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Owned by The PioneerIndia's Youth Olympics campaign: Small contingent, big returns
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India sent its smallest ever Youth Olympic contingent, with 17 athletes competing in Dakar, Senegal. Despite the size, nine athletes secured ten medals, including two unprecedented boxing golds. Among the medalists were two young competitors from Manipur – 17‑year‑old Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meeti and a 15‑year‑old teammate – who gave the country reasons to celebrate even as the state grapples with prolonged ethnic violence, displacement and uncertainty.
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New Delhi: The size of the contingent may have been the smallest thus far but the returns were historic as nine of the 17 Indian athletes in competition pocketed 10 medals, including two unprecedented boxing gold, at the just-concluded Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal. The 10 medals (2 Gold, 3…
