Prannoy provides the silver lining

Aug 20, 2010 |

IANS

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Aug. 19: Shuttler Hasina Sunilkumar Prannoy became the second Indian to win a silver at the Youth Olympics while Yuki Bhambri reached the boys singles tennis final here Thursday.
Prannoy’s dream run was halted by Pisit Poodchalat of Thailand who beat him 21-15, 21-16 in the badminton final of the boys singles at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Woman wrestler Pooja Dhanda had Monday won the first silver medal for India.
Yuki is just a step away from Youth Olympics glory as he beat Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in a tightly contested semi-final. He plays Juan Sebastian Gomez of Columbia in the final.

The only good news in athletics came through Durgesh Kumar who topped Heat 2 of the boys 400m qualifications. It was an ordinary day for India in swimming. Aaron Agnel D’Souza showed promise in the youth men’s 100m Heat 5 by securing a fourth place in the morning. But he could not replicate the performance in the semifinals and finished fifth to bow out of the competition.

The Indian basketball team suffered its third consecutive loss in the competition after losing to New Zealand in a Group A preliminary match of the boys event.

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