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Independent Olympic Athletes competed at the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China, from 16 to 24 August 2013. These were athletes from India, whose National Olympic Committee, Indian Olympic Association, was suspended by the International Olympic Committee for not adhering to its constitution and for electing tainted officials in December 2012. Sports Authority of India (SAI) sent a delegation of 89 athletes, including 27-member athletics squad of whom 18 were denied participation by the organisers because they did not satisfy the age criteria. Four weightlifters were also disqualified from the Games because of overage. Additionally, all the four badminton players were sent back from the tournament because the organisers received their entries after the deadline. This incompetent organisation of different Indian sports associations attracted media attention throughout the country and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports asked the SAI director general Jiji Thomson "to probe the case".

Background
Indian athletes participated in the Games under the Olympic flag due to the suspension of the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC). Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee due to government interference in the autonomy of the country’s NOC.

Over-aged athletes
The organising committee of the Games, Nanjing Asian Youth Games Organising Committee, barred participation of some Indian athletes who were supposed to compete in the athletics and weightlifting events "because they were above the stipulated age of 17". The incident attracted widespread media coverage and prompted government action. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports "ordered an inquiry to fix responsibility on the officials for the fiasco which had brought embarrassment to the country".

Athletics
The athletics competitions at the Second Asian Youth Games were held from 19 to 22 August. Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium was the host stadium for the track and field events. India sent a 27-members athletics squad, but only nine of them—Ajay Saroj, Abishek Pal, Anjana Thamake, Ankita Gosavi, Akshaya Sona Sri Veluchamy, Rochelle Macfarlane, Meghana Devanga, Laxay Sharma and Pushpa Jakhar—were allowed to compete. Both the middle-distance runners, Ajay Saroj (1500 metres) and Abishek Pal (3000 metres), won bronze medals in their respective events. Anjana Thamake was the only athlete to win a gold medal, having won the girl's 800 metres event. Chennaite Rochelle Macfarlane won a silver medal in the girl's triple jump event. This was the first time Macfarlane had competed in an international event.


 * Boys'
 * Track events


 * Girls'
 * Track events


 * Field

Judo

 * Boys'


 * Girls'

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Swimming

 * Boys'


 * Girls'

Squash

 * Individual


 * Team

Weightlifting

 * Men's


 * Women's