India have finished the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics with 10 medals — two gold, three silver and five bronze — from a 17-member squad that competed across 11 sports, with nine athletes reaching the podium, according to the final results tally published on Friday. The haul makes Dakar India's second-best Youth Olympics after Buenos Aires 2018, and its most efficient campaign ever, with medals coming from more than half the squad.

Source: Voice of Indian Sport

Both gold medals came in boxing, in results Awaaz Punjab reported earlier this week: Manipur's Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei beat Ireland's Kristian Jubani 3-2 in the men's 50kg final after recovering from a first-round deficit, while Gunjan dominated Algeria's Bouthaina Bensalah 5-0 in the women's 48kg final to become India's first female boxing gold medallist at the Youth Olympic Games, MyKhel's November 13 sports bulletin reported.

Source: MyKhel Sports Bulletin, Nov 13

Read how Gunjan's gold was won in the women's 48kg final. Gunjan's historic boxing gold

Silver and bronze medals across six sports

The three silver medals came from Khushbu Darjada in women's 63kg judo, Tanvi Patri in women's singles badminton — who lost a tight final to China's Zhang Yi Xin 15-21, 21-13, 24-26 — and beach wrestling, where India won a Youth Olympic medal in the sport for the first time. The five bronze medals included Shourya Ambure's 13.59-second run in the women's 100m hurdles.

Dakar also brought India its first Youth Olympic medals in swimming and wushu, alongside the beach wrestling breakthrough. With shooting, weightlifting and hockey dropped from this edition's programme, the 10-medal return from only 17 athletes stands as the most efficient in India's Youth Olympics history.