All night, her jaw throbbed with pain. It was so excruciating that Swapna Barman considered pulling out on the final day of the Asian Games heptathlon, where she trailed Wang Qingling of China. The gum infection — too many chocolates, she said — made the task of 32 points seem a mighty ordeal.
On Wednesday, the 21-yearold daughter of a rickshaw puller and a tea-picker won India’s first heptathlon gold in the Asian Games, working her way through the seven events spread out over two days.
All night, her jaw throbbed with pain. It was so excruciating that Swapna Barman considered pulling out on the final day of the Asian Games heptathlon, where she trailed Wang Qingling of China. The gum infection — too many chocolates, she said — made the task of 32 points seem a mighty ordeal.
On Wednesday, the 21-yearold daughter of a rickshaw puller and a tea-picker won India’s first heptathlon gold in the Asian Games, working her way through the seven events spread out over two days.
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