Team India Golden at Vladivostok, Russia
Team India comprising of CM Kushagra Mohan, L Srihari, Poorna Sri M K and Meenatchi Rajam V won 10th Asia Pacific Youth Sports Games at Vladivostok, Russia with a 100% score of 10.0/10 finishing a full match point ahead of Thailand 1 who secured runner-up position with 8.0/10. Primorsky Krai scored 5.0/10 to secure second runner-up position. Both Srihari L and Meenatchi Rajam V scored 5.0/5, Kushagra scored 4.5/5 and Poorna Sri managed to score 3.0/5.
Team India led by Kushagra remained undefeated as a team and scored 100% match point 10.0/10 to clinch the Gold medal emphatically.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17,5 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Thailand 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13,0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | Primorsky krai | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11,0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | Khabarovsky krai | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10,0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | Primorsky krai 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8,5 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | Thailand 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 |
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