Youth News
EQUESTRIAN: Eighteen-year-old Jake Hunter has put on a show for Australia on For the Star to win the bronze Individual Jumping medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
BOXING: Caitlin Parker (blue) has gone down in the semi-final to E Wojcik (POL). She now turns her attention to winning a Youth Olympic Games bronze medal tomorrow.
ATHLETICS: The fifth day of athletics at the second summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China, saw high jumper Nicole Robinson the soul competitor in the morning session at the Olympic Sports Centre.
ARCHERY: Australia’s run in the archery competition at the Youth Olympic Games has come to an end after Jessica Sutton was eliminated from the mixed teams event on Sunday.
SAILING: The Nanjing 2014 sailing competition has finished on a high, with tight racing deciding the medals on a gusty final day.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Phoebe Bell and Brittany Kendall have wrapped their Youth Olympic Games Beach Volleyball campaign with a tough loss to Austria.
ATHLETICS: The Aussie have won four medal from four attempts on the first night of athletics finals at the Youth Olympics Games. Jess Thornton (gold-400m), Sam Geddes (bronze-100m), Trae Williams (bronze-100m) and Shemaiah James (bronze-high jump) all leave the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre with a medal around their necks.
MODERN PENTATHLON: Aussie athlete Marina Carrier has pushed through a physically enduring afternoon/evening to finish 23rd in the women’s individual modern pentathlon at the second summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
SAILING: Sunday 24 August will be used for the final races of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Sailing Competition after light wind, a freak storm and further light breeze forced a third day of postponements.
HOCKEY: The boys have dominated Mexico to move through to the semi-finals winning 8-1 including a hat-rick from Alec Rasmussen.
