Sri Lanka’s Ayomal Akalanka has won the Silver medal in the final of the Men’s 400m Hurdles and Nilupul Pehesara has won the Bronze medal in the Men’s High Jump event at the 7th Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
Sri Lanka’s Ayomal Akalanka has won the Silver medal in the final of the Men’s 400m Hurdles and Nilupul Pehesara has won the Bronze medal in the Men’s High Jump event at the 7th Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Commonwealth Youth Games Athletic Championship is currently underway at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 will kick off at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The Games will end on August 11.
The multi-sport event, now in its seventh edition, will see under-18 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories compete for medals in seven sporting disciplines - athletics, beach volleyball, cycling, netball fast 5, rugby sevens, swimming and triathlon.
India will field an eight-member contingent in athletics, four in triathlon and six athletes each in swimming and cycling. Each discipline will have equal representation for the men’s and women’s events. India won’t take part in beach volleyball, netball fast 5 and rugby sevens.
Bapi Hansda, who became the first Indian in history to win a silver in the men’s 400m hurdles at Asian Youth Athletics Championships in April, will lead India’s athletics contingent.
Abhay Singh (men’s 200m), Arjun (men’s javelin throw), Anupriya (women’s shot put) - all Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2023 medallists - also made it to India’s eight-member athletics squad for Trinbago 2023.
India’s swimming squad features Vedaant Madhavan and swimming national record holders Hashika Ramachandra (women’s medley) and Palak Joshi (women’s backstroke) among others.
At the last edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Bahamas in 2017, India bagged 11 medals - four gold, one silver and six bronze.
