India added six more gold on the concluding day to take home all the 10 gold medals on offer in the South Asian junior table tennis championships at Mount Lavinia, near Colombo, on Sunday. India also claimed four silvers for a total of 14 medals.
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India and Sri Lanka booked their berths in the Asian junior championships to be held at Ansan, Korea from June 29 to July 4.
Top seed Manav Thakkar defeated Parth Virmani 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 for the junior boys gold while Sri Lanka’s P.D. Umesh Tennakon and K.D.V. Madhushan settled for the bronze.
In junior girls final, No. 1 seed Archana Girish Kamath accounted for second-seeded Priyanka Pareek 11-9, 11-5, 11-7. Sri Lanka’s S.H.S. Imasha De Silva and K. Hansani Puimila ended with bronze medals.
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