pune when dr vishal gupta and his wife pradeepti took their daughter kenisha to a swimming pool close to their home in mumbai expecting medals from their child was the last thing on their minds all the couple wanted was some sleep for their daughter who was a restless child almost 10 years later it is proving to be the best decision of their lives as kenisha finished her khelo india youth games campaign with three gold medals in as many eventswe shifted to london when she was one since you have to keep your child in the adjacent room there kenisha used to get up at 1 am or 2 am and never used to go back to sleep it became a routine for her and later she used to sleep only for twothree hours a day despite playing the whole day said kenishas motherwhen we came back to mumbai three years later we took her to a swimming pool and let her play in the water the first day we were surprised to see that she slept the whole night for the first time it was then we decided to put her at an academy so that she could swim regularly and sleep at night pradeepti addedkenisha now 15 won eight medals at the senior national championships in kerala last year and won gold in 100m butterfly 200m individual medley and 100m freestyle events at the khelo india youth games at shiv chhatrapati sports complex in balewadii am a different person when i am in water i am calm and at peace i feel i am a water baby kenisha said after clocking 2728 seconds to win gold in u17 girls 50m freestyle event delhis shivangi sharma was second with a timing of 2792s while bihars mahi swetraj won bronze with 2804sthe mumbai swimmer trains at nihar amins dolphin aquatics under coaches sandeep sejwal and vinod nairit was a double delight for tamil nadu in weightlifting as t dharshini and s rudra mayan won gold medals in u21 and u17 girls categories respectivelywhile dharshini lifted 192 kgs in the 81kg category s rudra mayan clinched the yellow metal in 102 weight group by lifting 269 kgsoverall hosts maharashtra kept the no 1 position in the medals tally and maintained a big gap with delhi at the end of the day on monday maharashtra had 59 gold 48 silver and 59 bronze total 166 the hosts added 3 gold 4 silver and 3 bronze medals on mondaywhile delhi added eight medals to take their tally to 115 43 gold 31 silver 41 bronze and haryana were third with 107 medals 36 gold 34 silver 37 bronze