Independent Olympic Athletes is the team of Indian athletes who are competing at the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China, from 16 to 24 August 2013.

Background Indian athletes participated in the Games under the Olympic flag due to the suspension of the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC). Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee due to government interference in the autonomy of the country’s NOC.

Over-aged athletes The organising committee of the Games, Nanjing Asian Youth Games Organising Committee, barred participation of some Indian athletes who were supposed to compete in the athletics and weightlifting events "because they were above the stipulated age of 17". The incident attracted widespread media coverage and prompted government action. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports "ordered an inquiry to fix responsibility on the officials for the fiasco which had brought embarrassment to the country".

Athletics

Boys' Track events AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAjay Kumar1500 metresN/A4:05.76Abhishek Pal3000 metresN/A8:45.72

Girls' Track events AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnjana Thamake800 metres2:13.211 N/A2:11.47 Ankita Gosavi100 metres hurdles14.60 2 N/A

Field AthleteEventsHeatFinalDistanceRankDistanceRankAkshaya VeluchamyLong jump5.45 5 5.48 8Rochelle MacFarlaneTriple jumpN/A12.38 m Meghana DevangaShot putN/A14.51 m 4Laxay SharmaHammer throwN/A43.81 m 6Pushpa JakharJavelin throwN/A45.64 m 4

Judo

Boys' AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinal FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVikas Kharb Boys' −55 kg L 000-100 Did not advanceVijay Kumar Yadav Boys' −66 kg L 000-002 Did not advanceVinay Kumar Boys' −81 kg W 020-000 L 000-100 Did not advance

Girls' AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinal FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMongjam Kabita Devi Girls' −44 kg W WO W 000-000 (GS) L 001-020 W 100-000 Pinky Balhara Girls' −52 kg L 000-000 Did not advanceMitlesh Girls' −63 kg L 000-100 Did not advance

Golf

AthleteEventRoundsFinal123TotalTo parRankManu Gandas Men's individual strokeplay 70 67 68 205 −11 Viraaj Madappa Men's individual strokeplay 74 79 68 221 +5 9Aditi Ashok Women's individual strokeplay 74 75 70 219 +3 10Ridhima Dilawari Women's individual strokeplay 72 74 79 225 +9 14

Shooting Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankVirbhadra Salokhe 10 m air rifle men 612.1 11 Did not advancePratik Borse 10 m air rifle men 609.6 15 Did not advanceShainki Nagar 10 m air pistol men 565 6 195.3 Samarjit Singh 10 m air pistol men 561 8 134.0 5Anantjeet Singh Naruka Skeet men 106 7 Did not advanceHamza Sheikh Skeet men 101 9 Did not advanceAkash Saharan Trap men 103 7 Did not advanceAbhay Singh Rathore Trap men 101 9 Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankMampi Das 10 m air rifle women 412.3 3 122.3 6Anuradha Khude 10 m air rifle women 404.0 15 Did not advanceMalaika Goel 10 m air pistol women 375 4 135.7 5Yashaswini Deswal 10 m air pistol women 373 6 92.8 7Maheshwari Chauhan Skeet women 44 6 7 5

Swimming

Boys' AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Neil Contractor50 m freestyle25.07524.918 Did not advance100 m freestyle55.00554.258 Did not advance 100 m breaststroke Did not advance Rohit Imoliya 50 m backstroke 28.022 27.924 27.93 7 100 m backstroke 1:01.444 1:00.547 Did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:16.954 Did not advance Arvind Mani 100 m backstroke 1:00.254 59.514 59.996 200 m backstroke 2:12.35 2 2:10.11 5 200 m individual medley 2:14.27 4 Did not advance Likith S. P. 50 m breaststroke 31.78 6 Did not advance 100 m breaststroke 1:09.47 4 1:08.62 8 Did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:31.07 5 Did not advance Rakshith U. Shetty50 m butterfly 26.29 3 26.15 4 Did not advance100 m butterfly 57.97 4 57.85 6 Did not advance Supriya Mondal50 m butterfly 26.57 5 26.30 6 Did not advance100 m butterfly Did not advance200 m butterfly 2:07.97 3 2:06.24 6Arvind ManiLikith S. P.Supriya MondalRakshith U. Shetty 4 × 100 m freestyle relay4:04.898 Did not advanceArvind ManiLikith S. P.Supriya MondalNeil Contractor 4 × 100 m medley relay4:10.455 Did not advance

Girls' AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Avantika Chavan 50 m freestyle27.77 3 27.93 6 Did not advance50 m backstroke 32.22 5 31.86 8 Did not advance 50 m butterfly 30.21 6 29.73 7 Did not advance Shivani Kataria 50 m freestyle 27.65 5 27.52 6 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 59.63 2 59.53 5 59.30 7 200 m freestyle 2:09.84 3 2:08.32 6 Monique Gandhi 200 m freestyle 2:10.79 2 2:10.10 7 100 m breaststroke 1:19.63 5 1:19.15 7 Did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:57.97 6 Did not advance Jayaveena A. V.50 m breaststroke36.72536.908 Did not advance 100 m breaststroke 1:20.64 6 Did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:58.26 5 Did not advance 200 m individual medley 2:29.68 6 Did not advanceMonique GandhiAvantika ChavanJayaveena A. V.Shivani Kataria 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:08.73 5 N/A Did not advance

Squash Individual AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKush Kumar Men's individual Bye W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-1 Vijay Meena Men's individual Bye W 3-0 L 2-3 Did not advanceTanvi Khanna Women's individual W 3-0 L 0-3 Did not advanceHarshit Jawanda Women's individual W 3-0 L 1-3 Did not advance

Team AthletesEventPreliminariesGroup StageSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKush KumarVijay MeenaMadhav DhingraMen's team W 2-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 2-1 L 1-2 Adya AdvaniHarshit JawandaTanvi KhannaWomen's team L 0-3 W 3-0 N/A L 0-2 Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbhishek YadavMen's singles W 4–2 W 4–1 L 2–4 Did not advance Sutirtha MukherjeeWomen's singles L 0–4 Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAman Agarwal Boys' singles W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 L 4–6, 3–6Did not advanceGarvit Batra Boys' singles W 6–0, 6–0 W 1–6, 6–2, 7–5 W 6–1, 6–1 L 4–6, 7–6, 0–6 Did not advance Rutuja Bhosale Girls' singles W 6–0, 6–0q W 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 L 1–6, 1–6Did not advanceSimran Kaur Sethi Girls' singles Bye L 4–6, 0–6Did not advanceGarvit Batra,Simran Kaur Sethi Mixed doubles Bye Batjargalyn Magnai,Enkhbayaryn Bolor(MGL)W 6–1, 6–0 Teeradon Tortrakul,Kamonwan Buayam(THA)L 3–6, 2–6Did not advanceAman Agarwal,Rutuja Bhosale Mixed doubles Bye Batjargalyn Magnai,Enkhbayaryn Bolor(MGL)L 4–6, 4–6Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men's Athlete Event Body weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) RankT. Lalchhanhima 56 kg 55.60 100 128 228 Sambo Lapung 69 kg 68.68 119 150 269 4Ragala Venkat Rahul 77 kg 76.95 142 168 310

Women's Athlete Event Body weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) RankSagolsem Thasana Chanu 58 kg 57.91 73 96 169 5

References

External links Official website of the Games