Kasaragod: Kasaragod shot putter V S Anupriya won the bronze medal in the Trinbago Commonwealth Youth Games at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.
Anupriya won the second medal for India at the Under-18 athletics championship with a throw of 15.62m at Hasely Crawford Stadium on Monday night.
South Africa's Alicia Eli Khunou won the gold medal with a championship record of 17.97m, and Australia's Xylavene Beale won the silver (16.1m).
The 16-year-old Anupriya, being trained by coach K C Gireesh, secured a place in the Commonwealth Youth Games by winning a bronze at the Asian U-18 Athletics Championship in Uzbekistan's Tashkent in April.
Anupriya came up with a throw of 16.37m, her personal best, at Tashkent. A similar show would have helped her win a silver medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
Anupriya, daughter of K Sasi and Rajani, is a class 11 student of GCS Government Higher Secondary School at Elambachi in Trikaripur.
Karnataka swimmer Shoan Ganguly (18) won the silver medal in the 400m individual medley in the men's category.
Ganguly came second with a timing of 4:25.47 minutes, behind England's Reece Grady (4:25.16 minutes). Scotland's Davidson finished third with a timing of 4:25.68 minutes.
