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Dhinidhi Desinghu becomes the first Indian with two Youth Olympics medals

She took bronze in the 200m freestyle in Dakar, while Tirthank Pegu won bronze in the 200m butterfly. India's tally is now six.

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In short
6India's medals in Dakar so far
  • Medals: 2 silver + 4 bronze
  • Dhinidhi: first Indian with 2
  • Games end: 13 Nov

Friday's medals

Dhinidhi Desinghu won bronze in the women's 200m freestyle at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, making her the first Indian to win two medals at the Games. Tirthank Pegu added bronze in the men's 200m butterfly.

Those two took India's total to six: two silver and four bronze.

The tally

The earlier medals were Tanvi Patri's badminton silver, Khushbu Darjada's judo silver and Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu's wushu bronze. The Games run until 13 November, so the count can still rise.

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