publish time

16/10/2022

author name Arab Times

publish time

16/10/2022

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: The Indian Embassy held a reception in honor of the Indian Youth Athletics Team which participated in the Asian Youth Athletics Championship held in Kuwait. The Indian athletes have won several medal during the Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2022.

Indian Youth Athletics Team pose for a group photo during the Indian Embassy reception honor.

The 35-member Indian contingent competed at the biennial event in the fourth edition of the meet. India emerged as the second-most successful nation, behind China, at the championships. India had also finished in second place in the previous edition held in 2019 in Hong Kong. At the 2022 edition, Kuldeep Kumar won India’s first medal, a bronze in the boys’ pole vault. He cleared a personal best effort of 4.80m.