<p class="title">Thangjam Tababi Devi became India's first judo medallist at the Olympic level, claiming a silver at the ongoing Youth Games after losing to Venezuela's Maria Giminez in the final of the women's 44kg category here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tababi Devi, an Asian cadet champion hailing from Manipur, lost 0-11, also conceding a penalty point in the process, in the summit showdown that lasted a little over two minutes on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have never won an Olympic medal in judo either at the senior or the youth level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 16-year-old defeated Ana Viktorija Puljiz of Croatia 10-0 in the semifinals. Prior to that, she defeated Bhutan's Yangchen Wangmo 10-0 in the round of 16 before getting the better of Erza Muminoviq of Kosovo in the quarterfinals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her silver was India's second medal at the ongoing Games after shooter Tushar Mane also clinched the second position in the men's 10m air rifle competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, in swimming, national champion Srihari Natraj could not qualify for the men's 100m backstroke finals after finishing 9th in the semis. Only the top-eight make the finals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nataraj clocked 56.48sec, which was better than his heats timing of 56.75sec.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India won just two medals -- a silver and a bronze -- in the last Youth Olympics in 2014 in Nanjing in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's best performance at the Games came in its inaugural edition in 2010 when the nation fetched six silver and two bronze medals.</p>
<p class="title">Thangjam Tababi Devi became India's first judo medallist at the Olympic level, claiming a silver at the ongoing Youth Games after losing to Venezuela's Maria Giminez in the final of the women's 44kg category here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tababi Devi, an Asian cadet champion hailing from Manipur, lost 0-11, also conceding a penalty point in the process, in the summit showdown that lasted a little over two minutes on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have never won an Olympic medal in judo either at the senior or the youth level.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 16-year-old defeated Ana Viktorija Puljiz of Croatia 10-0 in the semifinals. Prior to that, she defeated Bhutan's Yangchen Wangmo 10-0 in the round of 16 before getting the better of Erza Muminoviq of Kosovo in the quarterfinals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her silver was India's second medal at the ongoing Games after shooter Tushar Mane also clinched the second position in the men's 10m air rifle competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, in swimming, national champion Srihari Natraj could not qualify for the men's 100m backstroke finals after finishing 9th in the semis. Only the top-eight make the finals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nataraj clocked 56.48sec, which was better than his heats timing of 56.75sec.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India won just two medals -- a silver and a bronze -- in the last Youth Olympics in 2014 in Nanjing in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's best performance at the Games came in its inaugural edition in 2010 when the nation fetched six silver and two bronze medals.</p>