And vritti

Khelo India Youth Games: Vritti Agarwal of Telangana signed off with more gold medals at the SDAT Aquatic complex to finish with a grand total of five even as Maharashtra retained the overall championship trophy with yet another dominant showing in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games on Wednesday.

With the top-spot in the medals standing already assured, swimmers Rishabh Das first clinched the boys 50m freestyle gold and then led the Maharashtra quartet in the 4x100m freestyle final to round-off the state’s gold medal tally.

Maharashtra finished their campaign with a total of 156 medals, including 57 gold, 48 silver and 53 bronze ahead of host Tamil Nadu, who added three gold on the final day, to finish with 38 gold, 21 silver and 39 bronze and registered their best-ever performance in the history of Khelo India Youth Games.