Dhrupad ramakrishna

Khelo India Beach Games: 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 standings in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach in Diu on Saturday.

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 awarded. Thirty states and Union territories took part.

With the top three states – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Manipur -- claiming three gold and two silver medals each, the overall standings of Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2026 were decided by the number of bronze medals won by the respective teams.