SPO-KHELO- SWIMMING

Yuga Birnale led Maharashtra's

charge with three medals Sunday, including two golds, as the

hosts maintained their domination in the pool over Karnataka

and Delhi at the Khelo India Youth Games here.

Of the 12 gold medals at stake, Maharashtra picked up

four while Delhi and Karnataka took three each and

Chhattisgarh and Gujarat claimed one each, a media release

said.

Yuga gave the hosts their first gold of the day in the

women's U-21 200m medley clocking a time of 2:32.75.

She also clinched a bronze in the 200m backstroke and

also collected her third medal in the 4x100 m medley as part

of Maharashtra quartet.

Swadesh Mondal earned Delhi their first gold of the

day in a well-contested 200m individual medley for boys

under-17 section.

Anurag Singh and Kushagra Rawat won a gold each for

Delhi late in the day in 800m freestyle in boys u-17 and U-21

sections, respectively. PTI NRB

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