India, Oct. 29 -- Youth Olympic Games offer glimpses of future champions. The Dakar 2026 Summer Games starting on Saturday will be an opportunity for 17 Indian athletes to show their promise. Manu Bhaker, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy are among several star Indian sportspersons who unveiled their potential at the Youth Olympics in the previous three editions. They all made the most of their cracking start on the international stage.

In the three editions starting in 2010, India have won 23 medals at the Youth Olympics. However, compared to 46 athletes from the last edition in 2018, India are sending a team of 17 athletes in 11 disciplines.

The number of allocated quotas are fewer this time and with sports like shooting not being part of the p...