Asian Games bronze medalist Virdhawal Khade [ Images ] and Richa Mishra shattered two meet records each as Maharashtra [ Images ] clinched three gold while Delhi [ Images ] bagged two in the swimming competition on day one of the 34th National Games in Ranchi on Sunday.

The swimming competition also saw a fifth record when Karnataka [ Images ] men's 100m freestyle team of Arjun J P, Gagan A P, Aditya Roshan and Ashwin Menon scripted their names in Games history.

It was also a memorable day for Delhi girl Richa, who shattered two meet records en route her double gold.

With shouts of 'Come on Viru, Come on Viru' at a packed Veer Budhu Bhagat Aquatic Stadium in the Mega Sports Complex, the Indian swimming sensation opened his account in the 200m freestyle with a Games record timing of 1.53:91s.

The Kolhapur lad had a comfortable two seconds lead over his nearest opponent Rohit Havaldar of Karnataka as he went on to better his previous Games best timing of 01.54:18s.

Havaldar (1.56:16s) and Gagan A P (1.56:93s) finished second and third respectively to give a silver-bronze finish for Karnataka.

In his second event of the day, Khade eclipsed the previous Games best timing of 00.57:38 by Akbar Ali Mir (2002) in the 100m butterfly for his second gold with a meet record of 55:56.

Khade had more than two seconds lead over Delhi's Tarun Tokas (58:21) who settled for silver, while Bengal opened their account with a bronze courtesy Sumanta Nath (59.62).

The 19-year-old then gave the Maharashtra relay team a much needed boost, as he powered them to a bronze medal finish in the 4x100m freestyle with a timing of 03.44:30.

Karnataka clinched the gold, while Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) claimed the silver with a timing of 03.42:91.

Richa, who was mired in a doping controversy ahead of the Commonwealth Games [ Images ] last year, bettered Shikha Tandon's record of 02.10:48 in the 200m women's freestyle for her first gold with a timing of 02.09:53.

Talasha Prabhu of Goa [ Images ] bagged the silver clocking 02.11:62, while Aarti Ghorpade of Maharashtra bagged the bronze with a timing of 02.12:12.

In the 100m freestyle women, Richa bettered her previous Games best timing of 01.05:22 for her second gold with a record timing of 01.04:41.

Pooja Alva of Karnataka (01.05:34) and Maharashtra's Rujuta Bhatt (01.06:42) clinched the silver and bronze respectively.