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Khelo India Beach Games: Maharashtra’s Diksha Yadav continued her exploits at the inaugural Khelo India Beach Games, sweeping both gold medals on offer in the Open Sea Swimming event. The 19-year-old from Maharashtra picked up the yellow metal in both 10km and the 5km events at Ghoghla Beach on Thursday morning. In the men’s 5km open swim for men, Karnataka’s Drupad Ramakrishna won gold.

Diksha, who has fallen in love with long-distance swimming, started playing when she was in class 10, training at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune. This is just her second year in open water swimming, having been inspired from the accomplished American swimmer Katie Ledecky.

"The double gold at KIBG 2025 is an achievement for all the practice I have undergone before coming here," said Diksha after her 5km victory on Thursday morning. She recorded a time of 1 hour, 10 mins and 12 seconds en route to her gold.