{"id":4915,"date":"2024-05-30T06:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T06:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbuddy.co.in\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2024-05-30T06:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T06:30:42","slug":"indian-boys-girls-complete-golden-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"Indian boys, girls complete golden sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>New Delhi, (Team Newsbuddy): <\/em><\/strong>The Under-19 and Under-15 boys and girls made India proud yet again with a clean sweep of all possible gold medals in the singles and the doubles in the South Asian Youth Table Tennis championships at Kandy on the concluding day today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The boys and girls also added four silver medals to their tally in the singles events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Under-19 boys singles final, Ankur Bhattacharjee defeated Jash Modi 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6 to win the gold, leaving Jash Modi to satisfy with the silver. Pakistan and Bangladesh won the bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the girls&#8217; section, Sayali Wani beat Pritha Vartikar 11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8 to wear the crown, pushing Pritha to the second spot. Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka won the bronze in this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soham Mukherjee emerged as the singles champion in the Under-15 Boys, blanking out Sarthak Arya 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while the bronze went the way of two Pakistan paddlers, Abbas Amjad Khan and Abdal Mohammed Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the girls&#8217; U-15 singles, Syndrela Das proved better than compatriot Divyanshi Bowmick with a 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 verdict. Subhashree Sreshtra of Nepal and Yoshini Jayawardane of Sri Lanka had to contend with the bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the U-19 Boys&#8217; doubles, Ankur and Jash combined to beat the Pakistani duo of Shayan Farooq and Taha Bilal 11-6, 13-11, 11-9 to grab the gold, while Taneesha Kotecha and Risha Mirchandani paired up to beat the Nepalese duo of Binaca Rai and Evana Thapa Magar 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 for the gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the U-15 Boys&#8217; doubles, Sahil Rawat and Rupam Sardar defeated Abul Hashem Hasib and Mohammad Thamidur Rahman 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 for the top podium finish. In the girls&#8217; category, Kavya Bhatt and Ankolika Chakraborty routed the Sri Lankan pair of Yoshini and Shanya Muthuli 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 for the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankur added another gold medal to his tally in the U-10 mixed doubles when he combined with Pritha Vartikar to put it across the Maldivian pair of Akhyar Ahmed Khalid and Fathima Dheema Ali for an 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 verdict. Later, Sarthak Arya and Syndrela Das beat Akiyan Bojith and Yoshini of Sri Lanka 11-8, 3-11, 11-2, 12-10 to complete the golden sweep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Indian paddlers won the team titles in U-15 Boys and Girls besides Under-19 Girls categories. 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