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Saturday, Dec 18, 2004

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India bags 15 gold medals

SINGAPORE, DEC. 17 . India bagged 15 gold medals — eight in individual and seven in team categories — at the Asian Youth Chess Championships for boys and girls, which concluded here on Friday.

The Indians won gold in six of the eight categories. Both the under-12 and under-10 boys' sections had two Indians tied for the first place and both were awarded the gold medal.

In the team event also, India maintained its stranglehold, winning seven gold and one silver in the under-14 girls' category.

The medal winners: Individual: Gold: Abhilash Reddy A (u-8 boys), Sai Nirupama Kotepalli (u-8 girls), N. Srinath and Prasanna Rao (8-10 boys), Pujari Rucha Sanjeev (u-10 girls), Panayapan Sethuraman and Sandeep Y (u-12 boys), Pon S. Krithikha (u-12 girls). Silver: Ramya Krishna and Sowmya H (u-14 girls)

Team: Gold: Abhilash Reddy, Shiven Khosla, Vijaya and Sai Krishna Gottipati (u-8 boys); Sai Nirupama Kotepalli, Pratyusha B.B. and Chandana Priya Reddy (u-8 girls), N. Srinath, Prasanna Rao, Harsha Lingala (u-10 boys); Pujari Rucha Sanjeev, Mohana Priya J, Reddy S. Tejaswini (u-12 boys); Panayapan Sethuraman, Sandeep Y, Priyadharshan Kannapan (u-12 boys); Pon Krithikha, Lakshmi Sahithi P and Santhana Mahalingam Ashwini(u-12 girls); Ramya Krishna, Sowmya H and Anjanaa N Sowjanyaa (u-14 girls). Silver: Tajdeep Adabala, Sai Srinivas and Sankalp Modwal(u-14 boys) — UNI

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