Asian Games: Swapna Barman apologises after alleging medal loss to ‘transgender’ athlete – Times of India
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NEW DELHI: India's heptathlon athlete Swapna Barman on Thursday tendered an 'unconditional apology' after earlier alleging that she had lost the Asian Games bronze medal in her event to a "transgender" athlete. Swapna on Monday had sparked a huge controversy with the sensational allegations on platform X but hours later deleted the post from social media.Nandini Agasara had grabbed the bronze medal in women's heptathlon in Hangzhou, while Swapna -- the 2018 gold medallist -- failed to defend her crown, finishing fourth in Sunday's race. On Thursday Swapna apologized to her fellow athlete, saying that her allegation was an emotional reaction after her loss. "I wish to tender my unconditional apology for my tweet the other day specially to my co-athlete was the sheer disappointment ...