[Curr Affairs] 2014 Summer Youth Olympics; India's performance

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games) was the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (Nanjing defeated Poznan of Poland in bidding for hosting the 2014 Youth Olympics)

Logo / Mascot: Nanjinglele

2014 Youth Olympics – Medal Tally
Rank	Nation	Gold	Siler	Bronze	Total
1	China	38	13	14	65
2	Russia	27	19	11	57
3	USA	10	5	7	22
4	France	8	3	9	20
5	Japan	7	9	5	21
6	Ukraine	7	8	8	23
7	Italy	7	8	6	21
8	Hungary	6	6	11	23
9	Brazil	6	6	1	13
10	Azerbaijan	5	6	1	12
India at 63 rd position (1 silver +1 bronze)

Summer Youth Olympics
Year	Olympiad	Games	Location
2010	XXIX	I Summer Youth Olympics	Singapore
2014	XXX	II Summer Youth Olympics	Nanjing
2018	XXI	III Summer Youth Olympics	Buenos Aires
2022	XXXII	IV Summer Youth Olympics
Winter Olympic Games
2012	XXX	I Winter Youth Olympic Games	Innsbruk (Austria)
2016	XXXI	II Winter Youth Olympic Games	Lillehammer (Norway)
2020	XXXII	III Winter Youth Olympic Games	--------**

Note:-

___* à Hobart (Australia) / Monterrey (Mexico)

------** à Laussane (Switzerland) / Brasov (Romania) / Lake Placid (USA) / Sofia (Bulgaria)

India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

• Competitors: 32 in 15 sports
• Final Ranking: 63rd position
• Medals: 2 (1 silver + 1 bronze)
• Silver Medal: Venkat Rahul Ragala in Boy’s Weight Lifting
• Bronze Medal: Atul Verma in Boy’s Archery [with this, Atul Verma becomes the first Indian player to win Olympic medal in Archery for India]
• National Flag bearer in Opening Ceremony: Shyam Kumar
• India, which had won 8 medals (6 silver + 2 bronze) in 2010 games, managed just 2 medals this time.