Maharashtra is in no mood to surrender their overall championship title in the Khelo India Youth Games to the hosts with a sterling display in athletics and swimming here on Thursday, June 9.
The defending champions took three golds in the sprints and two in swimming. Maharashtra has 31 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze in their kitty to stay in the second position.
The day, however, belonged to Maharashtra’s sprinters, who sped to three out of four gold for an impressive haul of eight gold, three silver and a bronze in track and field over the last three days.
Sudeshna Shivankar was their star, clinching the Girls 200m gold, well ahead of state-mate Avantika Narale to complete a hat-trick of sprint titles. She had run away with two gold earlier, first in the 100m and then in the 4x100m relay to underline her supremacy.
Aryan Kadam (21.82 seconds) bagged the Boy’s 200m title while the quartet of Riya Patil, Pranjali Patil, Vaishnavi Kature and Shiveccha Patil sped away to the 4x400m gold. They clocked 4:02.76 and trumped second-placed Punjab by over 50 metres.
At the time of writing, Annya Wala and Apeksha Fernandes raced to gold in the 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly at the War Heroes swimming pool.
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