Diu, May 21 -- With three gold medals, all from pencak silat, hosts Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu kept their nose ahead of Manipur, Maharashtra and Delhi in the medal standings of the Khelo India Beach Games here on Wednesday.

Hosts DNHDD added a third pencak silat gold late on Tuesday evening when Princess Thomas won the creative solo event for women. Manipur won a pair while Punjab, Delhi and Maharashtra clinched one each to account for the eight golds awarded in pencak silat so far, according to a press release from SAI Media.

Four gold medals were decided on Wednesday - two each in 10 km open water swimming and sepak takraw (team event consisting of three players). In one of the most gruelling event of these Games, Maharashtr...