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Swapna Barman gets dream shoes

Her plight was highlighted after she clinched the gold medal at the Jakarta Games.

6 Nov 2018 1:02 AM IST

Arpinder had been without a medal in multi-sporting events since winning a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. (Photo: PTI)

Asian Games 2018: Swapna, Arpinder strike gold; Dutee Chand claims...

Arpinder Singh ended a 48-year long wait for triple jump victory after Dutee Chand blazed the track for her second...

30 Aug 2018 9:27 AM IST

Athletes save India

With blazing performances on the track & field, the athletic contingent won 7 of India's 15 golds.

4 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

Swapna Barman (centre) en route to her gold in the womens heptathlon event in the Asian Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI )

Breakthrough in Jakarta

These athletes have had a more modern training system to hone their skills and a generous reward system to recognise...

1 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

Swapna Barman, who scripted history by bagging the gold medal in Heptathlon in the Asian Games, was born to a van-rickshaw puller and tea garden worker in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.

Triumph against all odds

On August 29 Swapna scripted history by bagging the gold medal in Heptathlon in the Asian Games.

9 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

Rural India shining

It is obvious that the pain threshold of almost all athletes who have won Asian Games medals is high.

9 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

Swapna Barman (centre) en route to her gold in the womens heptathlon event in the Asian Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI )

Golds for Neeraj Chopra, Swapna Barman as India finish on top

Japan's Meg Hemphill was second with 5883 points while another Indian Purnima Hembram was third with 5798 points.

10 July 2017 1:23 AM IST