YOUNG TALENTS & PRODIGIES WHO MADE THEIR MARK IN 2017 - FlashBack2017

YOUNG TALENTS & PRODIGIES WHO MADE THEIR MARK IN 2017 #Flashback2017









1.ATHLETICS: Damneeth singh mann

- Won Silver medal in Men’s hammer throw at IAAF world youth Championship Nairobi 2017. This is India's 1st ever medal in hammer throw & also 1st ever medal in IAAF U-18 World Athletics Championship



2.ARCHERY: Divya Dhayal

Wins Bronze Medal in the Compound Womens Team Event in Youth Archery World Championship

Makes it 3 out of 3 in Asia Cup Stage 3- Silver in Compound Womens team, Gold in Compound Mixed with Mayank Rawat & Gold in Compound Womens Individual

Wins Bronze in Mixed Compound Team event with Abhishek Verma at Archery World Cup Stage 2

Young talent in Indian Sports - Khelindia FlashBack 2017

3.BADMINTON: Lakshya Sen

- Became World No 1 in Junior Men's Singles



4.GOLF: Aditi Ashok

- She has made the cut in six LPGA events- Marathon Classic(T8), ANA Inspiration(T42), Women's PGA Championship(T29), Walmart NW Arkansas Championship(T25), U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open.

8th finish at the Marathon Classic is her best performance this year in LPGA tour & also the 1st top 10 place in her career on the LPGA Tour.









5. SHOOTING:Anish Bhanwala

- In World Junior Championship, he participated in 3 Pistol Events & earned India Medals in all the 3 events.

In 25m Standard Pistol, he won an individual Gold with Junior World Record(creating a new junior world record of score of 579, breaking 15 year old record of score of 574 held by Denis Koulakov since 2002.) & also a Team Silver.

In 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, he won a Team Bronze.

In 25m Pistol(Precision + Rapid), he won an individual Silver(Missing Gold just by a single point) & a Team Gold.



Yashaswini Singh Deswal

- Won Gold in 10m Air Pistol at World Junior Championship, equalling Junior World Record of 235.9 points.



6.SQUASH: Velavan Senthil Kumar and Abhay Singh

- Helped India become Asian Junior Squash Champions



7.WEIGHTLIFTING: Jeremy Lalrinnunga

- Wins a silver in IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships



8.WRESTLING:Bajrang Punia

Wins Silver in U23 World Championships

Gold For Bajrang in Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Wins Gold in Asian Wrestling Championship



Sajan Bhanwal

- Won Bronze in 74kg at World Junior Championship. After several years, an Indian wrestler wins a medal in Greco-Roman at World Championship



9.TABLE TENNIS: Manav Thakkar

- After winning one Gold and two Silver at the World Junior Circuit Serbia Open, the 17 year old occupied the top spot with 3455 points in the ITTF World Junior Circuit Standings



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