Commonwealth Youth Games 2015

The 5th Commonwealth Youth Games,2015 were held in APIA, the capital of SAMOA.In Samoa Commonwealth Games,2015, about 1000 athletes ranging between 14 to 18 years of age from 63 nations and territories had participated in 9 sports events, to compete for 107 Gold Medals for 5 days i.e.  from 5 to 11 September, 2015.

EVENTS:

• Archery
• Athletic
• Boxing (Men Only)
• Lawn Bowls
• Rugby 7s (Men and Women)
• Squash
• Aquatic (Swimming)
• Tennis
• Weightlifting

GAMES VENUES - TWO VENUES:

1. APIA Sports Park (Athletics, Rugby 7s, and Tennis)
2. FALEATA Sports Complex (Boxing, Swimming, Squash, Weightlifting and Lawn Bowls)

INDIA ranked 5th at medal tally with overall 20 medals in 5th Commonwealth Youth Games,2015

INDIA'S MEDAL TALLY:

• Aquatics - 1 (Silver)
• Archery - 3 (2 Gold and 1 Silver )
• Athletics -  6 (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze)
• Boxing - 3 (1 Silver and 2 Bronze)
• Squash - 2 (1 Silver and 1 Bronze)
• Tennis - 3 ( 3 Gold)
• Weightlifting - 2 ( 2 Gold)

TOTAL MEDALS = 20 ( 9 GOLDS,  5 SILVER AND 6 BRONZE)  

TOP 5 RANKERS OF SAMOA CYG, 2015:

1. Australia - 62 medals ( 24 Gold, 19 Silver and 19 Gold )
2. South Africa - 35 ( 13 Gold, 7 Silver and 15 Gold )
3. England - 44 ( 12 Gold,  16 Silver and 16 Gold )
4. Malaysia - 17 (11 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Gold )
5. India - 20 ( 9 Gold, 5 Silver and 6 Gold )

LIST OF WINNERS OF INDIA:

• GOLD MEDALS

1. Tejaswin Shankar - Athletics (High Jump- Men)
2. Jamjung Deru - Weightlifting (56 kg -Men)
3. Deepak Lather - Weightlifting (62 kg -Men)
4. Mohd Hadeesh -Athletics (Javelin Throw-Men)
5. Mixed Team IND/CYP Prachy Singh(IND) and Thomas Pantelides(CYP) - Archery
6. Prachy Singh - Recurve Bow Individual Men
7. Sasikumar Mukund and Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal - Tennis ( Double Mix)
8. Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal - Tennis ( Singles Women)
9. Sasikumar Mukund - Tennis ( Singles Men)

• SILVER MEDALS

1. Jisna Mathew - Athletics (400m Women)
2. Nishant Kumawat - Archery ( Recurve bow Individual Men)
3. Velavan Senthil Kumar & Harshit Jawanda - Squash ( Double- Mixed)
4. Gaurav Solanki - Squasg ( 52 Kg Men) 

• BRONZE MEDALS

1. Chandan Bauri - Athletics (400m Men )
2. Velavan Senthil Kumar - Squash (Singles - Men )
3. Abhita Mary Manuel - Athletics (800m - Women)
4. Anamica Das - Athletics (Shot Put)
5. Leichombam Bhim Chand Singh - Boxing (49 Kg- Men )
6. Prayag Chauhan - Boxing (64 Kg- Men)

SOME RELATED FACTS:

• The first edition of Commonwealth youth games was started in 2000.
• The first country to host CYG,2000  is Edinburgh, Scotland
• The 2018 CYG Games to be held at Gold Coast City, Queensland in Australia (for the 5th time)
• The Commonwealth Games Federation, London is the organisation rights holder of the Commonwealth Youth Games.
• The Chairman of CYG,2015 was Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Saileli Malielegaoi.
• The Capital of Samoa is Apia
• Currency of Samoa is Samoan Tala
• Prime Minister of Samoa is Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Saileli Malielegaoi.
• President of Samoa is Malietoa Tanumafili II Tufuga Efi