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Asian Games: Swapna Barman apologises after alleging medal loss to ‘transgender’ athlete – Times of India

[ad_1] 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 ...

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Asian Games: ‘Why didn’t she say this earlier?’ Nandini Agasara on Swapna Barman’s transgender accusations | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

[ad_1] HANGZHOU: Swapna Barman's serious allegations against Nandini Agasara after the latter won the women's heptathlon bronze medal at the ongoing Asian Games in China created a storm on Monday, forcing her to delete the post on X (earlier Twitter) where she alleged Nandini of being a transgender.Although there has been no official response so far from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), sources say Swapna would be asked to give an explanation after reaching India.Nandini breaks down after winning Asian Games heptathlon bronze"I don't understand what's the issue with her (Swapna)?," said Nandini responding to the allegations.In the now deleted post, Swapna, who won the heptathlon gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, wrote: "I have lost my Asian Games medal to a transgender woman ...

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Hangzhou Asian Games: Full India schedule on September 30; live updates, live streaming details | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale are set to compete in the mixed doubles tennis final on the seventh day of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Additionally, India will face Pakistan in the men's squash final, and the men's hockey team will go head-to-head with Pakistan in a pool match.Follow Timesofindia.com's live blog to catch all the action and live updates straight away from Hangzhou. Following is India's Day 7 schedule at the Asian Games on September 30:Golf4 AM: Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Sharath Urs, Aditi Ashok in Women's Individual Round 3Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Sharath Urs, Aditi Ashok in Women's Team Round 37:30 AM: Anirban Lahiri, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi, Shubhankar Sharma - Men's Individual & Team Round 3Equestrian5:30 AM: Vikas Kumar, Apurva Kishor Dabhade, ...

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Tejaswin Shankar breaches Asiad qualifying mark, triple jumper Akhilesh breaks his shin bone – Times of India

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: Competing in only his third decathlon of career, Tejaswin Shankar of Delhi breached the Asian Games qualifying mark en route winning the gold to steal the limelight on the third day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championship here on Saturday.Swapna Barman of Madhya Pradesh won the gold in the women's heptathlon and also went past the Asian Games qualifying mark of 5654 aggregate points by gathering 5918 points in the combined seven events over the two days.Agasara Nandini of Telangana also breached the Asian Games qualifying mark by aggregating 5703 points.Gold winner in 100m, Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh added 100m hurdles title to her kitty with a timing of 12.92 seconds as 12 athletes achieved the Asian Games qualifying mark.The Asian Games qualifying t...