India open their medal account in Youth Olympic Games with Silver

India have opened their medal account in the Youth Olympic Games with a Silver. On the opening day of competitions in Buenos Aires today, shooter Tushar Mane bagged a silver in the men's 10 metre air rifle event.   

Mane shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of



Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9.

India is being represented by 46 athletes in 13 sports in the prestigious event. This is India's largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics. India won two medals a silver and a bronze in the last Youth Olympics in 2014 in Nanjing in China.