Swapna Barman claims ‘lost to transgender’ after Nandini Agasara bags Asian Games bronze; deletes post

Beijing, 2/10: Indian athlete Swapna Barman, after coming fourth in the women’s heptathlon event, at the Asian Games in Hanghzhou, China made the sensational claim that she lost her chance at bronze due to a ‘transgender woman’.

India’s Nandini Agasara bagged the bronze after accumulating 5712 points. Barman, who got 5708 points, was the defending champion, after winning the gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. “I have lost my Asian Games bronze medal to a transgender women at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou,China. I want my medal back as it is against the rules of our Athletics. Help me and support me please”, she said in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), a day after a teary end to her campaign.