Once tipped as the favourite to win a historic gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, heptathlete Purnima Hembram battled depression, recurring injury and personal loss as she awaits her happy ending at 2023 Hangzhou Bhubaneswar: Big-ticket sporting events such as Olympics and Commonwealth Games have been a spectacle for sport-loving Indian audiences, who take the occasional breaks from an …
Many not know who Purnima Hembram is. And she revealed what exactly transpired after she finished fourth in the women’s heptathlon event with immense pain at the 2018 Asian Games in Doha. “I had gone into depression after the 2018 Asian Games," she said. “Last season too when I was training for the Commonwealth Games, the pain increased as I …
Barman’s aggregate points on Tuesday was more than the 5942 she had logged while winning the gold in the last edition of the continental meet in 2017 but was less than the 6026 that she had accumulated in the Asian Games in Jakarta last year Doha: Asian Games gold medallist and defending champion Swapna Barman settled for a silver in …
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