In the swimming competition on day one of the 34th National Games in Ranchi today, Asian Games bronze medalist Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra shattered two meet records each. In swimming itself, Maharashtra clinched three gold medals while Delhi bagged two. The competition also saw a fifth record when Karnataka men's 100 metres freestyle team of Arjun J P, Gagan A P, Aditya Roshan and Ashwin Menon scripted their names in Gameshistory. It was also a memorable day for Delhi girl Richa, who shattered two meet records en route to her double gold. At a packed Veer Budhu Bhagat Aquatic Stadium in the Mega Sports Complex, Indian swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade opened his account in the 200 metres freestyle with a Games record timing of 1 minute, 53:91s. He bettered his previous Games best timing of 1 minute, 54:18 seconds . 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 100 metres butterfly for his second gold with a meet record of 55:56 seconds. Delhi's Tarun Tokas (58:21) settled for silver, while Bengal opened their account with a bronze courtesy Sumanta Nath (59.62). The 19-year-old Khade then gave the much needed boost to the Maharashtra relay team as he powered them for 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 bettered Shikha Tandon's record of 02 minutes, 10:48 seconds in the 200 metres women's freestyle for her first gold with a timing of 02.09:53. Talasha Prabhu of Goa 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.