Maharashtra's all-round show keeps them on top; Assam swimmer Shivangi wins 4th gold

Assam's Shivangi Sarma grabbed her fourth swimming gold even as Maharashtra's all-round show across disciplines consolidated their position at the top of medals tally at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Sunday.

Shivangi bagged her fourth gold from the swimming pool, winning the women's under-21 100m freestyle crown in 59.26 seconds on day rain and thunder left the city drenched.

Maharashtra finished the day with a whopping 60 gold in their 193-medal haul.

Mihir Ambre, Rudranish Mishra and Aaron Fernandes helped Maharashtra make light of the five-second lead that India's best backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj opened up for Karnataka to win the 4x100m medley relay by 0.24 seconds.

This dramatic win saw them finish the day with nine gold at the Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatics Complex and inch close to Karnataka's 10 from the pool.

Maharashtra's spoils got richer as the two under-17 Kho-kho teams, two wrestlers and three weightlifters added to their gold collection on Sunday. Haryana ...