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India's swapna barman has accused a transgender athlete for losing her chance at a medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Barman, who won gold at the 2018 Jakarta Games, claimed she was awarded the bronze medal by a mere four points, while her compatriot Nandini Agasara won the bronze with a total of 5712 points. Barman has appealed for support on social media.

No biopic on Asian Games gold medalist swapna barman?

Bengal heptathlete swapna barman’s long-time coach Subhas Sarkar ruled out any immediate chance of her ward calling it a day. Just hours after winning the gold medal in the women’s high jump event at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal, Barman had reportedly expressed her desire to quit athletics.

Sohini Sarkar will be seen Swapna and she will soon start her rigorous workshop to prepare for the challenging role.

Olympic medalist Boxer Vijender Singh requested Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to increase the cash award for heptathon athlete swapna barman from Rs 10 lakh for clinching the Asian Games Gold.

Srijit Mukherji wanted to make the swapna barman biopic

Srijit Mukherji is making a biopic on swapna barman, who became India's first ever heptathlete to win a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Sohini Sarkar will soon start shooting for the biopic of swapna barman which will be directed by Srijit Mukherji.

Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete swapna barman will undergo a series of medical tests and may opt for surgery if required on her problematic lower back, her coach Subhas Sarkar said on Friday.

Sohini had earlier admitted that she is a bit tensed about how well she will pull off a sports person’s character.

Asian Games gold medallist swapna barman will receive seven pairs of customized shoes, one each for the different events of Heptathlon, sports giants Adidas announced Monday.

On Wednesday, swapna barman scripted history by winning India's first ever gold medal in heptathlon at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia. Swapna had won medals before by pushing through pain. But this time it was different for the girl with the 12 toes as her coach shares the credit with SAI and the cricket legend Rahul Dravid.

A day after Olympic medal winning boxer Vijender Singh demanded the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to increase the prize money for the Asian Games gold medal winner swapna barman, India’s chief athletics coach Bahadur Singh on Tuesday made a similar appeal to reward the Jalpaiguri athlete.

Battling depression due to a nagging back injury, Asian Games gold medal winning athlete swapna barman has decided to call it quits, a formal announcement of which will be made in a few days.

Heptathlete swapna barman accused a fellow Indian athlete of being a transgender woman and claimed that she lost her chance to win a bronze medal at the Asian Games because of it. However, Barman later deleted her tweet. The Athletics Federation of India called her allegation baseless and said it was not good for the country's image. The athlete who won the bronze, Nandini Agasara, questioned the timing of the controversy and thanked the government and her federation for their support.

Dropped from the TOPS, Asian Games gold medal winning athlete swapna barman says she remains hopeful of her re-inclusion in the scheme for the financial support.

Asian Games gold-medallist Indian heptathlete swapna barman has received a pair of customised shoes to fit her six-toed foot.

Soon after clinching gold in the Asian Games heptathlon event, swapna barman tweeted that pain was her best 'motivator'.

Indian athlete swapna barman, who finished 26th in women's heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships here, has claimed that she was on the verge of pulling out of the competition owing to a recurring back pain.

Last year, swapna barman became the first Indian woman to win the gold medal at the prestigious 2018 Asian Games.

The first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold, swapna barman - who has six toes in both her feet - produced her career-best performance by logging 6026 aggregate points from the seven events spread for two days.

Behind swapna barman's delightful smile that adorns her face and charms observers is a steely resolve that few are born and blessed with. That spunk and ability to befriend pain and say hello to it galvanised her to gallop to victory in the heptathlon event of the recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta.