Youth Olympics: Akash Malik bags silver in archery

ANI  |  Buenos Aires [Argentina] 

India's has bagged a silver medal in at the ongoing third edition of the Youth

The 15-year-old finished second on the podium after he lost 0-6 to of the of America in the final of the event.

Malik failed to give much competition to his American counterpart as Cowles shot 28, 29 and 28 points on the 60-metre target to clinch gold in the event.

Belgium's Senna Roos, on the other hand, settled for a bronze medal in the event after beating Artem Ovchynnikov of 7-3 in a five-setter.

Malik's silver marks the second consecutive Youth medal for in following Atul Verma's bronze in the boys' event in 2014 edition of the tournament.

concluded their campaign at the 2018 Youth with a total of 13 medals- three gold, nine silver, and one bronze.

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First Published: Thu, October 18 2018. 14:25 IST