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Khelo India Beach Games: Karnataka the overall winners, TN 2nd and Manipur 3rd

Diu, Jan 10(UNI): Karnataka's Ashmita Chandra and Dhrupad Ramakrishna clinched the women's and men's 5km Open Water Swimming gold medals to help the state top the medal standing in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach here on Saturday.
The Khelo India Beach Games 2026, organised by the union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, was held under the technical supervision of the Sports Authority of India and national sports federations.
The second edition of Khelo India Beach Games witnessed over 1100 participants compete in eight different sports -- volleyball, soccer, sepaktakraw, kabaddi, pencak silat, Open water swimming, mallakhamb and tug-of-war. The first six were medal sports and 32 gold medals were decided. Thirty states and union territories took part.
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