 61kg wrestling final at the Asian Youth Games, in Manama, on Tuesday. Photograph: Screengrab/X
Teenage wrestler Yashita dug deep into her reserves of energy to overcome a gritty Kazakh opponent and clinch the girls’ 61kg gold on a day when six Indian boxers sailed into the final to assure the country of half-a-dozen medals in the Youth Asian Games in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday.
In an extremely keenly contested bout, Yashita, 17, defeated Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Muktar on the basis of the final point scored after the two were tied at 5-all.
Earlier, Yashita had defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akylai Chynybaeva 6-0 in the semifinals.
Yashita’s top-podium finish took India’s tally of medals to 26, including four gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze. The country is placed 11th on the medals tally led by China with a total of 100 medals, including 47 gold.
In boxing, India’s 15-year-old Khushi Chand secured a place in the girls’ 46kg gold-medal bout by defeating Mongolia’s Altanzul Altangadas 5-0. She will meet China’s Chen Fang-yu in the title bout on Thursday.
In the girls’ 54kg category, Chandrika Pujari had little difficulty overcoming Kazakhstan’s teenager boxer Ramina Makhanova by a unanimous 5-0 decision to set up a title clash with Uzbekistan’s 15-year-old Kumriniso Muhammadova.
Harnoor Kaur’s 66kg bout also turned out to be a one-sided affair as she beat Chinese-Taipei’s Lu Wen-jing 5-0 to set up the gold-medal match against Kazakhstan’s Ayaulym Ospanova, while Anshika in 80-plus kg got the better of China’s Guo Jiaqing. She will meet Kazakhstan’s Elnura Kongyat in the final.
In the girls’ 50kg semifinal, Ahaana Sharma had to slug it out against Uzbekistan’s Nazokat Mardonova before a split 3-2 decision went in the Indian’s favour. She will take on Ma Jong Hyang of DPR Korea in the final.
IMAGE: Lanchenba Singh will take on Kazakhstan’s Zhumagali Nurmakhank in the 50kg boxing final. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India/X
In the boys’ section, Lanchenba Singh won his 50kg semifinal bout against DPR Korea’s An Phyong Guk 5-0 to set up a title match with Kazakhstan’s Zhumagali Nurmakhan.
In girls’ wrestling, 61kg grappler Yashita assured India of at least a silver by reaching the final defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Akylai Chynybaeva 6-0. She will meet Kazakhstan’s Zhaidar Mukhat later in the day.
In badminton, Suryaksh Rawat overcame his second-round hurdle to reach the quarterfinals by overcoming Chinese-Taipei’s Huang Jyun-Kai 21-14, 21-19, while the mixed doubles pair Jaison Bjorn and Angel Punera got the better of Ramos Roaquine and Shachie Calderon of the Philippines 21-10, 21-13 to make the quarters.
Vennala Kalagotla, in girls’ singles, secured an easy passage into the quarterfinals with a 21-10, 21-12 win against the Philippines’ Eve Bejasa, while Tankara Talasila in boys’ singles entered the quarterfinals with an easy win against a Philippines opponent.
In table tennis, Divyanshi Bhowmick beat Thailand’s 14-year-old Panita Vijittham 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 to advance to the girls’ round of 16, while the mixed doubles team of Syndrela Das and Sarthak Arya moved into the semifinals with a 3-2 win against Korea’s Seungsoo Lee and Heo Yerim.
In swimming, India’s teen sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu finished the girls’ 100m freestyle event in fifth place with a time of 57.72 seconds.
