Ranchi: Swimmer Richa Mishra bagged two more gold medals to consolidate her medals tally to 11 and is now just one short of bettering Nisha Millet's 12-year-old record, after the sixth day of the 34th National Games.
Maharashtra led the medals tally with 28 gold, 30 silver and 27 bronze medals, and a lot of credit for that should go to the efforts of swimmers Virdhawal Khade and world champion markswoman Tejaswini Sawant -- both winning two gold medals.
Services (SSCB) rode on their shooters to retain the second spot with their tally reading 24-20-19, while Delhi, powered by Mishra's performance, improved their gold count to 22 along with 14 silver and 16 bronze medals to remain on third place.
Millet's feat of 11 individual gold in the 1999 Manipur National Games seemed to be in danger as Mishra continued her superb run to bag two gold in the 400m freestyle and 200m individual medley at the Veer Budhu Bhagat Aquatic Stadium in Mega Sports Complex here.
Nisha had won a total of 14 titles there, with three coming from relays beside a silver medal. Richa, who now has 11 gold, two silver and bronze, will compete in two more events on the morrow.
Asian Games bronze medalist Khade shattered two records en route to his double gold in the 200m IM and 50m backstroke.
Khade's gold tally has moved to seven along with two silver and two bronze medals.
Karnataka's Gagan AP bagged one gold with record timing to make it six gold and two bronze for him, while the day's other record in swimming belonged to none other than Mishra.
In men's waterpolo, Kerala beat Bengal 9-3 to set up a final clash with Services, who got the better of Maharashtra 9-3 in the other half.
Delhi pipped Maharashtra 6-5 in the women's waterpolo semifinal to set up a final date with Kerala, who thrashed Karnataka 10-0.
Athletics, too, saw new meet records with Asian junior champion Harvinder Singh Dagar winning the hammer throw.
The second record belonged to Priyanka Singh Patel who bettered the mark of Asian Games gold medalist Sudha Singh -- she did not start, despite her name figuring in the list.
Tamil Nadu ruled the roost in squash competition in Dhanbad winning the gold and silver in both the men's and women's events.
In the finals, Harinder Pal Sandhu beat statemate Ravi Dixit 3-1 for the men's singles title, while in the women's singles, Aparajitha Balamurukan made a brilliant comeback to defeat compatriots Anwesha Reddy Vangala 3-2.
In shooting, Tejaswini clinched a fourth gold to conclude a brilliant campaign as the Tikait Umrao Shooting Range in Mega Sports Complex here witnessed a record by Annu Raj Singh.
Having already pocketed the individual and team gold in 50m rifle prone, the Maharashtra shooter was not at her best in the 50m rifle three positions, but the score of 672.6 was enough to earn her third yellow metal. .
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