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Asian Games 2018: Swapna Barman wins historic gold in heptathlon

News Nation Bureau 31 August 2018, 12:35 AM

India's Swapna Barman on Wednesday won historic women's heptathalon gold medal in Asian Games 2018. Swapna created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold, a feat she achieved despite competing with a toothache. Swapna, who hails from Ghoshpara Colony in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, had to fight all odds including acute poverty.

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