Maharashtra’s Sadhvi Dhuri and Kenisha Gupta won the women’s 100m gold medals in the two age groups in swimming at the Khelo India Youth Games in Balewadi on Saturday.
While Sadhvi won by more than a second ahead of Deeksha Ramesh of Karnataka for the under-21 gold, Kenisha Gupta beat Shivangi Sarma of Delhi for the under-17 honour.
With gold from Mihir Ambre in 100m butterfly and Apeksha Fernandes in 400m medley, Maharashtra took its tally to 10 gold, seven silver and four bronze.
Delhi added three gold through Kushagra Rawat, Bikram Changmai and the men’s medley relay to take its tally to 11 gold, seven silver and eight bronze.
Swimming power house Karnataka was in the third place with nine gold, eight silver and seven bronze, after it added two gold through its men’s medley relay and Sanjay Jayakrishnan in 400m freestyle.
Tamil Nadu was well served by Bhavika Dugar as she added the 1500m gold to her rich collection. The team had five gold, six silver and two bronze overall.