Born in February 1991 the diminutive Jonathon Babulall hardly looks a day over 12. However, this young Canadian has a lot of fight in him - he's an amateur wrestler winning the Bronze in the 42-kg category.

Jonathon started training when he was 15-years old and trains for about 2½ hours daily on an average. The mental side of preparation for him is to just think of it as having fun and treat it as a practice bout rather than anything seriously competitive.

He loves the competitiveness of the sport and the opportunities it affords for using his strengths as an advantage. Discovered in Gym class by his school P.E teacher who saw him fooling around with classmates much heavier than him and thought the kid had a

18 year old James Huckle from Harlow, England is an ace shooter who considers Rifle Shooting to be challenging and fun! He started training at the age of 15 and trains for a marathon 6 hours a day on an average. This training certainly paid off at the Commonwealth Youth Games where James bagged three Golds.

At the national level James has participated in the British Championships (Senior) where he came first in the Air Rifle and small-bore events. His preparation for the Youth Games was no different from his usual preparation, of which he says the mental side is a very important part as is the physical. He goes to the gym 4 times a week. James doesn't follow a specific diet plan - just believes in eating 'healthily'. The venue is unli

Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat will soon be turning that golden age kids dream of (18 ofcourse), but she had other occasions to celebrate recently.

Kolhapur born Rahi says "Shooting is my life" in an exclusive interview with TheSportsCampus.com, after bagging the Gold medal in the 25m Women's Pistol event in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune.

Training since she was 16 - from May 2007 to be exact, she normally puts in about 5-6 hours a day, sounding very 'teenager-ish' depending on her mood. Having already succeeded at the international level, she hopes to turn professional some day and compete at the highest level. "I've only just become, imagine how much better I'll be once I've trained for a few more years" she says.

17 year old Aqilah Binte Sudhir from Singapore was the 1st person to strike Gold at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 held at Pune. In an exclusive interview with TheSportsCampus.com moments after winning the Gold medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle, Aqilah spoke about her love for the intensity of the sport and the way it tests her ability to deliver under pressure of all sorts. Aqilah, who has been training feverishly since 2005, attributed her performance to the 2 hours of daily shooting practice and additional couple of hours of physical training she does every single day.

Also keen on participating in the 50m Prone and 50m 3 Position events, Aqilah has previously participated in the Asian shooting championship in Kuwait where she

Another great day at the Games for hosts India, as they pulled out an almost unassailable lead in the Medal's Tally leading into the last day and a half of the Commonwealth Youth Games. The reason for maximum pride is that though India has dominated a few sports completely, the breadth of India's medals has come across sports giving Indians a reason to believe that the future of sports is in the right hands. With a haul of 22 medals today including 8 Golds, 7 Silvers and 7 Bronzes, India continues to lead the Medals Tally going into Day 5.

Dominating the Mat

India made a clean sweep of all 7 wrestling medals on offer by picking up two more Golds today in the Men's 63kg and 69kg categories. Ranjeet Nalawade the son of a farmer from Kohlapur, India beat Liya Abelev of Canada in the Gold medal bout of the 63kg category. The match was an easy

India continued her good run in the shooting events racking up another three Gold medals with Deepika Patel winning the 10m Air Pistol Women's event, Lakshya Bansal coming up trumps in the 25m Men's Pistol category and Asher Noria winning the Men's Double Trap. Rashud Damania fell short of making a complete sweep of the event by picking up a Bronze in 50m Rifle 3 position.

Deepika trailing by one point after the qualifying rounds from Malaysian Ismail Wahidah Binti scored 374 to the Malaysian's 375. Eunice Mei Kay of Singapore was well back in third place at the break with a score of 369.

In the finals, Ismail started brilliantly shooting a 10.5 in her first attempt to Deepika's 10.1, Eunice drifted further back with a 8.7. However, it was her second shot that cost the young Malaysian dear as she fired an unbelievable 6.1, Eunice and Deepika both shot

India's Kyanan Derius Chenai won Gold today in the Men's 50 Birds Trap event overcoming his closest rival Ryan Bugeja of Malta by a solitary point after a Herculean battle that went back-and-forth for the duration of the contest. Michael McNabb of Australia won the bronze.

This six member event went through a round of qualifying where Kyanan scored 111 to Ryan's 110 after 5 consistent rounds of shooting where he scored 23-22-22-22-22. Ryan on the other hand started brilliantly shooting a 23-24 in his opening two rounds, but fell off the pace slightly with scored of 21 in each of his next three attempts.

Carrying that slender lead of one into the finals, Kyanan held on to it for much of the contest until the last few shots where