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\nHosts Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu finish sixth<\/strong> Chennai, January 2026s:<\/strong>\u00a0Karnataka\u2019s Ashmita Chandra and Dhrupad Ramakrishna clinched the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n With the top three states \u2013 Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Manipur — claiming three gold and two silver medals each, the overall standings of Khelo India Beach Games 2026 were decided by the number of bronze medals won the by the respective teams. Karnataka topped the standings with three gold, all from Open Water swimming, two silver and six bronze to win the overall crown in the second edition of KIBG. Tamil Nadu finished second with three gold, two silver and three bronze while last edition winners, Manipur finished third with three gold, two silver and two bronze.<\/p>\n Madhya Pradesh finished fourth, thanks to their exploits in Pencak Silat, which had the highest number of gold medals (16) on offer in KIBG 2026. All the medals of Madhya Pradesh came in the Indonesian Martial Art form competition, ending with a tally of three gold, one silver and one bronze.<\/p>\n Hosts Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, with two gold, two silver and four bronze, finished sixth behind Haryana who ended the Games with a tally of two gold, four silver and two bronze medals. Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Nagaland and Rajasthan also finished with two gold medals each to complete the top-10 positions in the medals tally.<\/p>\n Before the start of final day\u2019s action at the Ghoghla Beach, Manipur would have fancied their chances of retaining the overall crown as both their men and women Beach Sepaktakraw teams had a chance of bagging the gold medal in Trio.<\/p>\n While their women\u2019s team achieved their target by beating West Bengal 2-0, Tamil Nadu leapfrogged them to the second spot by winning the men\u2019s Trio final 2-1.<\/p>\n Earlier, Ashmita Chandra completed a double by adding the women\u2019s 5km Open Water Swimming gold to the women\u2019s 10km title she had won on Friday. In the 5km race, Ashmita clocked a timing of 1:35:11s to clinch the gold medal ahead of Diksha Yadav (1:35:53s) of Maharashtra. Karnataka\u2019s Aasra Sudhir won the bronze medal with a time of 1:39:14s.<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s 5km race, Karnataka\u2019s Dhrupad Ramakrishna got the better of 10km race winner Anurag Singh of Uttar Pradesh with a gap of five seconds to win the state\u2019s third gold medal. Dhrupad closed a timing of 1:21:33s with Prashans HM adding a bronze medal to the state\u2019s tally with a time of 1:24:34s<\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S RESULTS Featured Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hosts Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu finish sixth J&K, Odisha, Nagaland and Rajasthan finish in top 10 of KIBG 2026 Karnataka\u2019s Ashmita Chandra finish with two gold medals, winning both the 5km and 10km Open Water Swimming races Chennai, January 2026s:\u00a0Karnataka\u2019s Ashmita Chandra and Dhrupad Ramakrishna clinched the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 5km …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[31783],"class_list":["post-59769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-sports","tag-khelo-india-beach-games-2026"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJ&K, Odisha, Nagaland and Rajasthan finish in top 10 of KIBG 2026<\/strong>
\nKarnataka\u2019s Ashmita Chandra finish with two gold medals, winning both the 5km and 10km Open Water Swimming races<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-16-at-17.51.56-300x200.jpeg\")
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\nhttps:\/\/beach.kheloindia.gov.in\/medal-tally<\/p>\n
\nBeach Sepaktakraw
\nWomen Trio: Gold \u2013 Manipur; Silver \u2013 West Bengal; Bronze \u2013 Goa, Assam
\nMen Tri: Gold \u2013 Tamil Nadu; Silver \u2013 Manipur; Bronze \u2013 Nagaland, Assam
\nOpen Water Swimming
\nWomen 5km: Gold \u2013 Ashmita Chandra (Kar) 1:35:11s; Silver \u2013 Diksha Yadav (Mah) 1:35:53s; Bronze \u2013 Aasra Sudhir (Kar) 1:39:14s
\nMen 5km: Gold \u2013 Dhrupad Ramakrishna (Kar) 1:21:33s; Silver \u2013 Anurag Singh (UP) 1:21:38s; Bronze \u2013 Prashans HM (Kar) 1:24:34 seconds.<\/p>\n